BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Flavien Davis scored 16 points and Christian Moon added 15 as Montana State withstood two second-half comebacks from Portland State to hold on for a 62-59 victory Thursday night.
Paul Egwuonwu added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats (4-7, 1-2 Big Sky).
Aaron Moore had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Vikings (3-7, 1-2). Lateef McMullan also had 17 points, including six in the final 5 seconds.
Montana State led 52-38 with 7:35 remaining when Portland State went on a 15-1 run to tie the game at 53-53 with 3:05 to go.
Two jumpers by Egwuonwu and four free throws from Moon put the Bobcats ahead 61-53 with 12 seconds left. But McMullen hit a 3-pointer with 5 seconds remaining, then made a steal and another 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to make it 61-59.
Michael Dison hit 1 of 2 free throws for Montana State before a desperation 3-pointer by Dre Winston at the buzzer came up short.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Portland State (3-7) | 22 | 37 | 59 |
| Montana State (4-7) « | 29 | 33 | 62 |
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| Portland State Vikings | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Moore, F | 31 | 6-11 | 5-6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| R. Parker, F | 31 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| L. McMullan, G | 36 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| M. Harthun, G | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Winston Jr., G | 30 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Winston | 24 | 0-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Harvey | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| B. Cataldo | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Prosser | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Hall | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-56 | 10-14 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 59 | |
| 37.5% | 71.4% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Davis, F | 30 | 6-12 | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| X. Blount, F | 20 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| P. Egwuonwu, C | 35 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| C. Moon, G | 33 | 3-5 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| M. Colbert, G | 24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Dison | 24 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Coleman | 22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Norman | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Brumwell | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Robison | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Budinich | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-48 | 12-17 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 62 | |
| 45.8% | 70.6% | ||||||
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