Portland Wins 12th Straight At Home

Canaan Chatman scored 21 points and Portland held on to defeat San Diego 63-61 Thursday in the West Coast Conference.

Curt Ranta had 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Pilots (9-4, 18-7) won their 12 consecutive home game.

San Diego (5-8, 10-14) made an 8-0 run to close Portland’s lead to 62-61 with 56 seconds left.

Ranta hit one of two free throws with 26 seconds left and the Pilots led 63-61.

Doug Harris’ 3-pointer with five seconds went off the rim and the ball went out of bounds to Portland with one second remaining.

San Diego (10-4)

Flannery 4-12 1-2 10, Williams 2-10 4-6 14, Black 2-4 0-0 4, D.Harris 4-13 1-2 9, Fizdale 2-4 0-0 5, Bruso 3-3 0-0 6, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Speech 5-7 0-0 10, Obasohan 1-2 0-0 3, Mutrie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 6-10 61.

Portland (18-7)

Daniels 4-13 1-1 9, Chatman 8-14 5-6 21, Ranta 1-10 9-12 11, Holton 1-7 0-0 2, Ross 2-6 2-2 7, J.Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Flicker 2-5 0-1 6, Anderson 1-2 0-0 3, Brainard 1-3 0-0 2, Metoyer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 17-22 63.

Halftime-Portland 32, San Diego 29. 3-Point goals-San Diego 3-11 (Obasohan 1-1, Fizdale 1-2, Flannery 1-4, D.Harris 0-4), Portland 4-9 (Flicker 2-5, Ross 1-1, Anderson 1-1, Brainard 0-1, Metoyer 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-San Diego 41 (Williams 8), Portland 34 (Ranta 12). Assists-San Diego 17 (Fizdale 9), Portland 14 (Flicker 4). Total fouls-San Diego 18, Portland 13. Technicals-Portland coach Chavez. A-1,662.