MOUNT VERNON — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team went 1-2 and placed fifth at the Skagit Valley College Turkey Tournament over the weekend.
The Pirates closed out the tournament with a 94-91 loss to Portland in the third-place game Sunday.
Sophomore guards Deonte Dixon and Ryley Callaghan led Peninsula with 24 points apiece.
Dixon scored 66 points in the Pirates’ three games at the tournament. He had 15 points in a 95-81 win over Northwest Indian College on Friday and a season-high 27 points in the 79-68 loss to Big Bend on Saturday.
Dixon’s season average is now 20 points, which ranks 10th in the Northwest Athletic Conference.
Peninsula had five players score in double figures Sunday. Along with Dixon and Callaghan, Dimitri Amos scored 13 points and Malik Mayeux and Jeremiah Hobbs each finished with 10. Darrion Daniels added eight points.
Amos also grabbed 10 rebounds. Mayeux had seven boards, six of those coming off the offensive glass.
The Pirates were better than the Panthers in many statistical categories, including points off turnovers (17-8), second-chance points (19-8) and defensive stops (39-32), but Portland shot 51 percent to the Peninsula’s 43 and outrebounded the Pirates 46-38.
The Pirates made nine of 31 attempts from 3-point range. Callaghan (4 for 15) and Dixon (4 for 10) combined to go 8 for 25 on 3s.
Peninsula made 52 percent of its shots inside the arc.
Derail Nelson paced Portland with 26 points, and Tay Arigbon scored 20.
Skagit Valley won the Turkey Tournament by defeating Big Bend 93-90 in the championship game.
The Pirates (2-3) return home for a pair of games at the First Federal Pirate Classic on Saturday and Sunday.
The four-team Classic opens with Skagit Valley (3-0) playing South Puget Sound (2-1) at 5 p.m. Saturday, followed by Peninsula (2-3) facing Tacoma (2-3) at 7 p.m.
Sunday’s action features Tacoma vs. Skagit Valley at noon and the Pirates vs. South Puget Sound at 2 p.m.
Admission for each day is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, juniors and veterans, and free for children 12 and younger.
The Pirate Classic will be the last home games for the Peninsula men until they open NWAC North Division play on Jan. 13, 2016.
