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Calmese's 23 help Washington State knock off Portland 92-70

AP
Jan 18, 2025

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Nate Calmese scored 23 points as Washington State beat Portland 92-70 on Saturday night.

Calmese added eight assists and three steals for the Cougars (15-5, 5-2 West Coast Conference). Dane Erikstrup added 17 points while going 6 of 10 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) while they also had five rebounds. LeJuan Watts finished 6 of 10 from the field to finish with 15 points, while adding seven rebounds.

Chris Austin led the way for the Pilots (6-14, 1-6) with 23 points. Max Mackinnon added 12 points for Portland. A.Rapp also had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Washington State took the lead with 5:00 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 44-35 at halftime, with Erikstrup racking up 14 points. Washington State extended its lead to 73-57 during the second half, fueled by a 9-0 scoring run. Calmese scored a team-high 13 points in the second half as their team closed out the win.

Both teams next play Thursday. Washington State visits Santa Clara and Portlandplays San Diego at home.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
PORT
Pilots
35
WSU
Cougars
44

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Pilots gains possession)
19:58		Max Mackinnon turnover (bad pass) (Dane Erikstrup steals)
19:54		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
19:52		Dane Erikstrup offensive rebound
19:46	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	0-2
19:27		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
19:25		Chris Austin offensive rebound
19:14	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:54		LeJuan Watts misses two point jump shot
18:52		Nate Calmese offensive rebound
18:50		Nate Calmese misses two point layup
18:48		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
18:45		Vincent Delano misses two point jump shot
18:43		Pilots offensive rebound
18:35		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
18:33		Ethan Price defensive rebound
18:24	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Ethan Price assists)	2-5
18:02	+3	Bol Dengdit makes three point jump shot (Austin Rapp assists)	5-5
17:45		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
17:43		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
17:28		Tomas Thrastarson blocks Vincent Delano's three point jump shot
17:26		Pilots offensive rebound
17:25		LeJuan Watts shooting foul (Bol Dengdit draws the foul)
17:25	+1	Bol Dengdit makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-5
17:25	+1	Bol Dengdit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-5
17:00	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Ethan Price assists)	7-8
16:39		Tomas Thrastarson personal foul
16:30		Chris Austin misses two point jump shot
16:28		Ethan Price defensive rebound
16:11		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
16:09		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
16:01	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point layup	9-8
15:51		Ethan Price offensive foul
15:51		Ethan Price turnover (offensive foul)
15:51		TV timeout
15:31		Vincent Delano misses two point jump shot
15:29		Bol Dengdit offensive rebound
15:28		ND Okafor shooting foul (Bol Dengdit draws the foul)
15:28	+1	Bol Dengdit makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-8
15:28	+1	Bol Dengdit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-8
15:09		LeJuan Watts misses three point jump shot
15:07		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
14:59	+3	Austin Rapp makes three point jump shot	14-8
14:36		Bol Dengdit shooting foul (ND Okafor draws the foul)
14:36	+1	ND Okafor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-9
14:36	+1	ND Okafor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-10
14:14		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
14:12		Austin Rapp offensive rebound
14:08		Dane Erikstrup shooting foul (Max Mackinnon draws the foul)
14:08	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-10
14:08	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-10
13:52		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
13:50		Kase Wynott offensive rebound
13:45		Kase Wynott misses three point jump shot
13:43		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
13:27	+3	Chris Austin makes three point jump shot (Vincent Delano assists)	19-10
12:59	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point floating jump shot	19-12
12:31		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
12:29		Ethan Price defensive rebound
12:25	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point jump shot	19-14
12:08	+3	Chris Austin makes three point jump shot (Vincent Delano assists)	22-14
11:56	+2	Ethan Price makes two point layup	22-16
11:37	+3	Austin Rapp makes three point jump shot	25-16
11:27		Austin Rapp personal foul
11:27		TV timeout
11:18	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Nate Calmese assists)	25-19
11:10		Kelson Gebbers turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Price steals)
