Skip to main content

Portland hosts Oregon State following Foxwell’s 27-point game

Oregon State Beavers (9-9, 2-3 WCC) at Portland Pilots (8-10, 1-4 WCC)

Portland, Oregon; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pilots -1.5; over/under is 143.5

BOTTOM LINE: Portland plays Oregon State after Joel Foxwell scored 27 points in Portland’s 90-89 overtime win against the Pacific Tigers.

The Pilots are 8-4 in home games. Portland gives up 81.3 points to opponents and has been outscored by 2.2 points per game.

The Beavers have gone 2-3 against WCC opponents. Oregon State ranks fifth in the WCC shooting 35.3% from 3-point range.

Portland makes 48.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.8 percentage points higher than Oregon State has allowed to its opponents (43.3%). Oregon State averages 70.8 points per game, 10.5 fewer points than the 81.3 Portland allows to opponents.

The Pilots and Beavers face off Saturday for the first time in WCC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Foxwell is scoring 14.4 points per game with 4.0 rebounds and 7.3 assists for the Pilots. Cameron Williams is averaging 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds over the past 10 games.

Josiah Lake is averaging 13 points, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals for the Beavers. Dez White is averaging 12.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pilots: 3-7, averaging 75.6 points, 29.9 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 5.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.1 points per game.

Beavers: 6-4, averaging 70.3 points, 28.7 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 6.4 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.9 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story