Big Sky Conference

Saturday’s results

Montana 73, N. Arizona 66 CS Northridge 87, Montana St. 78

EWU 75, Sacramento St. 73 (OT)

Portland St. 98, Idaho St. 76

Around the Big Sky

Portland State junior Brian Towne set a school record with a dozen 3-point goals on his way to a career-high 40 points in a 98-76 victory over Idaho State that lifted the host Vikings into first place… . Jabari Simmons scored 23 points and Mike O’Quinn added 21 to lead Cal State Northridge to an 87-78 upset of Montana State at Bozeman, Mont… . Bob Olson scored 13 points, including a key 3-pointer, to lead Montana to its 73-66 upset of Northern Arizona at Missoula.

West Coast Conference

Saturday’s results

San Diego 81, Loyola Marymount 76

Gonzaga 96, San Francisco 75

Santa Clara 80, Portland 53

St. Mary’s 73, Pepperdine 67

Around the WCC

Brian Jones scored 17 points and Nathan Fast had 16 as Santa Clara rolled to an 80-53 victory over visiting Portland in a battle of WCC leaders. … Alex Parker scored 22 points and San Diego overcame a 16-point firsthalf deficit to defeat visiting Loyola Marymount 81-76… . David Sivulich, the conference’s leading scorer, put St. Mary’s ahead for good on a basket with 3:07 left as the Gaels rebounded from 16 points down to beat Pepperdine 73-67 at Moraga, Calif.

Big West Conference

Saturday’s results

Pacific 85, Cal Poly SLO 79

Utah St. 69, Cal St. Fullerton 44

Boise St. 83, North Texas 79

Idaho 70, New Mexico St. 68

Nevada 86, UC Irvine 75

Long Beach St. 54, UCSB 46

Around the Big West

Adam Jacobsen scored 28 points, Michael Olowokandi added 17, and each grabbed nine rebounds as Pacific, the runaway leader in the West Division, held off host Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 85-79. Freshman Chris Bjorklund led the losing Mustangs with a career-high 28 points… . Senior forward Roberto Bergersen scored 31 points, including five crucial points in the final 3 minutes, and Mike Tolman added 21 to lead Boise State to its victory over visiting North Texas… . Paul Culbertson scored 19 points to lead Nevada to an 86-75 victory over UC Irvine at Reno, Nev.