PORTLAND, Ore. – Gabe Taylor had a tip-in with 2.4 seconds left in double overtime to give the Portland Pilots a thrilling 90-89 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Monday night at the Chiles Center. The Pilots trailed in the closing seconds of regulation, overtime and double overtime, but came through with clutch baskets in each sequence to pull out the win.
The Pilots (5-3) trailed by 13 points with 6:53 left in regulation and were down 70-60 with just over three minutes remaining, but mounted a furious rally late.
Senior point guard Alec Wintering went the length of the court and dished off to freshman center Joseph Smoyer for the game-tying dunk with 0.