Washington State Cougars vs. Portland Pilots

FINAL

Dec 28, 2025

Box Score

	1	2	T
WSU	32	35	67
PORT	23	39	62

Game Recap

Vavers scores 13 off the bench, Washington State knocks off Portland 67-62. Rihards Vavers' 13 points off of the bench led Washington State to a 67-62 victory over Portland in a West Coast Conference opener on Sunday.

Player Stats

WASHINGTON STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Eemeli Yalaho	34	2-7	2-4	1-4	9	4	0	1	1	0	7
22ND Okafor	20	2-7	0-0	2-3	7	0	1	1	2	4	6
21Ace Glass	26	1-8	0-3	9-10	5	3	1	0	4	0	11
13Adria Rodriguez	24	2-5	0-3	1-4	4	2	0	0	2	1	5
5Tomas Thrastarson	33	4-8	1-3	2-2	6	2	0	0	2	4	11
3Simon Hildebrandt	7	1-1	1-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
0Emmanuel Ugbo	19	2-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	4	4
15Rihards Vavers	25	4-6	3-5	2-3	3	0	2	0	0	1	13
11Jerone Morton	10	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
10Parker Gerrits	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	-	20-5337.7%	8-2334.8%	19-2867.9%	40	12	4	3	12	15	67

PORTLAND	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Cameron Williams	27	2-7	0-2	3-6	5	1	0	1	1	1	7
14James O'Donnell	9	0-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	1	1	1	1
7Matúš Hronský	34	3-13	1-8	0-0	5	1	4	0	1	1	7
23Joel Foxwell	37	6-19	3-8	0-0	6	6	0	0	0	3	15
44Mikah Ballew	33	4-12	3-8	4-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	15
3Timo George	21	3-6	0-1	3-4	5	1	0	0	1	5	9
1Jermaine Ballisager Webb	21	2-5	1-4	3-8	8	1	0	1	2	4	8
10Garrett Nuckolls	11	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5Dante Censori-Hercules	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0

