Thursday, January 29
Portland, OR
6:00 PM
Saint Mary's College of California
at
Portland
#7 Edie Clarke: Averaged 13.0 PPG on 55% shooting over two-game win streak
Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
WBB | Saint Mary’s Returns to Pacific Northwest for Rematch with Portland Thursday Night
1/27/2026 12:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MORAGA, Calif. - Saint Mary's will return to the Pacific Northwest this week and take on the Portland Pilots in their second meeting of the regular season on Thursday, January 29th at 6:00 PM. The Gaels led for over half the game in their first meeting but Portland held Saint Mary's to just six points over the final ten minutes to erase a four-point deficit to start the quarter.
Saint Mary's is coming off of back-to-back wins this past week, defeating Pepperdine in a rematch from the beginning of the month and then coming from behind to beat Seattle U in their first matchup with the Redhawks since 2013. They'll look to get back to .500 in conference play and even the regular season series with the Pilots Thursday night in a pivotal matchup.
Stream the game live on ESPN+ and tickets can be bought online at smcgaels.com.
GAME COVERAGE AND INFORMATION
WBB | Saint Mary's at Portland | Chiles Center
Portland, Ore. | January 29th | 6:00 PM
Live Stats | ESPN+ | Tickets
GAELS OUTLOOK
Gaels Go 2-0 After Hot Shooting in Seattle to Down Redhawks…
Saint Mary's secured the perfect 2-0 week Saturday afternoon after catching fire from deep and outscoring the Redhawks 50-31 in the second half to improve to 4-5 in WCC play. For the first time this season, Saint Mary's had four players finish the game in double-figures including Addi Wedin who led the Gaels with eleven points on 66% shooting. Helping lead the offensive spark in the second half was sister Ella Wedin, who made three three-pointers to finish with nine points in 23 minutes off the bench.
The Gaels found themselves down 22-17 at the break, putting up back-to-back single-digit quarters. They broke out of their offensive funk though and scored 23 points on 69% shooting in the third quarter to flip the game and take a 40-39 lead heading into the fourth. Saint Mary's closed the third quarter on a 7-0 run and extended that scoring run all the way to 17 to taken an 11-point lead in the fourth. Ella Wedin came off the bench and drilled two three-pointers during the stretch and Abigail Shoff and Addi Wedin cashed in on threes of their own as Saint Mary's hit five in the quarter.
Shoff Hits Shot at the Buzzer to Sink Pepperdine, 53-51…
No shocker here as Saint Mary's took another game down to the wire but came out victorious this time as Abigail Shoff hit a pull-up jumper at the buzzer to down Pepperdine and win their third conference game of the season, 53-51 on Thursday night. The Gaels were down three points going into the fourth quarter but went on to hold the Waves to a season low 51 points en route to the dramatic two-point victory.
Edie Clarke shined with 16 points to lead all scorers while four other players had six more points on the night. Addi Wedin had nine points and hit a big three-pointer in the fourth quarter that helped put Saint Mary's up 43-42 with 5:37 remaining. Pepperdine hit a massive second chance three-pointer with six seconds remaining to tie the game but after an SMC timeout to advance the ball, Abigail Shoff would take the in-bound and hit the pull-up jumper as time expired to give the Gaels the 53-51 victory. The win snapped their two-game losing streak after a pair of narrow defeats to Washington State in overtime and Santa Clara the week prior.
Saint Mary's Leads WCC Defensively, Allowing 57.5 PPG…
Saint Mary's continues to get it done on the defensive end, lowering their conference best opponent PPG total to 57.5. That mark ranks 39th in all of Division I and is the lowest opponent PPG total in over a decade in program history. The Gaels also continue to lead the WCC in opponent three-point Percentage (28.4%), rank third in turnovers forced with over 18 a game and rank second with 10.0 steals per game. Edie Clarke and Jada Hunter garner two of the top-five spots on the individual steals list with Hunter sitting in fourth in the conference with 47 steals and Clarke at 2.0 steals per game and 44 total for the season.
Series History…
After their fourth quarter comeback earlier this season, Portland has now won four consecutive games over Saint Mary's dating back to the 2023-24 season. Three of the last four games between the two have ended in single-digits including a four-point defeat earlier this season and a two-point defeat in February of last season. Saint Mary's will look for their first win over the Pilots since defeating them in overtime 73-67 back in January of 2024. Portland has won 12 of the last 13 meetings dating back to 2020.
ABOUT THE PILOTS (11-10, 5-4)
Portland enters the week with an 11-10 overall record and are 5-4 in WCC play, having dropped back-to-back games to LMU and Pepperdine. The Pilots got off to a 3-1 record in conference play but have since dropped three of their last five games. Other WCC wins have come against Santa Clara and Seattle U.
