2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by seventh year head coach Tyler Geving, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Northern Colorado in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Weber State.

2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2015–16 record	13–18 (8–10 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tyler Geving (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Hironaka Jase Coburn Michael Plank
Home arena	Peter Stott Center

2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Weber State †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	9		.743
Montana	14	–	4		.778			21	–	12		.636
Idaho	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
Eastern Washington	10	–	8		.556			18	–	16		.529
North Dakota	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Northern Colorado	7	–	11		.389			10	–	21		.323
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Northern Arizona	3	–	15		.167			5	–	25		.167
Southern Utah	3	–	15		.167			5	–	24		.172
† Conference tournament winner

Previous season

The Vikings finished the season 15–14, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament to Sacramento State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Gary Winston	0	G	6'0"	190	Senior	Walla Walla, Washington	Graduated
Iziahiah Sweeney	10	G	6'3"	170	Freshman	Compton, California	Transferred to Panola College
Tim Douglas	11	G	5'10"	160	RS Senior	Cerritos, California	Graduated
Kyler Shula	12	G	5'10"	170	Junior	Puyallup, Washington	Graduated
Tiegbe Bamba	13	F	6'10"	205	Senior	Sarcelles, France	Graduated
Dorian Cason	21	C	6'7"	250	Junior	Fontana, California	Transferred
DaShaun Wiggins	23	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Bronx, New York	Graduated
Sebastian Suarez	30	G	6'4"	210	Senior	Ancud, Chile	Graduated
Joel King	34	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Lacey, Washington	Graduated
Brandon Cataldo	44	C	6'10"	285	Senior	Rainier, Oregon	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Isaiah Pineiro	0	F	6'6"	185	Sophomore	Auburn, California	Junior college transferred from Sierra College
Cameron Forte	5	F	6'7"	220	Senior	Tempe, Arizona	Transferred from Georgia. Forte will be eligible to play immediately since Forte graduated from Georgia.
DeSean Parsons	13	G	6'7"	190	Junior	Sacramento, California	Junior college transferred from Salt Lake Community College
Evan Garrison	14	G	5'10"		Junior	Tigard, Oregon	Junior college transferred from Clark College.
Donivine Stewart	20	G	6'0"	195	RS Senior	Peoria, Illinois	Transferred from SIU Edwardsville. Stewart will be eligible to play immediately since Stewart graduated from SIU Edwardsville.
Namdi Okonkwo	21	C	7'0"	202	Junior	Dallas, Texas	Junior college transferred Western Wyoming Community College
Khari Holloway	23	G	6'2"		Junior	Jackson, Mississippi	Junior college transferred from Mesa Community College

2015 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Armani Collins SG	San Francisco	Stuart Hall High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jun 15, 2015
	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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

2016 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyrell Henderson #78 SG	Chandler, Arizona	Corona Del Sol High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Aug 15, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Brendan Rumel C	Tucson, Arizona	Rincon High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A	Aug 18, 2015
	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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

