Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 24, 2009 4:00PM

Bulls' Skid Worsens
Things keep getting worse on this current road trip for the Bulls as they lost their third straight game, this time 122-98 to the Portland Trailblazers. Not only do the losses keep coming (the Bulls are now 2-6 on the road this season), but the margin of those losses grows as well: 15 to the Lakers, then 19 to the Nuggets, and now 24 to the Trailblazers. The Bulls had a hard time stopping big men like Greg Oden, who scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in less than 27 minutes on the floor. For the Bulls, Luol Deng led the team with 25 points and John Salmons added 22, but Chicago was out-rebounded by a wide 47-27 margin, something Coach Vinny said was the difference in the game: "they outrebounded us by a lot, and that was the difference in the game - their control of the glass. We gave up way too many easy field goals underneath." The Bulls hope they can be thankful for an end to the losing streak when they visit Utah Thursday night (9:30 p.m., TNT/WGN).

College Basketball

• DePaul took third place in the Paradise Jam by beating St. Joe's 58-51. Will Walker was the star of the show, scoring 25 and adding 7 rebounds.
• Despite an early nine point lead, UIC still fell to Illinois State by a 69-65 final. Zavion Neely had 17 points while both Robo Kreps and Jeremy Buttell scored 15 each.
• Loyola rallied past Western Michigan for a 60-58 win. The Ramblers were down by as many as 10 midway through the second half before rolling off a key 18-3 run to reclaim the lead.