The Pilots lead the conference in steals, blocks and turnovers forced, representing one of the top defensive teams in the WCC. Helping lead their defensive surge is true freshman Julia Dalan who leads the country with 65 blocks, although she has been absent from the last two games for the Pilots. Dyani Ananiev leads the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game as Portland has six other players averaging at least six points. The Pilots also lead the conference in bench scoring, contributing to their 71.2 points per game this season.
Tickets for both games can be bought online at smcgaels.com and fans can catch all the action live on ESPN+. Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.
#GaelsRise
Saint Mary's is coming off of back-to-back wins this past week, defeating Pepperdine in a rematch from the beginning of the month and then coming from behind to beat Seattle U in their first matchup with the Redhawks since 2013. They'll look to get back to .500 in conference play and even the regular season series with the Pilots Thursday night in a pivotal matchup.
Stream the game live on ESPN+ and tickets can be bought online at smcgaels.com.
GAME COVERAGE AND INFORMATION
WBB | Saint Mary's at Portland | Chiles Center
Portland, Ore. | January 29th | 6:00 PM
Live Stats | ESPN+ | Tickets
GAELS OUTLOOK
Gaels Go 2-0 After Hot Shooting in Seattle to Down Redhawks…
Saint Mary's secured the perfect 2-0 week Saturday afternoon after catching fire from deep and outscoring the Redhawks 50-31 in the second half to improve to 4-5 in WCC play. For the first time this season, Saint Mary's had four players finish the game in double-figures including Addi Wedin who led the Gaels with eleven points on 66% shooting. Helping lead the offensive spark in the second half was sister Ella Wedin, who made three three-pointers to finish with nine points in 23 minutes off the bench.
The Gaels found themselves down 22-17 at the break, putting up back-to-back single-digit quarters. They broke out of their offensive funk though and scored 23 points on 69% shooting in the third quarter to flip the game and take a 40-39 lead heading into the fourth. Saint Mary's closed the third quarter on a 7-0 run and extended that scoring run all the way to 17 to taken an 11-point lead in the fourth. Ella Wedin came off the bench and drilled two three-pointers during the stretch and Abigail Shoff and Addi Wedin cashed in on threes of their own as Saint Mary's hit five in the quarter.
Shoff Hits Shot at the Buzzer to Sink Pepperdine, 53-51…
No shocker here as Saint Mary's took another game down to the wire but came out victorious this time as Abigail Shoff hit a pull-up jumper at the buzzer to down Pepperdine and win their third conference game of the season, 53-51 on Thursday night. The Gaels were down three points going into the fourth quarter but went on to hold the Waves to a season low 51 points en route to the dramatic two-point victory.
Edie Clarke shined with 16 points to lead all scorers while four other players had six more points on the night. Addi Wedin had nine points and hit a big three-pointer in the fourth quarter that helped put Saint Mary's up 43-42 with 5:37 remaining. Pepperdine hit a massive second chance three-pointer with six seconds remaining to tie the game but after an SMC timeout to advance the ball, Abigail Shoff would take the in-bound and hit the pull-up jumper as time expired to give the Gaels the 53-51 victory. The win snapped their two-game losing streak after a pair of narrow defeats to Washington State in overtime and Santa Clara the week prior.
Saint Mary's Leads WCC Defensively, Allowing 57.5 PPG…
Saint Mary's continues to get it done on the defensive end, lowering their conference best opponent PPG total to 57.5. That mark ranks 39th in all of Division I and is the lowest opponent PPG total in over a decade in program history. The Gaels also continue to lead the WCC in opponent three-point Percentage (28.4%), rank third in turnovers forced with over 18 a game and rank second with 10.0 steals per game. Edie Clarke and Jada Hunter garner two of the top-five spots on the individual steals list with Hunter sitting in fourth in the conference with 47 steals and Clarke at 2.0 steals per game and 44 total for the season.
Series History…
After their fourth quarter comeback earlier this season, Portland has now won four consecutive games over Saint Mary's dating back to the 2023-24 season. Three of the last four games between the two have ended in single-digits including a four-point defeat earlier this season and a two-point defeat in February of last season. Saint Mary's will look for their first win over the Pilots since defeating them in overtime 73-67 back in January of 2024. Portland has won 12 of the last 13 meetings dating back to 2020.
ABOUT THE PILOTS (11-10, 5-4)
Portland enters the week with an 11-10 overall record and are 5-4 in WCC play, having dropped back-to-back games to LMU and Pepperdine. The Pilots got off to a 3-1 record in conference play but have since dropped three of their last five games. Other WCC wins have come against Santa Clara and Seattle U.
The Pilots lead the conference in steals, blocks and turnovers forced, representing one of the top defensive teams in the WCC. Helping lead their defensive surge is true freshman Julia Dalan who leads the country with 65 blocks, although she has been absent from the last two games for the Pilots. Dyani Ananiev leads the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game as Portland has six other players averaging at least six points. The Pilots also lead the conference in bench scoring, contributing to their 71.2 points per game this season.
Tickets for both games can be bought online at smcgaels.com and fans can catch all the action live on ESPN+. Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.
#GaelsRise
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