Big Sky Conference
Thursday’s results
N. Arizona 86, Sacramento St. 49
Weber St. 92, CS Northridge 86
E. Washington 85, Montana St. 74
Portland St. 66, Montana 57
Saturday’s games
Weber St. at N. Arizona, 6 p.m.
Sac. St. at CS Northridge, 7 p.m.
Montana at E. Washington, 7 p.m.
Montana St. at Portland St., 7 p.m.
Around the Big Sky
Dan McClintock scored a game-high 16 points to help Northern Arizona retain a share of the conference lead with its home win over Sacramento State. McClintock had a run of 10 unanswered points during the second half… . Andy Jensen scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Weber State over Northridge at Los Angeles. Damien Baskerville had 20 points and six assists and Marc Lawson came off the bench to match his career high with 19 points… . Brian Towne scored 19 points to help keep Portland State’s conference title hopes alive with its victory over visiting Montana. Portland State scored 20 of its last 24 points from the free-throw line during the final 11:07 of the game.
Big West Conference
Thursday’s results
North Texas 91, Santa Barbara 84
N.M. State 90, Cal Poly SLO 80
Pacific 71, Cal St. Fullerton 57
Utah St. 59, Idaho 50
UC Irvine 65, Long Beach St. 59
Butler at Nevada, late
Saturday’s games
North Texas at N.M. St., 6 p.m.
Utah St. at Boise St., 6:30 p.m.
L. Beach St. at CSU Fullerton, 7 p.m.
Nevada at Idaho, 7 p.m.
Pacific at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Santa Barbara at Cal Poly SLO, 2 p.m.
Around the Big West
At Fullerton, Calif., Michael Olowokandi scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading Pacific to its 11th consecutive victory… . Zaveon Cooper scored four points in the final 31 seconds, helping North Texas hold off visiting UCSB, which once trailed by 16. The Gauchos’ 34 turnovers included 19 steals by the Eagles… . Forward Louis Richardson scored 31 points to lead New Mexico State’s home win over SLO. Donminic Ellison added 20 points, Charles Gosa had 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Denmark Reid added 17 points. Mike Wozniak scored 30 points for the Mustangs… . Freshman walk-on guard Jason Flowers scored a career-high 25 points as UC Irvine snapped a five-game losing streak with its home win against Long Beach State.
WCC
Thursday’s results
Pepperdine 65, Gonzaga 64
Portland 71, Loyola 68
Today’s games
St. Mary’s at San Francisco, 7 p.m.
San Diego at Santa Clara, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Loyola at Gonzaga, 7 p.m.
Pepperdine at Portland, 7 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 7 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Santa Clara, 7:30 p.m.
Around the WCC
Chivo Anderson scored 16 points to lead Portland past visiting Loyola Marymount… . Philip Dejworek added 16 points, eight of those on four straight baskets, to open the second half for the Pilots… . Loyola-Marymount guard Willie Allen led all scorers with 18 points.