McCoy scores 24 in Portland State's record-setting win
AP
Dec 02, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Robert McCoy scored 26 points to lead seven Portland State Vikings players in double figures and the Vikings beat Portland Bible Wildcats 123-40 on Saturday night.
Portland State set program records for turnovers forced (43), steals (31) and margin of victory (83) - breaking the previous mark of 75 set almost a year ago. The Vikings (4-3) beat Portland Bible, a member of the National Christian Collegiate Athletics Association, 125-50 on Dec. 2, 2017.
McCoy was fouled on a dunk and made the ensuing free throw to open the scoring and converted another 3-point play to make it 12-2 with 15 minutes left in the first half. Payton Moore hit a 3-pointer to pull the Wildcats within seven a couple minutes later but Portland State scored 26 of the next 28 points to take 31-point lead. Sal Nuhu's dunk made it capped a 9-0 run that made it 65-18 at halftime.
Durham Rosser led Portland Bible with 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting. The rest of the Wildcats made just 5 of 28 (17.9 percent) from the field.
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