Portland Pilots vs Oregon St. Beavers Match Player Stats On Dec 10, 2020

Ahmed Ali scored 26 points and Eddie Davis recorded 22 points and nine rebounds as visiting Portland posted an 87-86 overtime victory over Oregon State in a nonconference contest on Thursday night at Corvallis, Ore.

Isiah Dasher added 18 points for the Pilots (4-1), who won their fourth straight game.

Ethan Thompson scored a career-high 31 points for Oregon State (2-3), which lost its third straight game. Maurice Calloo added 18 points, Jarod Lucas tallied 14 and Warith Alatishe contributed nine points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Davis converted a tiebreaking three-point play to give the Pilots an 83-80 lead with 57.8 seconds left.

Thompson made a jumper to bring Oregon State within one before Ali drained his fourth 3-pointer of the game to give Portland an 86-82 lead with 14 seconds to play.

The Beavers remained in pursuit and Thompson connected on a 3-pointer to pull Oregon State within 87-86 with 1.8 seconds left. The Pilots called timeout and Ali was able to dribble out the time without being fouled.

In regulation, Michael Henn buried a 3-pointer with 1:13 remaining to pull the Pilots within 69-68. Thompson made two free throws to give Oregon State a three-point lead with 51 seconds to go before a wide-open Dasher knocked down a tying 3-pointer with 41 seconds remaining.

The Pilots shot 46.2 percent and were 7 of 19 from behind the arc.

The Beavers shot 41.1 percent from the field, including 9 of 25 from 3-point range.

Oregon State trailed by seven at halftime before opening the second half with an 11-3 run. Calloo scored seven points during the stretch, including a jumper to give the Beavers a 40-39 edge with 15:09 left in the contest.

A short time later, Zach Reichle and Lucas converted three-point plays to give Oregon State a 48-43 lead with 12:44 remaining.

The Pilots crept within 51-50 on two free throws by Ali with 9:27 left. But Roman Silva scored back-to-back hoops and Thompson converted a three-point play to give the Beavers a 58-50 lead with 7:46 left.

Portland later scored six straight points to move within 62-60 on two free throws by Dasher with 4:26 remaining.

Ali and Davis each scored 13 points in the first half as Portland held a 36-29 lead at the break.

--Field Level Media