Pressley's 17 leads Portland past Montana St 87-60

MSNBC Sunday 21st December, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Bryce Pressley scored 17 point and Alec Wintering had 11 assists to help Portland beat Montana State 87-60 on Saturday night.

Pressley made 4 of 6 field goals, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and 6 of 6 free throws and Portland (8-3) shot 55 percent (32 of 58) overall. Thomas van der Mars added 12 points, D'Marques Tyson scored 11 and Volodymyr Gerun 10.

Montana State (3-8) made just 8 of 22 (36.4 percent) field goals and committed 11 turnovers in the first half and Portland took a 50-29 lead into the break.

Terrell Brown's jumper with 11:29 left in the first half gave Montana State a 16-14 lead, but the Pilots scored 18 of the next 21, opening up a 13-point lead when Pressley hit a 3 about 7 minutes before halftime.

The Bobcats trailed by double digits the rest of the way.

Danny Robison led Montana State with 24 points.

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