National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
West Virginia 89, Portland St. 71
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 25, 2022
Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
Officials: # Darron George, # Scott Brown, # Earl Walton
Attendance: N/A

Tre Mitchell scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting to help West Virginia post an easy 89-71 victory over Portland State on Friday night in consolation play of the Phil Knight Legacy at Portland, Ore.

The result gave Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins his 921st career win, snapping a tie with Jim Calhoun to move into sole possession of third place on the NCAA's all-time men's Division I coaching victories list.

Emmitt Matthews Jr. scored 14 points, Kedrian Johnson had 12 points and four steals and Seth Wilson also had 12 points on four 3-pointers for West Virginia (5-1). Erik Stevenson and Joe Toussaint had 11 points apiece for the Mountaineers.

Cameron Parker was 13 of 13 from the free-throw line while scoring 19 points for Portland State (2-4). Hunter Woods added 12 points for the Vikings.

West Virginia will face Florida in the fifth-place game on Sunday.

Portland State will meet Oregon State in Sunday's seventh-place game. The Vikings defeated the Beavers 79-66 in Corvallis last Saturday.

West Virginia shot 60.8 percent from the field, including 7 of 16 from 3-point range. The Mountaineers scored 32 points off 24 Vikings' turnovers.

Portland State made 38.3 percent of its shots and was 5 of 20 from behind the arc.

The Vikings were trailing by 20 points before they scored 10 consecutive points to pull within 60-50 with 13:02 left in the game. Parker capped the run by driving through the Mountaineers' defense for a layup.

Toussaint responded with back-to-back baskets to halt the Portland State surge.

The Mountaineers got the lead back over 20 when Jimmy Bell Jr. made a layup to make it 85-64 with three minutes left. The lead topped out at 23 points.

Johnson scored 12 first-half points and Mitchell had 10 as West Virginia held a 53-36 lead.

The Mountaineers shot 65.5 percent (19 of 29) in the half and scored 23 points off 16 Portland State turnovers.

West Virginia led by three before going on a 15-5 run to open up a 28-15 lead with 10:31 left in the half. Toussaint scored back-to-back baskets to end the spurt.

The Vikings pulled within 33-26 on a 3-pointer by Woods before the Mountaineers scored 10 of the next 11 points to increase their lead to 16.

Wilson drained a 3-pointer with just under five seconds left for the 17-point halftime cushion.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
West Virginia   Portland St.
Tre Mitchell 16 Scoring Cameron Parker 19
Emmitt Matthews Jr. 4 Assists Cameron Parker 3
Kedrian Johnson 5 Rebounds Hunter Woods 5
Kedrian Johnson 6 Free Throws Made Cameron Parker 13
Kedrian Johnson 4 Steals Hunter Woods 3
Emmitt Matthews Jr. 1 Blocks Trey Wood 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
West Virginia 89 60.8 7-16 20-28 20 27 3 11 19
Portland St. 71 38.3 5-20 30-38 7 26 1 8 24