WCC basketball: LMU beats Portland
Ayodeji Egbeyemi scored 22 points, Marin Mornar added 21 points with 10 rebounds and Loyola Marymount beat Portland 80-68 on Thursday in Los Angeles.
Portland cut the deficit to one on Gabe Taylor’s jumper with 11:02 left, but the Lions responded with a 13-0 run to go up 62-48 with 7:20 left. Portland whittled that lead down to eight with 2:09 remaining, but Loyola made 8 of 10 free throws down the stretch to ice it.
Saint Mary’s 70, San Diego 58: Brad Waldow scored 25, on 11-of-13 shooting, and Aaron Bright had 11 points and a career-high 11 assists to lead the Gaels to a win over the Toreros in Moraga, California.
Johnny Dee led San Diego with 14 points.
BYU 93, Pacific 80: Kyle Collinsworth tied the NCAA single-season record with his fourth triple-double and the Cougars beat the Tigers in Stockton, California.
Collinsworth had a career-best 11 assists to go with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
T.J. Wallace led the Tigers with 18 points. Gabriel Aguirre added 15, Eric Thompson 13 and Dulani Robinson 12.
| WCC | Overall | |||
| W | L | W | L | |
| Gonzaga | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Saint Mary’s | 6 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| BYU | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| Pepperdine | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| Portland | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| San Francisco | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Santa Clara | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| San Diego | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Pacific | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Loyola Marymount | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 |