11:06	+2	Dane Erikstrup makes two point layup (LeJuan Watts assists)	25-21
11:06		Pilots 30 second timeout
10:50		Vincent Delano offensive foul
10:50		Vincent Delano turnover (offensive foul)
10:22	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point hook shot (Nate Calmese assists)	25-23
9:58		LeJuan Watts shooting foul (Mikah Ballew draws the foul)
9:58	+1	Mikah Ballew makes regular free throw 1 of 3	26-23
9:58		Mikah Ballew misses regular free throw 2 of 3
9:58	+1	Mikah Ballew makes regular free throw 3 of 3	27-23
9:41		LeJuan Watts turnover (lost ball) (Mikah Ballew steals)
9:34		Vincent Delano misses three point jump shot
9:32		Ethan Price defensive rebound
9:13		Ethan Price turnover (lost ball) (Vincent Delano steals)
9:09		Vincent Delano turnover (lost ball)
9:02		Todd Jones personal foul
9:00		Kelson Gebbers shooting foul (Tomas Thrastarson draws the foul)
9:00	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 1 of 3	27-24
9:00		Tomas Thrastarson misses regular free throw 2 of 3
9:00	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 3 of 3	27-25
8:42		Bol Dengdit misses three point jump shot
8:40		Nate Calmese defensive rebound
8:32		Nate Calmese misses two point jump shot
8:30		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
8:25		Tomas Thrastarson blocks Mikah Ballew's two point layup
8:23		Cougars defensive rebound
8:02		Ethan Price misses two point layup
8:00		Kelson Gebbers defensive rebound
7:54		Max Mackinnon turnover (traveling)
7:54		TV timeout
7:35	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point jump shot	27-27
7:11		Kelson Gebbers misses three point jump shot
7:09		Nate Calmese defensive rebound
7:00		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
6:58		ND Okafor offensive rebound
6:47		LeJuan Watts misses two point layup
6:45		Bol Dengdit defensive rebound
6:27		Kase Wynott personal foul
6:27		Mikah Ballew misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:27		ND Okafor defensive rebound
6:04		Bol Dengdit personal foul
6:02		Kase Wynott misses three point jump shot
6:00		ND Okafor offensive rebound
5:54	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point jump shot	27-29
5:44		Nate Calmese personal foul
5:44	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-29
5:44	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-29
5:17		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
5:15		ND Okafor offensive rebound
5:00	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	29-31
4:46		Austin Rapp misses two point jump shot
4:44		Ethan Price defensive rebound
4:32		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
4:30		ND Okafor offensive rebound
4:25	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup	29-33
4:18	+3	Chris Austin makes three point jump shot (Vincent Delano assists)	32-33
4:00		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
3:58		Kase Wynott offensive rebound
3:58	+2	Kase Wynott makes two point layup	32-35
3:58		Vincent Delano shooting foul (Kase Wynott draws the foul)
3:58		TV timeout
3:58		Kase Wynott misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:58		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
3:38		Bol Dengdit misses two point hook shot
3:36		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
3:27		Bol Dengdit personal foul
3:27	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-36
3:27		Ethan Price misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:27		Nate Calmese offensive rebound
3:25		Nate Calmese turnover (lost ball) (Max Mackinnon steals)
3:08		Max Mackinnon misses two point jump shot
3:06		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
3:01		Kelson Gebbers shooting foul (Ethan Price draws the foul)
3:01	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-37
3:01		Ethan Price misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:01		Chris Austin defensive rebound
2:50		Kelson Gebbers misses three point jump shot
2:48		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
2:37		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
2:35		Dane Erikstrup offensive rebound
2:33	+2	Dane Erikstrup makes two point layup	32-39
2:33		Kelson Gebbers shooting foul (Dane Erikstrup draws the foul)
2:33	+1	Dane Erikstrup makes regular free throw 1 of 1	32-40
2:16		Austin Rapp turnover (bad pass) (Dane Erikstrup steals)
2:11		Dane Erikstrup turnover (bad pass) (Mikah Ballew steals)
2:10		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
2:08		Cougars defensive rebound
1:48	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup (Nate Calmese assists)	32-42
1:33		Mikah Ballew turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Price steals)
1:27	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup	32-44
1:03	+3	Chris Austin makes three point jump shot (Max Mackinnon assists)	35-44
0:42		Ethan Price turnover (3-second violation)
0:27		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
0:25		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
0:03		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
0:01		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
0:01		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
0:01		Pilots offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PORT
Pilots
35
WSU
Cougars
48