TOTAL	-	20-6530.8%	8-3125.8%	14-2458.3%	37	11	5	4	6	22	62

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWSUPORT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Portland.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Washington State.
(19:35) Cameron Williams misses 8-foot jumper.
(19:30) ND Okafor Defensive Rebound.
(19:13) Ace Glass misses 16-foot jumper.
(19:09) Joel Foxwell Defensive Rebound.
(19:05) Mikah Ballew misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:01) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
(18:51) Foul on Tomas Thrastarson.
(18:51) Tomas Thrastarson turnover.
(18:32) Joel Foxwell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:26) Adria Rodriguez Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:19) Adria Rodriguez makes driving layup.
20
+2 (17:55) Cameron Williams makes layup (Joel Foxwell assists).
22
(17:39) Foul on ND Okafor.
(17:39) ND Okafor turnover.
(17:21) Cameron Williams bad pass turnover.
(17:21) ND Okafor Steal.
+2 (17:10) Ace Glass makes driving layup.
42
+2 (16:57) Joel Foxwell makes layup.
44
(16:34) Tomas Thrastarson misses layup.
(16:30) Cameron Williams Defensive Rebound.
(16:19) Matúš Hronský misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:16) Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:01) Eemeli Yalaho makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists).
74
(15:41) Joel Foxwell misses 8-foot hook shot.
(15:36) ND Okafor Defensive Rebound.
(15:26) Tomas Thrastarson misses layup.
(15:26) Cameron Williams Block.
(15:22) James O'Donnell Defensive Rebound.
(15:06) Mikah Ballew misses 17-foot jumper.
(15:02) ND Okafor Defensive Rebound.
(14:49) ND Okafor bad pass turnover.
(14:49) Matúš Hronský Steal.
(14:44) Mikah Ballew misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:40) Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.
(14:23) ND Okafor misses dunk.
(14:23) James O'Donnell Defensive Rebound.
(14:23) James O'Donnell Block.
(14:20) Joel Foxwell misses layup.
(14:17) Adria Rodriguez Defensive Rebound.
(14:10) Foul on Matúš Hronský.
(14:05) Rihards Vavers misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(14:01) Jerone Morton Offensive Rebound.
(13:57) Ace Glass misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:54) Joel Foxwell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:41) Timo George makes 5-foot alley oop dunk (Joel Foxwell assists).
76
+2 (13:31) Emmanuel Ugbo makes layup (Ace Glass assists).
96
(13:13) Jermaine Ballisager Webb misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:09) Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.
(12:49) Foul on Garrett Nuckolls.
(12:33) Emmanuel Ugbo misses 18-foot jumper.
(12:29) Eemeli Yalaho Offensive Rebound.
(12:28) team shot clock turnover .
(12:04) Jermaine Ballisager Webb bad pass turnover.
(12:04) Rihards Vavers Steal.
(11:58) Eemeli Yalaho misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:56) Mikah Ballew Defensive Rebound.
(11:46) Matúš Hronský misses 15-foot jumper.
(11:41) Timo George Offensive Rebound.
(11:40) Matúš Hronský misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:35) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:18) Rihards Vavers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Ugbo assists).
126
(11:04) Garrett Nuckolls misses 8-foot jumper.
(11:00) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
(10:53) Jerone Morton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:49) Timo George Defensive Rebound.
(10:26) Matúš Hronský misses 14-foot jumper.
(10:22) Portland Offensive Rebound.
(10:19) Foul on Emmanuel Ugbo.
+1 (10:19) Timo George makes free throw 1 of 2.
127
+1 (10:19) Timo George makes free throw 2 of 2.
128
(9:55) Parker Gerrits misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:49) Jermaine Ballisager Webb Defensive Rebound.
(9:43) Matúš Hronský misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(9:39) Jermaine Ballisager Webb Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:38) Jermaine Ballisager Webb makes layup.
1210
(9:22) Foul on Jermaine Ballisager Webb.
+1 (9:22) Simon Hildebrandt makes free throw 1 of 2.
1310
+1 (9:22) Simon Hildebrandt makes free throw 2 of 2.
1410
+2 (9:02) Matúš Hronský makes layup.
1412
+3 (8:33) Parker Gerrits makes 25-foot three point jumper (Adria Rodriguez assists).
1712
(8:15) Timo George misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:10) Simon Hildebrandt Defensive Rebound.
(8:01) Parker Gerrits misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:57) Joel Foxwell Defensive Rebound.
(7:42) Matúš Hronský out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(7:24) Adria Rodriguez misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:17) James O'Donnell Defensive Rebound.
(7:15) James O'Donnell misses layup.
(7:09) Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:06) Simon Hildebrandt makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tomas Thrastarson assists).
2012
(6:56) Mikah Ballew misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:52) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
(6:42) Ace Glass misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:38) James O'Donnell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:22) Joel Foxwell makes driving layup.
2014
(6:09) Adria Rodriguez misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:57) Tomas Thrastarson Offensive Rebound.
(5:51) Ace Glass misses layup.
(5:47) Adria Rodriguez Offensive Rebound.
(5:43) Emmanuel Ugbo misses layup.
(5:40) Cameron Williams Defensive Rebound.
(5:25) Foul on James O'Donnell.
(5:25) James O'Donnell turnover.
(5:15) Tomas Thrastarson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:11) Timo George Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:02) Cameron Williams makes layup (Dante Censori-Hercules assists).
2016
(4:52) Foul on Joel Foxwell.
+1 (4:52) Tomas Thrastarson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2116
+1 (4:52) Tomas Thrastarson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2216
(4:29) Mikah Ballew misses layup.
(4:25) Ace Glass Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:21) Tomas Thrastarson makes layup (Ace Glass assists).
2416
(4:06) Joel Foxwell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:02) Rihards Vavers Defensive Rebound.
(3:58) Foul on Timo George.
+1 (3:58) Ace Glass makes free throw 1 of 2.
2516
+1 (3:58) Ace Glass makes free throw 2 of 2.
2616
+2 (3:33) Timo George makes 7-foot jumper.
2618
(3:09) Emmanuel Ugbo bad pass turnover.
(2:54) Foul on Emmanuel Ugbo.
+1 (2:53) Cameron Williams makes free throw 1 of 2.
2619
+1 (2:53) Cameron Williams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2620
(2:40) Eemeli Yalaho bad pass turnover.
(2:23) Cameron Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:19) Matúš Hronský Offensive Rebound.
(2:18) Foul on ND Okafor.
(2:18) Timo George misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:18) Portland Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:18) Timo George makes free throw 2 of 2.
2621
(2:18) Matúš Hronský misses layup.
(2:18) Timo George Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:56) ND Okafor makes layup.
2821
+2 (1:49) Timo George makes layup (Joel Foxwell assists).
2823
+2 (1:27) ND Okafor makes layup.
3023
(1:07) Timo George bad pass turnover.
(1:07) Rihards Vavers Steal.
(0:56) Foul on Timo George.
(0:56) ND Okafor misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:56) Tomas Thrastarson Offensive Rebound.
(0:40) ND Okafor misses layup.
(0:40) Jermaine Ballisager Webb Block.
(0:40) Portland Defensive Rebound.
(0:23) Garrett Nuckolls misses 12-foot jumper.
(0:20) Rihards Vavers Defensive Rebound.
(0:07) Eemeli Yalaho misses layup.
(0:00) Tomas Thrastarson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) Tomas Thrastarson makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3223

2nd half

Team Stats

WSU

PORT

67Points62

20-53(37.7%)Field Goal(%)20-65(30.8%)

8-23(34.8%)3-Point(%)8-31(25.8%)

19-28(67.9%)Free Throw(%)14-24(58.3%)

44(11)Rebounds(Offensive)42(14)

12Assists11

4Steals5

3Blocks4

13Turnovers6

15(0)Fouls(Technical)22(1)

12Largest Lead8

Game Details

Sunday, December 28, 2025 · 5:00 PM

Chiles Center · Portland, OR

attendance: 1,448 (29.8%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WSU -3.5

over/under: 152.5