PORTLAND, Ore.-- A late
Jackson Mayes pull-up jumper gives the LeTourneau men's basketball the 68-66 win over Lewis and Clark on Saturday afternoon to kick off the trip to the Pacific Northwest.
LeTourneau (3-0) held a lead as large as nine points for just shy of 25 minutes of the game that saw 13 lead changes and 6 tied scores.
Lewis and Clark (1-2) scored 17 second-chance points and 22 of their points came off the bench.
Mayes marked a second straight game with 20 points or more as he tallied 22 points, four assists, and eight rebounds to lead the YellowJackets in scoring.
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Caedmon Liebengood scored 15 points and five rebounds to pair with
Walker Blaine's five boards and 13 points.
LeTourneau shot out of the halftime break to take a six-point advantage and did not surrender the lead until under six minutes when Kody Uyesugi made a long three-pointer to put the Pioneers ahead 55-53.
The Pioneers led 65-60 with two minutes left to play before a Mayes layup and a Blaine three-pointer brought the Jackets to a tie.
Christian Adams then kept Griffin Datcher from scoring a layup with a foul, Datcher only put in one of the two shots awarded with just over 30 seconds to go.Â
Mayes received a handoff from Liebengood and drove to the block, pulled up, and knocked down what would be the game-winner with 14 seconds remaining.
The YellowJackets trailed the Pioneers early in the first half 14-12 with 14:07 on the clock before going on a 19-8 run taking a 29-22 Jacket lead.Â
The Pioneers would then make a 10-2 run of their own in the final five minutes of the first to take a 32-31 lead into the locker room.
LeTourneau went 28-of-59 (47.5%) from the field and 5-of-18 (27.8%) from beyond the arc.
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LeTourneau will stay out west to face Puget Sound on Monday night, tip-off is set for 7 p.m. (PST) or 9 p.m. (CST).
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