LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ashley Hamilton scored 19 points to lead five Loyola Marymount players in double figures as the Lions beat Portland State 66-56 on Saturday night.
Anthony Ireland had 12 points and Godwin Okonji, Chase Flint and C.J. Blackwell added 10 each for the Lions (4-4). Hamilton had nine rebounds.
Marcus Hall scored 16 points and made four 3-pointers for the Vikings (1-4).
Loyola Marymount led 30-29 at intermission, and there were 16 lead changes and six ties before the Lions went on a 9-0 run over a 6:37 stretch in the second half to take control. Blackwell had two jumpers during the run, which gave Loyola Marymount a 51-43 lead with 6:15 remaining, and Portland State got no closer than five the rest of the way.
The Lions used a full-court press that helped force Portland State into 11 turnovers in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Portland State (1-4) | 29 | 27 | 56 |
| Loyola Marymount (4-4) « | 30 | 36 | 66 |
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| Portland State Vikings | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Parker, F | 30 | 3-13 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Moore, F | 29 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Harthun, G | 32 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| G. Winston, G | 23 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Winston Jr., G | 20 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hall | 23 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| L. McMullan | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Prosser | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Harvey | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Whitmore | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-54 | 5-9 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 56 | |
| 40.7% | 55.6% | ||||||
| Loyola Marymount Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hamilton, F | 38 | 5-11 | 7-7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| G. Okonji, F | 16 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| A. Ireland, G | 36 | 2-9 | 8-10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| C. Flint, G | 34 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Egbeyemi, G | 33 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Osborne | 24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Blackwell | 18 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Mornar | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-56 | 16-18 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 66 | |
| 41.1% | 88.9% | ||||||
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