Casey Frandsen’s baseline jumper with four seconds left Friday rimmed out, giving San Diego (9-5/1-0) a 65-64 West Coast Conference win over Portland (4-11/0-1), which lost its seventh straight game. Despite holding San Diego to just four points in the final 4:35 of the game, Portland dropped its ninth game decided by 10 points or less.

Jason Blair’s career-high 28 points and 11 rebounds led San Diego, compensating for Andre Laws, the WCC’s leading scorer who was held to just two points. Kevin Hanson added 10 points and five blocks off the bench for USD. Coky Rochin’s 10th double-double of the season - 20 points and a career-high 17 rebounds - led Portland, while Casey Frandsen chipped in with 17 points.

The Pilots trailed 63-56 with 3:53 left to play after a pair of Blair free throws, but the Pilots crawled back into the game behind Rochin and four free throws from Patrick Galos and Adam Quick.

Quick’s freebies brought Portland within 63-62, but a Sam Adamo jumper put San Diego back up 65-62. Rochin then missed a potential game-tying free throw after dropping a layup with 47 seconds left. Ross Jorgusen rebounded a San Diego miss on the other end, setting up Frandsen’s look at the other end of the floor.

Catching the ball in the deep corner, Frandsen freed himself to the baseline, but his leaning 7-foot shot hit the front and back of the rim, and was rebounded by Blair as time ran out.

That Portland was even in the game in the final minutes bordered on the unbelievable as the Pilots were a dismal 16-of-30 at the free throw line (53.3%), and were outrebounded 49-38. San Diego was 20-of-28 at the free throw line. The Pilots actually led 17-13 midway through the first half, but Blair keyed a 24-11 Torero run with 10 points for a 37-28 halftime lead.

The Pilots shot only 33.9% from the field (20-59), and 8-of-25 on 3-pointers (32%), but held USD to just 1-of-14 3-point shooting and forced 21 Torero turnovers.