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PORTLAND, Ore. --- Freshman guard Kevin Bailey led five Portland players in double figures with 13 points, but the San Francisco Dons held on for a 72-71 win over the Pilots before 2,132 fans at the Chiles Center on Saturday afternoon. Freshman center Thomas van der Mars added 12 points and nine rebounds, while freshman forward Dorian Cason added a career-high 10 points and eight rebounds for Portland.

The Pilots (5-15, 2-5 WCC) led by seven at the half and nine early in the second period before San Francisco used a 19-2 run to take a 53-45 lead with 10:14 remaining. Portland would battle back and a three-pointer by Tanner Riley with 37 seconds left made it a 69-67 deficit. The Dons (13-9, 3-5) then missed three of their next four free throws and a van der Mars layup with 21 ticks left made it 70-69. Cody Doolin hit two free throws to push the margin back to three and a contested three-pointer by Portland senior Nemanja Mitrovic was short. Riley made the putback with 1.5 seconds remaining, but USF was able to inbound the ball and run out the clock for the win.

After a great performance off the bench on Thursday, Portland senior point guard Eric Waterford made his first start of the season, but exited after only three minutes with a knee injury. He will be re-evaluated and is listed as day-to-day.

Riley and Derrick Rodgers finished with 10 points each off the bench for the Pilots, who outrebounded the Dons by a 39-30 margin.

Doolin led five Dons players in double figures with 15 points, while sophomore Cole Dickerson added 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

USF shot 45 percent from the floor and made 5-of-20 three-pointers, while the Pilots shot 40 percent overall and made 4-of-15 threes.

The Pilots will conclude their three-game WCC homestand when the Gonzaga Bulldogs visit the Chiles Center for a nationally televised contest on ESPN2 this Thursday at 8 p.m. Only a few tickets remain and are available through all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at ticketmaster.com.