Standings
West Coast Conference
Saturday’s results
San Diego 75, Loyola 53
Pepperdine 71, Saint Mary’s 42
Santa Clara 56, Portland 53
Today’s game
Gonzaga at San Francisco
(Regular season ends)
Around the WCC
Brandon Armstrong scored 19 points and visiting Pepperdine beat St. Mary’s 71-42 to clinch its first regular-season West Coast Conference title in seven years… . . Brian Jones hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minutes and Santa Clara recovered from blowing a 14-point lead to defeat visiting Portland 56-53 and wrap up fourth place… . Tyler Field scored 12 points and keyed a decisive run to start the second half in San Diego’s 75-53 victory over Loyola Marymount in the final game at the USD Sports Center. San Diego won its fifth straight game, including wins over conference leaders Pepperdine and Gonzaga in the past 10 days… . The conference tournament is taking shape: No. 1 Pepperdine, No. 2 Gonzaga or San Diego, No. 3 Gonzaga or San Diego, No. 4 Santa Clara, No. 5 USF, No. 6 Portland, No. 7 Saint Mary’s, No. 8 LMU.
Big West Conference
Saturday’s results
UC Santa Barbara 54, Boise State 50
Pacific 68, Cal State Fullerton 53
Long Beach St. 82, UC Irvine 65
New Mexico St. 73, Nevada 43
Utah State 76, North Texas 68
Today’s game
Cal Poly at Idaho
Around the Big West
Shawn Daniels scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Utah State’s 76-68 win at North Texas. Utah State’s nation-best 14th consecutive victory came despite seeing half of an 18-point second-half lead disappear… . Erick Ashe scored 14 points and UC Santa Barbara held Boise State to one field goal in the final 6:15 to win 54-50 at Boise… . Mate Milisa scored 19 points to lead five Long Beach State players in double figures as the 49ers defeated visiting UC Irvine 82-65… . Billy Keys led all scorers with 23 points as New Mexico State drubbed visiting Nevada 73-43. Nevada was held to 14 points in the first half… . Peter Heizer scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half and helped Pacific defeat visiting Cal State Fullerton 68-53.
Big Sky Conference
Saturday’s results
CS Northridge 79, Portland St. 78
N. Arizona 76, E. Washington 68
Idaho State 74, Sac State 71
Weber St. 98, Montana St. 91
Wednesday’s game
Weber State at Northridge
Thursday’s games
Montana State at EWU
Montana at Portland State
Sac State at NAU
Around the Big Sky
Harold Arceneaux scored 40 points and had 14 rebounds in the final home game of his college career to lead Weber State’s 98-81 victory over Montana State. Eddie Gill recorded the first triple-double in Weber State history, piling up 15 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds… . Kevin Sweetwyne scored 21 points to lead Idaho State’s 74-71 win at Sacramento State… . Brian Heinle scored 19 points and Cal State Northridge overcame a 19-point second-half deficit to defeat visiting Portland State 79-78.