Portland Pilots at Cal State Northridge Matadors
· NCAA Men's Basketball
80 - 77
Portland rallies from 18 down to beat CSU Northridge 80-77
The Pilots (2-2) never led for nearly the first 35 minutes, trailing by as much as 18 early in the second half. Walker scored 11 during a 22-5 run that gave Portland its first lead at 69-67 with 5:09 left in the game. The Pilots would not trail again.
Portland pushed the lead to 75-70 on Tahirou Diabate's layup with 2:54 left. But the Matadors (0-3) cut the deficit to 77-76 on Terrell Gomez's pair of free throws with 13 seconds left.
CSU Northridge and Portland each split a pair of free throws. Marcus Shaver then hit two free throws for Portland to make it a three-point lead with four seconds left and Portland's Hugh Hogland stole it from Darius Brown II in the final seconds to secure the win.
Shaver added 16 points and Diabate scored 14 for the Pilots.
Gomez had 25 points and Lamine Diane scored 21 for the Matadors.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Hugh Hogland Steal. | 80 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Darius Brown II Turnover. | 80 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:04 | CSU Northridge Timeout | 80 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Marcus Shaver Jr. made Free Throw. | 80 - 77 |
Statistics
 PORT |
 CSUN |
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|---|---|---|
| 31-65 | FG | 29-63 |
| 48 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 10-18 | 3PT | 8-18 |
| 56 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 8-11 | FT | 11-18 |
| 73 | Free Throw % | 61 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 11 | Assists | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 21 | Fouls | 20 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 18 |
Game Information
Location: Northridge, CA
Attendance: 886 | Capacity:
2025-26 West Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga | 16-2 | - | 31-4 |
| Saint Mary's | 16-2 | - | 27-6 |
| Santa Clara | 15-3 | 1 | 26-9 |
| Oregon State | 9-9 | 7 | 17-16 |
| Seattle U | 8-10 | 8 | 21-14 |
| Pacific | 8-10 | 8 | 18-15 |
| San Francisco | 8-10 | 8 | 17-16 |
| Washington State | 7-11 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Loyola Marymount | 6-12 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Portland | 6-12 | 10 | 15-19 |
| San Diego | 5-13 | 11 | 12-21 |
| Pepperdine | 4-14 | 12 | 9-23 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |