National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 93, Portland 71
When: 6:00 PM ET, Friday, November 24, 2017
Where: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Mark Schnur, # Byron Jarrett
Attendance:
6603
By The Sports Xchange
Trae Young and Khadeem Lattin teamed up to go 19-for-27 and score 52 points, powering Oklahoma to a 93-71 win over Portland on Friday in the Victory Bracket of the PK80 tournament in Portland, Ore.
The Sooners watched the Pilots cut their 23-point lead to five in the second half.
Oklahoma (3-1) led by 60-37 before JoJo Walker scored 10 points during a 25-7 Portland run that made it 67-62 with 7:57 to go.
But Matt Freeman scored six of his eight points during a 15-2 Sooners run that put it out of reach.
Young had 33 points on 11-for-18 shooting, and Lattin made 8 of 9 for 19 points and added 16 rebounds.
The Sooners, who rebounded from Thursday's Round 1 loss to Arkansas, still had trouble from long range.
They followed an 8-for-29 performance against the Razorbacks by making 10 of 30 on Friday.
After Portland's Josh McSwiggan hit a 3-pointer to open the second half, Oklahoma rattled off 10 straight points to go up 54-34 a little more than three minutes into the second.
Walker led the Pilots (2-3) with 15 points.
The Sooners slowly drew away behind 18 points from Trae Young and led 46-31 at the half.
Oklahoma outscored Portland 16-5 over a five-minute stretch to make is 32-21 with 4:21 to go in the first half.
The Sooners made 14 field goals on 10 assists in the opening 20 minutes.
Walker opened the game with a 3-pointer to give the Pilots their only lead of the contest.
The Sooners will face the Oregon-DePaul winner on Sunday.
Top Game Performances
| Portland |
|
Oklahoma |
|
JoJo Walker 15 |
Scoring |
Trae Young 33 |
|
Josh McSwiggan 3 |
Assists |
Trae Young 8 |
|
Franklin Porter 7 |
Rebounds |
Khadeem Lattin 16 |
|
Malcolm Porter 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Trae Young 8 |
|
Josh McSwiggan 3 |
Steals |
Trae Young 3 |
|
Franklin Porter 1 |
Blocks |
Khadeem Lattin 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Portland
|
71 |
39.7 |
12-27 |
13-20 |
13 |
28 |
1 |
6 |
16 |
| Oklahoma
|
93 |
51.5 |
10-30 |
15-17 |
22 |
39 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
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