Big West Conference

Fri., Jan. 8, 1999

Thursday’s results

BSU 87, Cal Poly 75

NMSU 61, Cal Fullerton 54

UC Irvine 71, N. Texas 59

Pacific 84, Utah State 73

Santa Barbara 74, Idaho 62

LBSU 68, Nevada 58

Around the Big West

Junior guard Clay McKnight made six 3-pointers in eight tries to lift Pacific past visiting Utah State 84-73… . Mate Milisa scored a career-high 19 points and added nine rebounds and four steals to lead Long Beach State to a 68-58 victory over visiting Nevada…. Charles Gosa and Aaron Brodt each scored 15 points to pace visiting New Mexico State to a 61-54 victory win over Cal State Fullerton… . Gerry Washington scored 15 of his 27 points on 3-pointers as Boise State beat Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 87-75.

BIG SKY CONFERENCE

Thursday’s results

NAU 80, EWU 67

Weber State 84, MSU 70

Montana 73, ISU 61

PSU 93, Northridge 90 (2 OT)

Around the Big Sky

Reserve Taplar Mvogo scored 21 points, missing just one of 10 field goal attempts, and had 13 rebounds and Portland State outlasted Cal State Northridge 93-90 in double overtime. The Vikings outscored Northridge 9-6 in the second overtime. The Matadors hurt themselves by missing all six of their free throws in the second extra period… . Harold Arceneaux scored 25 points to lead Weber State to an 84-70 victory over Montana State. Weber State also received double-digit scoring from its other four starters. Noel Jackson had 17 points and Damien Baskerville, Eddie Gill and Andy Jensen added 14, 12 and 11 points respectively. The Bobcats (7-6, 1-1) were led by Aaron Rich with 20 points… . Bob Olson scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half to lead visiting Montana to a 73-61 victory over Idaho State. The Grizzlies made a 17-5 run at the start of the second half, with Olson hitting two 3-pointers, to take a 55-39 lead. Matt Williams and Kyle Keyes each had 14 points for Montana and Mike Warhank added 10.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE

Thursday’s results

Pepperdine 64, Portland 51

Gonzaga 105, Loyola 78

Around the WCC

Jelani Gardner scored 23 points for Pepperdine, 17 in the second half, to rally the visiting Waves to a 64-51 win over the University of Portland. Jimmie Rainwater led Portland with 15 points.

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