(St. George, Utah - Nov. 25, 2025) - The Trailblazers stumbled in the final minutes on Tuesday night falling 68-63 to Portland State at Burns Arena.

Utah Tech (4-5), taking on a future Big Sky opponent for the second time in two seasons, were led by a pair of Trailblazers in double figures.

Ethan Potter led UT with 18 points of 9-of-13 shooting from the field along with 12 points and a team-leading seven rebounds & five assists from Chance Trujillo.

Tanner Davis added eight points and five more Trailblazers added at least one field goal apiece.

As a team, the Trailblazers shot 43.9 percent (25-57) from the field, 23.8 percent (5-21) from three-point range and 80 percent (8-10) from the charity stripe.

Portland State (4-2) was led by Terri Miller Jr. with 19 points and Tre-Vaughn Minott tallied a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds.

Jaylin Henderson added 10 points and went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line.

How It Happened
A slow start to the game saw the Trailblazers fall behind 13-4 after the opening five-and-half minutes.

Utah Tech quickly responded with a 14-5 run to knot the game at 18 after scoring eight straight points, including knocking down a pair of triples from Trujillo and Britton Berrett.

A three-pointer by Jusaun Holt gave the Trailblazers their first lead since the opening minute at 21-20 and another triple from long range by Holt gave UT their largest lead of the first half going ahead 26-22 with 1:55 remaining.

Taking a 26-24 lead into halftime, the Vikings came out of the locker room going on a 16-8 run to jump ahead 40-34 five minutes into the second half.

The Trailblazers responded with a 14-2 run to take their largest lead of the night at six jumping ahead 48-42 after a jumper by Owona.

Continuing to lead over the next four-and-half minutes, the Vikings took back the lead at 54-53 with 7:25 to play.

The Trailblazers answered back with a 10-4 run capped by back-to-back layups by Davis and Madiba Owona for a 63-58 lead with 2:20 to go.

Unfortunately, it was all Vikings from there scoring the final 10 points of the contest as a potential game-tying three-pointer by Noah Bolanga with five seconds remaining came up short with two final free throws by PSU sealing the win for the Vikings.

Up Next
The Trailblazers close out their three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon hosting UC Riverside (4-3) at 3 p.m.