Roster

2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Isaiah Pineiro 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Placer Sierra College Auburn, California G 1 Zach Gengler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Silverton Silverton, Oregon C 2 Collin Spickerman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Jesuit Clark College Portland, Oregon G 3 Armani Collins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Stuart Hall San Francisco, California F 5 Cameron Forte 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr McClintock Georgia Tempe, Arizona G 10 Daniel Davydov (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Seattle Academy Bellevue, Washington G 11 Calaen Robinson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Corona del Sol Arizona State Tempe, Arizona G 12 Bryce White 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Benson Tech Chemeketa CC Portland, Oregon G/F 13 De'Sean Parsons 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Grant Union Salt Lake CC Sacramento, California G 14 Evan Garrison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Tigard Clark College Tigard, Oregon F 15 Braxton Tucker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Spanaway Lake North Idaho College Tacoma, Washington G 20 Donivine Stewart 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Limestone SIU Edwardsville Peoria, Illinois C 21 Namdi Okonkwo 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Westwind Prep Western Wyoming CC Dallas, Texas G 23 Khari Holloway 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Mountain Pointe Mesa CC Jackson, Mississippi F 30 Austin Bryant (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Murrieta Valley Murrieta, California F 34 Montie Leunen (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Westview Shasta College Portland, Oregon	Head coach Tyler Geving (Central Washington) Assistant coach(es) Jeff Hironaka (Eastern Oregon) Jase Coburn (Arizona State) Michael Plank (Willamette) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:05 PM		Lewis & Clark	W 101–85		Peter Stott Center (403) Portland, Oregon
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 PM		at Grand Canyon	L 72–82	0–1	GCU Arena (7,249) Phoenix, Arizona
11/13/2015* 7:05 PM		Pacific Lutheran	W 105–60	1–1	Peter Stott Center (536) Portland, Oregon
11/22/2015* 12:00 PM		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 79–61	2–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (523) Edinburg, Texas
11/25/2015* 7:00 PM		at Nevada	L 73–76	2–2	Lawlor Events Center (5,890) Reno, Nevada
11/28/2015* 7:05 PM		Multnomah	W 100–82	3–2	Peter Stott Center (512) Portland, Oregon
12/02/2015* 7:05 PM		Portland	L 72–78	3–3	Peter Stott Center (785) Portland, Oregon
12/05/2015* 1:00 PM, P12N		at Washington State	L 67–91	3–4	Beasley Coliseum (1,806) Pullman, Washington
12/12/2015* 5:00 PM		at SIU Edwardsville	L 64–74	3–5	Vadalabene Center (1,268) Edwardsville, Illinois
12/17/2015* 7:05 PM		Cal State Northridge	L 71–77	3–6	Peter Stott Center (412) Portland, Oregon
12/22/2015* 7:00 PM		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 66–78	3–7	Icardo Center (1,006) Bakersfield, California
12/29/2015* 7:05 PM		Cal State Fullerton	W 89–82	4–7	Peter Stott Center (426) Portland, Oregon
Big Sky regular season
01/02/2016 7:05 PM		Sacramento State	W 76–68	5–7 (1–0)	Peter Stott Center (485) Portland, Oregon
01/07/2016 1:05 PM		at Montana	L 66–79	5–8 (1–1)	Dahlberg Arena (3,451) Missoula, Montana
01/09/2016 6:00 PM		at Montana State	W 77–70	6–8 (2–1)	Worthington Arena (2,233) Bozeman, Montana
01/14/2016 7:05 PM		Weber State	L 58–73	6–9 (2–2)	Peter Stott Center (838) Portland, Oregon
01/16/2016 7:05 PM		Idaho State	L 70–73	6–10 (2–3)	Peter Stott Center (739) Portland, Oregon
01/23/2016 7:05 PM		at Sacramento State	W 81–63	7–10 (3–3)	Colberg Court (1,058) Sacramento, California
01/28/2016 6:05 PM		at Eastern Washington	L 83–112	7–11 (3–4)	Reese Court (1,617) Cheney, Washington
01/30/2016 7:00 PM		at Idaho	L 55–56	7–12 (3–5)	Cowan Spectrum (1,546) Moscow, Idaho
02/04/2016 7:05 PM		Montana State	W 83–68	7–13 (3–6)	Peter Stott Center (623) Portland, Oregon
02/06/2016 7:05 PM		Montana	L 80–82	7–14 (3–7)	Peter Stott Center (1,045) Portland, Oregon
02/11/2016 6:00 PM		at Idaho State	L 71–88	8–14 (4–7)	Holt Arena (2,602) Pocatello, Idaho
02/13/2016 6:00 PM		at Weber State	L 78–87	8–15 (4–8)	Dee Events Center (6,798) Ogden, Utah
02/18/2016 7:05 PM		Idaho	L 74–80	8–16 (4–9)	Peter Stott Center (920) Portland, Oregon
02/20/2016 7:05 PM		Eastern Washington	W 107–91	9–16 (5–9)	Peter Stott Center (633) Portland, Oregon
02/25/2016 5:00 PM		at North Dakota	L 77–80	9–17 (5–10)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,734) Grand Forks, North Dakota
02/27/2016 6:00 PM		at Northern Colorado	W 89–86	10–17 (6–10)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,290) Greeley, Colorado
03/03/2016 7:05 PM		Northern Arizona	W 89–81	11–17 (7–10)	Peter Stott Center (705) Portland, Oregon
03/05/2016 7:05 PM		Southern Utah	W 88–86	12–17 (8–10)	Peter Stott Center (622) Portland, Oregon
Big Sky Tournament
03/08/2016 12:05 pm	(8)	vs. (9) Northern Colorado First Round	W 74–67	13–17	Reno Events Center (1,311) Reno, Nevada
03/10/2016 12:05 pm	(8)	vs. (1) Weber State Quarterfinals	L 74–78	13–18	Reno Events Center (1,206) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

References

1. "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". Go Viks. Portland State University. 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.