2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by second-year head coach Barret Peery, played their return home games at Viking Pavilion in Portland, Oregon after a one year renovation, as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 11–9 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Weber State.

2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2018–19 record	16–16 (11–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	Barret Peery (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jase Coburn Chris Skinkis Zach Payne
Home arena	Viking Pavilion

2018–19 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana †	16	–	4		.800			26	–	9		.743
Northern Colorado	15	–	5		.750			21	–	11		.656
Eastern Washington	12	–	8		.600			16	–	18		.471
Weber State	11	–	9		.550			18	–	15		.545
Portland State	11	–	9		.550			16	–	16		.500
Montana State	11	–	9		.550			15	–	17		.469
Southern Utah	9	–	11		.450			17	–	17		.500
Northern Arizona	8	–	12		.400			10	–	21		.323
Sacramento State	8	–	12		.400			15	–	16		.484
Idaho State	7	–	13		.350			11	–	19		.367
Idaho	2	–	18		.100			5	–	27		.156
† Big Sky Tournament winner

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2017–18 season 20–14, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Sacramento State in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where, after a first round bye, lost in the second round to San Diego.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Bryce Canada	0	G	6'4"	200	Senior	Portland, OR	Graduated
Brandon Hollins	1	F	6'6"	200	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Graduated
Deontae North	3	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Corona, CA	Graduated
Traylin Farris	5	C	6'8"	225	Senior	Pearland, TX	Graduated
Devyn Wilson	10	G	6'3"	175	Junior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduate transferred to Washburn
Braxton Tucker	15	F	6'6"	220	RS Senior	Tacoma, WA	Graduated
Ryan Edwards	44	C	7'1"	290	RS Senior	Kailspell, MT	Graduated
Tyrell Henderson		G	6'3"	180	Sophomore	Tempe, AZ	Transferred to Cal State San Bernardino

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Michael Nuga	1	G	6'2"	180	Junior	Toronto, ON	Junior college transferred from Eastern Florida State College
Robert McCoy	10	G	6'7"	185	Junior	Chicago, IL	Junior college transferred from San Diego City College
Juwan Williams	22	G	6'4"		Junior	Houston, TX	Junior college transferred from Panola College
Rashaad Goolsby	23	F	6'7"	190	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Junior college transferred from Phoenix College
Sal Nuhu	35	F	6'8"	210	Junior	Bronx, NY	Junior college transferred from Hutchinson CC

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kyle Greeley SG	Salem, OR	West Salem High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jul 24, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Trey Wood PF	Anthem, AZ	Anthem Preparatory Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 19, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Filip Fullerton C	Beaverton, OR	Southridge High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Aug 1, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaden Nielsen-Skinner PG	Salem, OR	South Salem High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Oct 8, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

