Tulane Holds Off Portland State, 63-61

Saturday, December 20

NEW ORLEANS

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

9-4,0-0American

Portland State

6-5,0-0Big Sky

Portland St.

Tulane

Dec 20, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane men's basketball (9-4) closed out its non-conference slate with a 63-61 victory over Portland State (6-5) Saturday night inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Asher Woods stepped to the charity stripe with ice in his veins to secure the win for the Green Wave by sinking a pair of free throws with seconds remaining.

With the win, the Wave improved to 2-0 all-time against Portland State with both victories coming in Uptown. The victory also gave Tulane to its first non-conference slate with at least nine wins since the 2014-15 season when the Green Wave went 9-1.

The trio of Woods, Rowan Brumbaugh, and Tyler Ringgold led the offensive attack for Tulane against the Vikings. Woods paced the team with 21 on 6-of-9 shooting and a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line. The senior guard has reached double figures in seven games this season including a pair of performance with 20-plus points.

Brumbaugh followed with 14 points to notch his sixth consecutive game with double digits and his 12th this season. He was also perfect from the charity stripe shooting 7-of-7 at the line while also adding five boards and a team-high three steals.

Rounding out the top performers for the Wave was Ringgold with 10 points including eight in the second half. The redshirt sophomore has tallied double figures in scoring six times this season and 10 times in his career.

After the Green Wave opened with the first five points of the night the pace of scoring slowed for both teams in the opening frame. Tulane and Portland State exchanged methodical scoring runs throughout the first half. The Wave faced its largest deficit of the contest at 20-13 with 4:10 on the clock after an 8-1 run by the Vikings.

Tulane mounted its best run of the opening frame scoring nine-straight to reclaim the lead 22-20 with just over a minute to play in the first half. Portland State briefly tied the score again at 22-22, but it was the Wave that hit the locker room holding a 24-22 advantage.

The Green Wave quickly extended its lead to begin the second half with a 7-0 run capped off by the team's first three-pointer of the night from Ringgold. Tulane eventually pushed its advantage to as many as 12 points with under six minutes remaining, but the Vikings did not go down without a fight.

Portland State slowly chipped away at the Wave's lead to ultimately tie the game at 61-61 on a second-chance layup with seven seconds left. After a Tulane timeout, Woods attacked the lane in the closing moments to draw a foul and earn a trip to the free throw line with two seconds on the clock. He confidently stepped to the line to drain both shots and secure the victory for the Green Wave 63-61.

Next, the Green Wave start American Conference play on the road at East Carolina on Wednesday, December 31. The game between Tulane and the Pirate is slated to tipoff at 11 a.m. on ESPNU.

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