Riding a two-game win streak, the Spartans entered the Rose City with momentum. The Pilots led 37-33 at the half, leaving open the opportunity for SJSU to grab a win. But Portland Coach Eric Reveno's crew won the second 20 minutes by a decisive 49-36 margin so now it's on to Ogden, Utah for a Saturday matchup with Weber State.
It was a game in which to be rash, Rashad Muhammad in particular, as the freshman wing totaled 23 points on a spectacular night of shooting: 7-11 overall, 4-5 from long distance and 5-5 from the foul line. Let's overlook his four turnovers.
Fellow frosh Jalen James was also very efficient as well as productive with 10 points (5-8 shooting), eight boards and two assists.
But nobody else really showed up, at least in the box score.
For the Pilots, wing Kevin Bailey enjoyed one of his hot nights and concluded with 22 points. The two Portland bigs -- Ryan Nicholas and Thomas van der Mars -- ended the evening with just 11 points apiece but the former did corral 14 rebounds.
Portland's off-the-bench marksman Bobby Sharp was limited to three attempts but two other players, Korey Thieleke and David Carr, shot 3-3 and 3-4 respectively. They entered the pairing averaging 2.7 and 0.7 points respectively and well as shooting 29% and 17%.
The Pilots finished with a 53% team shooting, 64% from three-point range.
0-3 Weber State lost its Tuesday home opener 77-71 to Utah State.
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