PORTLAND, Ore. – Alec Wintering scored 23 points and dished out eight assists, while Jazz Johnson added 18 points as the Portland Pilots led from start-to-finish in a 73-60 West Coast Conference win over the Pepperdine Waves Saturday night at the Chiles Center. The Pilots improve to 9-5 overall and 2-0 in WCC play, while the Waves drop to 4-10 overall and 0-2 in league action.
Wintering recorded his third straight game with 20-plus points and eighth overall this season. He added six rebounds, was 8-for-8 from the foul line and played all 40 minutes.
Johnson drilled 4-of-8 three-pointers and scored 13 second-half points to help hold off the Waves.