Roster

2018–19 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Derek Brown (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Auburn Riverside HS Everett CC Federal Way, Washington G 1 Michael Nuga 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Clarkson Academy Eastern Florida State College Toronto, Ontario G 2 Michael Mayhew 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Marcus HS Hill College Flower Mound, Texas G 3 Holland Woods 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Apollo HS Glendale, Arizona F 4 Brendan Rumel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS So Rincon HS Tucson, Arizona G 5 Kyle Greeley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr West Salem HS Salem, Oregon F 10 Robert McCoy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Eisenhower HS San Diego CC Chicago, Illinois G 11 Deante Strickland 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Central Catholic HS Casper CC Portland, Oregon F 12 Trey Wood 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Anthems Prep Anthem, Arizona F 13 Jamie Orme 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr O'Dea HS Highline CC Seattle, Washington G 15 Vonte Carter (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Benson Tech HS Portland, Oregon G 22 Juwan Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Travis HS Panola College Houston, Texas F 23 Rashaad Goolsby 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Cesar Chavez HS Phoenix College Phoenix, Arizona F 32 Filip Fullerton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Southridge HS Hillsboro, Oregon F 35 Sal Nuhu 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Taft Educational Hutchinson CC Bronx, NY	Head coach Barret Peery (Southern Utah) Assistant coach(es) Jase Coburn (Arizona State) Chris Skinkis (Wisconsin–Parkside) Zach Payne (Whitworth) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2018* 7:05 pm		Multnomah	W 119–89		Viking Pavilion  Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N		at No. 14 Oregon	L 57–84	0–1	Matthew Knight Arena (8,212) Eugene, OR
Nov 10, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		UC Riverside	W 71–64	1–1	Viking Pavilion (1,424) Portland, OR
Nov 17, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Willamette Salute to Service	W 125–61	2–1	Viking Pavilion (1,010) Portland, OR
Nov 23, 2018* 3:30 pm, Pluto TV		vs. UC Santa Barbara Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase	L 69–76	2–2	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
Nov 24, 2018* 3:30 pm, Pluto TV		vs. Northwest Nazarene Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase	W 91–75	3–2	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N		at Stanford	L 67–79	3–3	Maples Pavilion (3,240) Stanford, CA
Dec 1, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Portland Bible	W 123–40	4–3	Viking Pavilion (593) Portland, OR
Dec 5, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Portland	W 87–78	5–3	Viking Pavilion (2,020) Portland, OR
Dec 12, 2018* 6:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 66–85	5–4	Marriott Center (11,563) Provo, UT
Dec 15, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Loyola Marymount	L 58–85	5–5	Viking Pavilion (1,055) Portland, OR
Dec 20, 2018* 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Cal State Bakersfield	L 71–76	5–6	Viking Pavilion (646) Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
Dec 31, 2018 2:05 pm, Pluto TV		Northern Colorado	L 60–73	5–7 (0–1)	Viking Pavilion (735) Portland, OR
Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		at Montana State	L 88–98	5–8 (0–2)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,297) Bozeman, MT
Jan 5, 2019 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		at Montana	W 77–74 ^OT	6–8 (1–2l)	Dahlberg Arena (4,408) Missoula, MT
Jan 12, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Weber State	L 88–95 ^OT	6–9 (1–3)	Viking Pavilion (1,655) Portland, OR
Jan 17, 2019 5:30 pm, Pluto TV		at Southern Utah	L 69–83	6–10 (1–4)	America First Events Center (2,307) Cedar City, UT
Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm, Pluto TV		at Northern Arizona	L 75–82	6–11 (1–5)	Walkup Skydome (1,183) Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 24, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Eastern Washington	W 78–65	7–11 (2–5)	Viking Pavilion (1,088) Portland, OR
Jan 26, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Idaho	W 69–53	8–11 (3–5)	Viking Pavilion (1,450) Portland, OR
Jan 31, 2019 TBA, Pluto TV		at Weber State	W 76–75	9–11 (4–5)	Dee Events Center (6,526) Ogden, UT
Feb 2, 2019 6:05 pm, Pluto TV		at Idaho State	L 67–69	9–12 (4–6)	Holt Arena (1,610) Pocatello, ID
Feb 7, 2019 6:05 pm, Pluto TV		at Northern Colorado	L 62–80	9–13 (4–7)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,547) Greeley, CO
Feb 11, 2019 7:35 pm, Pluto TV		Sacramento State	L 67–78	9–14 (4–8)	The Nest (689) Sacramento, CA
Feb 14, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Northern Arizona	W 103–94	10–14 (5–8)	Viking Pavilion (925) Portland, OR
Feb 16, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Southern Utah	W 78–69	11–14 (6–8)	Viking Pavilion (1,130) Portland, OR
Feb 21, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Idaho State	W 99–93	12–14 (7–8)	Viking Pavilion (842) Portland, OR
Feb 23, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Sacramento State	W 65–57	13–14 (8–8)	Viking Pavilion (1,115) Portland, OR
Feb 28, 2019 7:00 pm, Pluto TV		Idaho	W 67–65	14–14 (9–8)	Viking Pavilion (579) Portland, OR
Mar 2, 2019 2:05 pm, Pluto TV		at Eastern Washington	L 66–68	14–15 (9–9)	Reese Court (1,502) Cheney, WA
Mar 7, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Montana	W 81–69	15–15 (10–9)	Viking Pavilion  Portland, OR
Mar 9, 2019 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		Montana State	W 84–80	16–15 (11–9)	Viking Pavilion (2,077) Portland, OR
Big Sky Tournament
Mar 14, 2019 3:30 pm, Eleven	(5)	vs. (4) Weber State Quarterfinals	L 71–81	16–16	CenturyLink Arena  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

References