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
19:43		Bol Dengdit defensive rebound
19:21		Ethan Price personal foul
19:07	+2	Max Mackinnon makes two point jump shot (Austin Rapp assists)	37-44
18:44		Chris Austin personal foul
18:27	+3	Ethan Price makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	37-47
18:18		Austin Rapp turnover (bad pass) (Nate Calmese steals)
18:12	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	37-49
17:51	+2	Vincent Delano makes two point layup	39-49
17:28	+2	Ethan Price makes two point hook shot (Dane Erikstrup assists)	39-51
17:03		Ethan Price shooting foul (Austin Rapp draws the foul)
17:03	+1	Austin Rapp makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-51
17:03	+1	Austin Rapp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-51
16:58		Austin Rapp shooting foul (Tomas Thrastarson draws the foul)
16:58	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-52
16:58		Tomas Thrastarson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:58		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
16:56		Tomas Thrastarson personal foul
16:31	+2	Chris Austin makes two point jump shot	43-52
16:21		Dane Erikstrup misses two point jump shot
16:19		LeJuan Watts offensive rebound
16:15	+3	Parker Gerrits makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	43-55
15:54	+2	Chris Austin makes two point layup (Max Mackinnon assists)	45-55
15:54		Tomas Thrastarson personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:53		Chris Austin misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:53		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
15:33		LeJuan Watts misses two point jump shot
15:31		Bol Dengdit defensive rebound
15:23		Max Mackinnon misses two point layup
15:21		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
15:15		ND Okafor offensive foul
15:15		ND Okafor turnover (offensive foul)
15:00	+2	Chris Austin makes two point layup (Austin Rapp assists)	47-55
14:36	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point jump shot	47-57
14:19		Chris Austin turnover (bad pass)
14:04		Ethan Price misses two point jump shot
14:02		Austin Rapp defensive rebound
13:51	+3	Vincent Delano makes three point jump shot (Chris Austin assists)	50-57
13:25	+3	Nate Calmese makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	50-60
13:02		Austin Rapp offensive foul
13:02		Austin Rapp turnover (offensive foul)
12:50		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
12:48		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
12:42		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
12:40		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
12:34		Jermaine Ballisager Webb shooting foul (Nate Calmese draws the foul)
12:34		Nate Calmese misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:34		Nate Calmese misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:34		ND Okafor offensive rebound
12:32		ND Okafor misses two point jump shot
12:30		Pilots defensive rebound
12:20		Chris Austin misses two point layup
12:18		Chris Austin offensive rebound
12:17	+2	Chris Austin makes two point layup	52-60
12:17		Dane Erikstrup shooting foul (Chris Austin draws the foul)
12:17	+1	Chris Austin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-60
12:03	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point jump shot	53-62
11:46		Mikah Ballew misses three point jump shot
11:44		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
11:35	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup (Nate Calmese assists)	53-64
11:15		Mikah Ballew misses two point layup
11:13		Kase Wynott defensive rebound
11:04		Nate Calmese misses two point layup
11:02		Chris Austin defensive rebound
10:59		Nate Calmese personal foul
10:59		TV timeout
10:59	+1	Chris Austin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-64
10:59	+1	Chris Austin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-64
10:48		Dane Erikstrup offensive foul
10:48		Dane Erikstrup turnover (offensive foul)
10:36	+2	Bol Dengdit makes two point layup (Max Mackinnon assists)	57-64
10:23	+3	LeJuan Watts makes three point jump shot (Parker Gerrits assists)	57-67
10:06		Bol Dengdit turnover (lost ball)
9:48		Mikah Ballew personal foul
9:46		Parker Gerrits misses three point jump shot
9:44		Max Mackinnon defensive rebound
9:36		Austin Rapp turnover (bad pass)
9:27	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup (Dane Erikstrup assists)	57-69
9:05		Max Mackinnon turnover (lost ball)
