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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Xavier Johnsons 19 points helped Colorado hand Portland its first home loss in the Terry Porter era on Saturday night, 76-63.We gave away too many offensive rebounds and turned the ball over too much, Pilots senior guard Alec Wintering said. But we were hanging close (and then) just let it get away.Josh Fortune added 14 points, Derrick White had 13 and George King 12 for Colorado (6-2), which was coming off a 14-point loss to in-state rival Colorado State on Wednesday. Johnson hit 8 of 10 from the line and was 5 for 11 from the field.Jazz Johnson led Portland (4-3) with 18 points, Wintering added 17 and DMarques Tyson had 14.A 3-pointer from Tyson with less than nine minutes left brought Portland within three and the Pilots bench to their feet but the celebration was short lived. A jumper from Johnson ignited Colorados offense and Portland soon trailed by double-digits.We knew coming into the game that their physicality and ability to rebound would be a game changer, Porter said. They really scrapped and we didnt do a good enough job of keeping them off the boards and then we turned it over too many times.But the Pilots gave Colorado a run for their money in the first half.Both teams opened slow and struggled offensively -- neither capitalizing on the first five possessions. The Pilots gave up 10 turnovers, including five from Wintering and the Buffs committed eight. A 12-2 Portland run put them up by as many as eight but a 7-0 run by the Buffs cut the Pilots halftime lead to two.In the second half, an early 7-0 run by CU tied the game up at 35. The two teams traded points before Colorado was able to pull away on Deleon Browns 3-pointer with just over 11 minutes remaining. Although the Pilots later got within three, and had some good minutes from Tyson late, they never caught up.The second half we were better, CU coach Tad Boyle said. We battled. We competed and guys stepped up and made plays. Josh Fortune made plays, X (Xavier) Johnson made plays. West (Gordon) made a big play at a critical time. Derrick (White) made plays down the stretch. Thats what you have to have. Your fifth year seniors are only good if they play like fifth year seniors. In the second half tonight, they did.Wintering and Johnson never sat, playing all 40 minutes for Portland.BIG PICTUREColorado: The Buffaloes led the pac-12 in 3-point percentage last season and finished just 26.3 percent from outside the arc against the Pilots on Saturday.Portland: The undersized backcourt of Johnson and Wintering -- who are fourth in scoring in the country behind Central Michigans Marcus Keene and Braylon Rayson, St. Bonaventures Jalen Adams and Matt Mobley and Pittsburgs Jamel Artis and Michael Young -- put up a combined 35 points against the Buffs. The pair is coming off a combined 62-point performance.UP NEXTColorado: Returns home to host Xavier on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.Portland will stay at home and host UT Rio Grande Valley at 7 p.m. on Monday and will look to end their last home game for two weeks with a win. Taiwan Jones Jersey . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. 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The Bisons first opponent has a whopping one victory all-time in the playoffs.That program is No. 24 San Diego, which travels to take on top-seeded and fourth-ranked NDSU in the second round Saturday at the Fargodome.NDSU (10-1) shut down Sam Houston State in the second half to win its first FCS championship in 2011 and did the exact same thing against the Bearkats the following season to repeat.A third straight title under coach Craig Bohl came much easier against Towson in 2013, but the Bison needed a Carson Wentz touchdown run with 37 seconds left to beat Illinois State for a record fourth consecutive championship the next year -- their first with Chris Klieman as coach. NDSUs fifth straight national title was a rout of Jacksonville State last season.NDSU won a share of its sixth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship this season, tying South Dakota State with a 7-1 record. The visiting Jackrabbits stunned the then-No. 1 Bison 19-17 on a TD with one second remaining Oct. 15 to end NDSUs 14-game winning streak.The Bison could get a rematch with No. 7 SDSU in the quarterfinals next week. The winner of this game will face the Jackrabbits or ninth-ranked Villanova.NDSU is led by Easton Stick, who has passed for 1,719 yards and 15 TDs while rushing for 482 yards and five scores. Lance Dunn tops the team with 756 rushing yards, and All-MVFC first-team selections King Frazier (693 yards, 10 TDs) and Chase Morlock (350, 2) also help pace the FCS 11th-best rushing attack (239.9).Easton will be a big focal point, whether it is him running the football, him out on the edge or him in the three-and-five-step game, said Klieman, a finalist for the STATS Eddie Robinson Award as FCS Coach of the Year.Postseason experience and the fact that theyre 16-0 at home in the FCS playoffs should bode well for the Bison this weekend, but the upstart Toreros (10-1) could present a challenge.Because they are not regionally located, we just dont ever see them on film, Klieman said. ... You watch their body of work over the year, theyve won 10 ballgames so theyre doing something right.San Diego rolled through its eight Pioneer Football League games, outscoring opponents 343-83 to earn the leagues automatic bid to the playoffs for the second time in three years whilee winning at least a share of the PFL title for the eighth time in the past 12 seasons.ddddddddddddThe Toreros only loss came at Cal Poly on Sept. 10, and they avenged that defeat last Saturday when they returned to San Luis Obispo and beat the 21st-ranked Mustangs 35-21 in the first round to record the first-ever playoff win by a team from the non-scholarship PFL.PFL offensive player of the year Jonah Hodges ran 35 times for 171 yards and three touchdowns, and All-PFL first-team members Anthony Lawrence (296 passing yards, 2 TDs) and Brian Riley (99 receiving yards, 1) also contributed to the win.This is all about the players. The players determined everything, PFL coach of the year and STATS Eddie Robinson Award finalist Dale Lindsey said. ... They played at a different speed than Ive seen them play all year long.Lawrence finished third in the FCS in completion percentage (68.9) and fifth in passing efficiency (164.6) during the regular season while throwing for 2,515 yards and 22 touchdowns to just five interceptions. Hodges was ninth with 1,190 rushing yards and fifth with 17 total TDs.The defense held Cal Polys triple-option offense, which finished No. 1 in the FCS with 360.6 rushing yards per game and sixth in total offense (496.5), to 155 yards on the ground and 40 through the air.Perhaps the result wasnt too surprising since San Diego entered ranked No. 1 in the FCS in scoring defense (12.1), passing efficiency defense (84.36) and total defense (249.6) while sitting sixth in rushing defense (82.2).The Toreros were also strong on the other side of the ball in the regular season, ranking fourth in the FCS in third-down conversion percentage (52.8), seventh in passing efficiency (162.52), 10th in scoring offense (38.6) and 15th in total offense (452.2).Theyve beat the heck out of everybody in their league, I mean the games arent even close, Klieman said.That San Diego offense will face an NDSU squad that ranks fifth in the FCS in red-zone defense (68.4 percent) and sixth in scoring defense (17.1). The Bison also have the 18th-best overall defense with opponents averaging 322.3 yards.We went from the frying pan into the fire, Lindsey said. We know what they are. ... Fantastic program, great history. So weve got our work cut out for us.