Portland outlasted Columbia Basin in their Elite 8 matchup 86-82. Ta'Veus Randle's 35 points was not enough as the season came to an end early.
 
Taking on the South Region 1-seed provided fans with a thrilling game from wire to wire. Randle was hot out of the gate knocking down his first 4 shots giving CBC an early 11-4 lead. Portland was able to weather the barrage with some big shots of their own, coming back over the top and up 10 going into the half.
 
In need of some defense and magic, the Hawks dug in and continued to wear out the Panthers. Basin was able to cut the lead inside of 4 multiple times in the half including a 3 from Jayden Martinez with 30 seconds left. Having to foul with seconds remaining, The Panthers were able to ice it with 2 free throws. Randle's late desperation attempt could not find net as the final horn sounded.
 
CBC earns the 5^th place finish in another tremendous season at 20-9 overall.