8:56		Mikah Ballew shooting foul (Tomas Thrastarson draws the foul)
8:56	+1	Tomas Thrastarson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-70
8:56		Tomas Thrastarson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:56		Chris Austin defensive rebound
8:47		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
8:45		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
8:32		Mikah Ballew personal foul
8:32	+1	LeJuan Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-71
8:32	+1	LeJuan Watts makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-72
8:19		Chris Austin misses three point jump shot
8:17		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
8:09		Mikah Ballew personal foul
8:09	+1	Parker Gerrits makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-73
8:09		Parker Gerrits misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:09		Bol Dengdit defensive rebound
7:52		Tomas Thrastarson shooting foul
7:52		TV timeout
7:52		Chris Austin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:52		Chris Austin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:52		Austin Rapp offensive rebound
7:47		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
7:45		Vincent Delano offensive rebound
7:41	+2	Vincent Delano makes two point layup	59-73
7:14		Ethan Price misses two point jump shot
7:12		Vincent Delano defensive rebound
7:12		Nate Calmese shooting foul (Vincent Delano draws the foul)
7:12	+1	Vincent Delano makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-73
7:12		Vincent Delano misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:12		Ethan Price defensive rebound
6:58	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point jump shot	60-75
6:56		Pilots 30 second timeout
6:56		Shantay Legans technical foul
6:56		Pilots turnover
6:56		TV timeout
6:56	+1	Ethan Price makes technical free throw 1 of 2	60-76
6:56	+1	Ethan Price makes technical free throw 2 of 2	60-77
6:34		Vincent Delano misses two point jump shot
6:32		Bol Dengdit offensive rebound
6:32		Kase Wynott personal foul
6:32	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-77
6:32	+1	Max Mackinnon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-77
6:18		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
6:16		Kase Wynott offensive rebound
6:13		Nate Calmese misses two point layup
6:11		Bol Dengdit defensive rebound
6:04		Bol Dengdit misses three point jump shot
6:02		Austin Rapp offensive rebound
5:58	+2	Austin Rapp makes two point layup	64-77
5:30	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup (Nate Calmese assists)	64-79
5:20		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
5:18		Cougars defensive rebound
5:00	+2	ND Okafor makes two point dunk (Nate Calmese assists)	64-81
4:45		Bol Dengdit turnover (bad pass) (Nate Calmese steals)
4:41	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	64-83
4:27		Max Mackinnon misses three point jump shot
4:25		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
4:01	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup	64-85
3:51		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
3:49		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
3:32		ND Okafor offensive foul
3:32		ND Okafor turnover (offensive foul)
3:32		TV timeout
3:14		Kelson Gebbers turnover (lost ball) (LeJuan Watts steals)
2:56	+2	Ethan Price makes two point dunk (Nate Calmese assists)	64-87
2:45		Vincent Delano turnover (bad pass) (Nate Calmese steals)
2:40	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point dunk	64-89
2:20		Mikah Ballew misses three point jump shot
2:18		Ethan Price defensive rebound
2:02	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Nate Calmese assists)	64-92
1:39	+2	Todd Jones makes two point layup (Chris Austin assists)	66-92
1:32		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:09		Parker Gerrits turnover (traveling)
0:57	+3	Todd Jones makes three point jump shot (Vincent Delano assists)	69-92
0:32		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
0:31		Pilots defensive rebound
0:30		ND Okafor personal foul
0:30	+1	Jermaine Ballisager Webb makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-92
0:30		Jermaine Ballisager Webb misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:30		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
0:02		Todd Jones blocks Parker Gerrits's three point jump shot
0:01		Pilots defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Pilots defensive rebound