Portland State

Official Name: 
Portland State University
Nickname: 
Vikings
Mailing Address: 

506 S.W. Mill
Post Office Box 751
Portland, OR 97207

Telephone: 
(503) 725-2525
Fax: 
(503) 725-5610
Enrollment: 
21,840
Arena: 

Peter W. Stott Center
Capacity: 1,775
Year Opened: 1966
The Rose Garden
Capacity: 21,538
Year Opened: 1995

School Colors: 
Green and White
Conference: 

Big Sky (since 1997)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 2008 and 2009
0-2 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1967
0-2 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1955 and 1956
0-2 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Sharkey Nelson (12 years from 1954-65 when school was classified as a small college, 162-156 record, .509)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Freeman Williams (3,249 points from 1975-78)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Bob Sisul (767 from 1977-79)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Freeman Williams (81 points as senior vs. Rocky Mountain on 2/3/78)

All-American Selections: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Freeman Williams (81 vs. Rocky Mountain, Mont.)
February 3, 1978 (senior/35.9 ppg)

1

2

Total

Portland State

72

61

133

Rocky Mountain

47

63

110

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Adolph

7-13

0-0

14

Smith

5-12

0-1

10

R. Williams

0-4

0-0

0

F. Williams

37-56

7-9

81

Slider

1-6

4-4

6

Trump

2-5

0-0

4

Mathis

2-6

2-3

6

Owens

0-0

0-0

0

Sisul

4-5

2-2

10

Stief

1-2

0-0

2

Cunningham

0-4

0-0

0

Totals

59-113

15-19

133

Percentages

.522

.789

Rocky Mountain

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Curry

2-2

0-0

4

Lopez

1-2

0-0

2

Brad Jensen

2-2

2-3

6

Carlson

10-20

15-17

35

Miller

1-3

2-3

4

Bruce Jensen

6-13

8-10

20

Barta

2-4

0-1

4

Flanagan

4-8

1-2

9

Keller

11-22

4-4

26

Garson

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

39-76

32-40

110

Percentages

.513

.800

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Loyal "Sharkey" Nelson

12

1954-65

162-156

.509

1955

17-4

Marion J. Pericin

7

1966-72

85-82

.509

1971

16-6

Ken Edwards

6

1973-78

93-64

.592

1975

18-8

Glen Kinney

3

1979-81

18-62

.225

1981

7-20

Ritchie McKay

2

1997-98

24-29

.453

1998

15-12

Joel Sobotka

4

1999-2002

53-59

.473

1999

17-11

Heath Schroyer

3

2003-05

25-47

.347

2005

19-9

Ken Bone

4

2006-09

77-49

.611

'08, 1909

23-10

Tyler Geving

2

2010, 1911

27-35

.435

2011

14-16