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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. China Jerseys Cheap . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. 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The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the league but Wenger insists Walcott will add something extra to his team. OXFORD, Miss. -- Mississippi has already played three nationally ranked teams -- Florida State, Alabama and Georgia -- during a difficult September that has been a huge test for the Rebels.This weekends matchup against the Memphis Tigers might seem a little boring by comparison.Think again.No. 16 Ole Miss (2-2) hosts Memphis (3-0) on Saturday nearly one year after the Tigers beat the Rebels 37-24 in Memphis. Ole Miss led 14-0 in that game before Memphis responded with 31 straight points in a stunning upset that was arguably the Rebels lowest point of the 2015 season.Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram said the thought of that day brings back a flood of bad memories.But it was also the start of something good.It was just kind of reality hitting and we had to start from scratch, look ourselves in the mirror and address the things we had to address, Engram said. That was a turning point for us last year honestly.Ole Miss went on to win five of its last six games, including a dominant Sugar Bowl victory over Oklahoma State.Freeze said the Memphis game should have our full attention after last years loss, but added that hes not going to spend the week preaching on payback.Any time you talk about revenge or those things, I dont think thats very helpful, Freeze said. Im about preparing as good as we can prepare to play a very good Memphis team. I know that the game means a lot to our fan base and their fan base, so some emotion comes with that hopefully for our kids.Memphis has changed coaches since last season -- Justin Fuente left for the Virginia Tech job during the offseason -- but new coach Mike Norvells offense has been just as prooductive.ddddddddddddhe Tigers have had some lopsided wins early in the season, including a 77-3 victory over Bowling Green last weekend. Now Memphis gets another chance to knock off an SEC school thats only about 80 miles up the road.We know its going to be a physical battle and a game that will have some momentum swings, Norvell said. We just have to do our best to prepare for maximizing every one of those opportunities.Ole Miss defensive lineman John Youngblood said the defense has plenty of motivation after giving up 37 points and nearly 500 total yards to Memphis last season.We went up there and got embarrassed last year, Youngblood said. I dont think we prepared well, and we didnt have our mindset good enough going into the game. We definitely need to be on top of our stuff this week going into the game because theyre a good football team.The Ole Miss defense appears to be trending in the right direction after a dominant 45-14 victory over Georgia last week. The Bulldogs couldnt score until late in the game when the Rebels were using a lot of backups.Freeze said he was especially pleased that the defense didnt give up any big plays against Georgia. The Memphis offense -- which is averaging nearly 52 points per game -- will provide another test.This team is really explosive on offense, Freeze said. They are kind of like us and take chances to get a lot of explosive plays.---Follow David Brandt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbrandtAP . AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org . ' ' '