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James O'Donnell's 18 leads Portland past Bol Dengdit's Hawai'i

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James O'Donnell's 18 leads Portland past Bol Dengdit's Hawai'i
James O'Donnell's 18 leads Portland past Bol Dengdit's Hawai'i

Portland Pilots forward James O'Donnell. Photo: Oliver McKenna/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

James O'Donnell had 18 and nine as Portland beat Bol Dengdit's Hawai'i, and 11 Aussie men went 6-5.

Portland junior forward James O'Donnell had 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as the Pilots beat fellow Australian Bol Dengdit and Hawai'i 73-66 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.

Eleven Australian men had a game, and their teams went a combined 6-5.

All box scores are below in a searchable table. Games played Monday, November 9 US time, Tuesday, November 10. All times AEDT.

O'Donnell, from Sydney, led the Pilots in scoring on 6-from-9 shooting and 6-from-6 at the line in 38 minutes, had all three of his blocks before half-time, and set up a Riley Parker three late in that half as Portland went into the break ahead 40-36.

Graduate student guard Riley Parker, from Mandurah, hit four of his eight threes for 14 points, and the last of them, with 7:22 left, put Portland ahead 59-48. O'Donnell's layup with 2:56 to go made it 67-59.

Hawai'i senior forward Bol Dengdit, from Melbourne, had 15 points on 5-from-11 shooting, including a three, and went 4-from-4 at the line in 36 minutes, with four rebounds and a steal. Portland's other three Australians, Austin Foxwell, Carlin Briggs and Henry Sewell, did not play, and neither did Hawai'i's Lueth Awan.

Chattanooga freshman guard Kobe McDowell-White, from Brisbane, led the Mocs with 17 points, hitting five of his seven threes, and added six rebounds, five assists and two steals in 22 minutes as Chattanooga beat Covenant 97-67 at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga.

UNC Greensboro sophomore guard RJ Greer, the Australian-American from Dayton, Ohio, hit three threes for 12 points, but the Spartans lost 82-72 to UIC at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago.

Eastern Illinois centre Tanner Vogel, from Busselton, had nine points, three rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 19 minutes in a 94-70 loss at Notre Dame, and Charlotte redshirt freshman Frank Oguche, from Melbourne, hit two threes for six points as the 49ers lost 68-62 to Seton Hall at the Palestra in Philadelphia.

Canisius graduate student Nate Deer, from Adelaide, had four points and eight rebounds in 11 minutes as the Golden Griffins beat Hiram 117-60, while Jacksonville's Rex Stirling, from Melbourne, had a point, two rebounds and a steal in a 79-61 win against Kansas City. Georgia freshman Mading Kuany, from Melbourne, played nine minutes in an 80-72 win against Florida Gulf Coast, and Florida A&M's Tuscan Onuoha, from Sydney, scored a point in a 92-64 loss at UAB.

Syracuse's Tasman Goodrick did not play in an 83-80 loss to Indiana in Indianapolis, and the same was true of Oklahoma's Yaak Yaak, Washington's Tristan Devers, Columbia's Nicolo Romanelli, Canisius freshman Abu Riak, USC Upstate's Joe Baldwin and West Florida's Oluwatomisin Ayodele-Osho.

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Australians in NCAAM: every box score, Tuesday 10 November

22 Australians across 16 schools · 11 played, 11 did not · 5 scored 10 or more
James O'DonnellPortlandW 73-66at Hawai'i381892036-90-06-6
Kobe McDowell-WhiteChattanoogaW 97-67v Covenant221765205-85-72-2
Bol DengditHawai'iL 66-73v Portland361540105-111-24-4
Riley ParkerPortlandW 73-66at Hawai'i311410004-94-82-2
RJ GreerUNC GreensboroL 72-82at UIC341211004-93-81-1
Tanner VogelEastern IllinoisL 70-94at Notre Dame19932123-61-32-7
Frank OgucheCharlotteL 62-68v Seton Hall (neutral)16620002-52-50-0
Nate DeerCanisiusW 117-60v Hiram11482012-50-10-2
Rex StirlingJacksonvilleW 79-61v Kansas City11120100-00-01-2
Tuscan OnuohaFlorida A&ML 64-92at UAB9110000-10-01-2
Mading KuanyGeorgiaW 80-72v Florida Gulf Coast9011000-30-20-0
Abu Riak DNPCanisiusW 117-60v Hiram–––––––––
Austin Foxwell DNPPortlandW 73-66at Hawai'i–––––––––
Carlin Briggs DNPPortlandW 73-66at Hawai'i–––––––––
Henry Sewell DNPPortlandW 73-66at Hawai'i–––––––––
Joe Baldwin DNPSouth Carolina UpstateL 56-65at Coastal Carolina–––––––––
Lueth Awan DNPHawai'iL 66-73v Portland–––––––––
Nicolo Romanelli DNPColumbiaW 75-55v Stonehill–––––––––
Oluwatomisin Ayodele-Osho DNPWest FloridaW 110-59v Baptist (Fl)–––––––––
Tasman Goodrick DNPSyracuseL 80-83v Indiana (neutral)–––––––––
Tristan Devers DNPWashingtonW 77-64v Mississippi Valley State–––––––––
Yaak Yaak DNPOklahomaW 81-72v North Alabama–––––––––
James O'Donnell led the way with 18 points for Portland in the 73-66 win over Hawai'i. Games played Monday 9 November US time, Tuesday 10 November in Australia. Bold marks 10 or more points.

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