Joel Bolomboy leads Weber State past Idaho

Joel Bolomboy scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Weber State kept its bid for a spot in the Big Sky Conference tournament alive with a 74-63 win over Idaho Thursday night in Ogden, Utah.

Weber State is battling for one of three remaining tournament berths and pulled into a three-way tie for sixth place with Idaho and Portland State.

The Wildcats led by eight at intermission and quickly pushed it to a dozen in the first minute of the second half.

Idaho shot 50 percent from the field (22 of 44), including 3 of 12 from beyond the arc, but the Wildcats matched the Vandals field goal total on 22-of-51 shooting, including 6 of 21 from distance. A major difference in the game was at the free-throw line, where Idaho was 16 of 24 and Weber State was 24 of 30.

Mike Scott’s 16 points paced Idaho.

Southern Utah 69, Sacramento State 65: Juwan Major hit the go-ahead basket with 1:31 left and the Thunderbirds edged the Hornets in Cedar City, Utah.

James McGee led the Thunderbirds with 14 points and Major finished with 13 in a contest that saw 11 lead changes and three ties.

Mikh McKinney scored 19 points to lead the Hornets, who are in a three-way tie with Eastern Washington and Montana for first place in the Big Sky standings.

Northern Arizona 58, Portland State 51: Aaseem Dixon scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help lead the Lumberjacks past the Vikings in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Gaellan Bewernick finished with 11 points and 13 boards off the bench for the Lumberjacks, who have won six of their last seven.

DaShaun Wiggins scored 15 points and added eight rebounds for PSU, which allowed 25 offensive rebounds.