Saint Mary`s 75, at Portland 69

PORTLAND, Ore. (Interstat) — In a West Coast Conference men’s basketball game defined by offensive execution and a pivotal individual duel, Saint Mary’s held off a persistent Portland team for a 75-69 victory at Chiles Center on Saturday. The Gaels, who led wire-to-wire after scoring the game’s first five points, improved to 19-3 overall and 6-1 in conference play. Portland fell to 10-12 and 2-5. The contest’s central narrative was the high-scoring battle between Saint Mary’s forward Paulius Murauskas and Portland guard Joel Foxwell. Murauskas, a 6-foot-8 sophomore from Kaunas, Lithuania, led all scorers with 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting,… Read more...