PORTLAND, Ore. – Jaxon Olvera scored a career high 31 points, but the Portland men's basketball team fell to the East Texas A&M Lions 94-88 in double overtime Friday at the Chiles Center.
Olvera was 8-for-14 from the field and made 14-of-16 free throws to lead the Pilots (3-2). Riley Parker helped out with 18 points and four assists and Hunter Adam chipped in with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Turnovers were a problem for Portland as their 21 giveaways led to 26 points for the Lions (3-1).
The Pilots had some costly missed free throws late in regulation and finished 26-of-36 overall at the foul line.
Mohamed Diakite finished with a team-high 24 points for East Texas A&M.
How It Happened
After falling behind 25-19, Portland went on a 9-0 run with 7:10 left in the first half, culminating in a bucket from Olvera, to take a 28-25 lead. The Pilots would coast into halftime with a 36-31 advantage. Portland did most of its first half damage in the paint, scoring 18 of its 36 points close to the basket.
East Texas A&M proceeded to take a 50-42 lead out of intermission on the shoulders of Diakite before Portland went on a 16-0 run to seize a 58-50 lead with 10:43 to go in the contest. The Lions fought back with an 11-0 run caped by four straight points from Diakite to go up 61-58. Parker hit a three to tie it back up and the team's exchanged leads over the next few minutes. Olvera's two free throws with 1:05 left tied it at 69 and were the final points of regulation. The Pilots missed two free throws and Olvera's tough fadeaway at the buzzer was short.
East Texas A&M got big production from their bench in the extra sessions. Marko Markovic scored the first four points of OT and Kollin Tolbert was a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor after regulation for 11 points. Tolbert's first triple gave ETAM a 76-71 lead before Olvera and Parker buried back-to back threes. Alonzo Dodd answered with a triple for the Lions before Olvera tied it at 79 with a tough finish in traffic with 27 seconds left. He missed the go-ahead free throw but Portland got a stop to force double OT.
The Lions again jumped out in the next overtime as Tolbert scored eight points in the first two minutes. Another Olvera layup cut the deficit to 89-86 with 51 seconds remaining, but the Pilots were unable to get any closer down the stretch.
Game Notes
» Jaxon Olvera's previous high was 29 points last season. His 12 free throws made were also a career best.
» Riley Parker was 6-for-10 from the floor and 5-of-8 from three-point range.
» Portland shot 47 percent overall but just 6-for-19 from three.
» ETAM finished at 46 percent and 14-of-32 from beyond the arc.
» Portland got a game-high nine rebounds from Hunter Adam, also a career high for the Davidson transfer.
» The game featured 13 ties and 15 lead changes.
Up Next
The Pilots will travel to face the Colorado Buffaloes on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (PT) and then head to the Acrisure Series in Palm Desert, Calif. for games against Fordham and Cal Baptist on Nov. 21-22.
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