Standings

Big West

Saturday’s games

Boise State 67, NMSU 48

Long Beach 94, Cal Poly SLO 80

Cal Fullerton 64, UC Irvine 47

Nevada 79, Utah State 70

UCSB 58, Pacific 53 (OT)

Idaho 87, North Texas 77

Around the Big West

Roberto Bergersen scored eight of his game-high 26 points in a 15-4 first-half run as visiting Boise State took control early to beat New Mexico State 67-48 in a battle for first place in the East Division. … Josh Merrill scored eight of his game-high 21 points in overtime, lifting UC Santa Barbara to a 58-53 over Pacific in Stockton, Calif. The Gauchos, on the rebound from an 0-8 start, took sole possession of first place in the West Division. Jason Williams scored 19 points for Pacific, which shot .276… . Ramel Lloyd scored 23 points and Mate Milisa added 19 points and six rebounds to lead Long Beach State’s 94-80 victory over visiting Cal Poly. … Ike Harmon scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Cal State-Fullerton to a 64-47 win over Orange County neighbor UC Irvine… . Andre McLeod, a 39 percent free-throw shooter entering the game, made 13 of 14 free throws in the second half and finished with 19 points as Nevada beat visiting Utah State.

WCC

Saturday’s games

Gonzaga 78, Saint Mary’s 70

Santa Clara 68, San Francisco 61

San Diego 89, Portland 62

Pepperdine 97, Loyola Marymount 83

Around the WCC

Pepperdine, two weeks away from its Feb. 19 rematch with Gonzaga, continues to hold second place after defeating Loyola Marymount 97-83 in Malibu, Calif. The Lions had defeated their Los Angeles-area rival 90-77 on Wednesday. Marc McDowell scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Waves. Jelani Gardner added 22 points and eight rebounds for Pepperdine, which equaled last season’s win total… . Tom Lippold scored a career-high 20 points to lead San Diego to an 89-62 victory over Portland in San Diego. Lippold came off the bench to hit 12 of 13 free throws as San Diego hit a season-high 65.3 percent (30 of 46)… . Nathan Fast scored 20 points and visiting Santa Clara held off San Francisco 68-61 after blowing nearly all of a 21-point lead.

Big Sky

Saturday’s games

CS Northridge 76, NAU 74

Montana St. 82, Idaho St. 63

Weber St. 91, Sac State 50

Around the Big Sky

Brian Heinle scored 23 points to pace Cal State Northridge’s 76-74 upset of visiting Northern Arizona. His tip-in with 5.7 seconds left gave CSUN a 75-74 lead. Heinle then hustled back on defense, stole the ball and was fouled when NAU tried a long pass.

Heinle made 1 of 2 and NAU didn’t get off a final shot… . Eddie Gill hit five of Weber State’s 13 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead the Wildcats’ 91-50 victory over visiting Sacramento State. The Wildcats played without conference scoring leader Harold Arceneaux, who was suspended one game for fighting in Thursday’s loss at Montana… . Nate Holmstadt had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead five players in double figures in Montana State’s 82-63 victory over visiting Idaho State. Montana State has won its last four league games.