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Conf.Overall
Team (RPI)WLWL
x-Gonzaga (10)122224
Saint Mary’s (37)113247
San Diego (124)771512
Santa Clara (125)771415
Pepperdine (118)681613
USF (68)681512
Portland (141)4101514
LMU (157)3111116

Saturday’s games

Saint Mary’s 86, San Diego 83

Pepperdine 82, Loyola Marymount 76

San Francisco 73, Santa Clara 70

Monday’s game

Northern Colorado at Gonzaga, 6 p.m.

END OF REGULAR SEASON

Friday’s first-round tournament games

Seeding in parentheses

(5) Pepperdine vs. (8) Loyola Marymount

(6) San Francisco vs. (7) Portland

Around the conference

Daniel Kickert scored a career-high 32 points and Paul Marigney added 23 as St. Mary’s outlasted San Diego at San Diego. The victory was the fourth in a row for the Gaels. San Diego’s Brandon Gay had two chances to tie the game with 3-pointers in the final 10 seconds, but the first try bounced off the rim and the second fell short. … Alex Acker had 23 points, including 18 in the second half, as Pepperdine rallied for a comeback win over Loyola Marymount in Malibu, Calif. … Alan Wiggins scored 10 of his career-high 16 points in the second half as San Francisco defeated Santa Clara in San Francisco. With Pepperdine and USF both winning, they remain tied for fifth place, with Pepperdine getting the fifth seed in the conference tournament by virtue of its season sweep of the Dons. Santa Clara secured the third seed over San Diego. They split during the regular season, and with both teams losing twice to Gonzaga, Santa Clara won the tiebreaker, having beaten the No. 2 seed Saint Mary’s twice.

Conf.Overall
Team (RPI)WLWL
x-Port. St. (166)113198
Mont. St. (263)951413
Montana (205)851412
Sac. St. (289)861215
Weber St. (271)771215
E. Wash. (273)59819
N. Arizona (284)491116
Idaho St. (312)311918

Saturday’s games

Montana 79, Portland St. 65

Montana St. 85, Eastern Washington 61

Sacramento St. 87, N. Arizona 86

Weber St. 79, Idaho St. 56

Monday’s game

Montana at N. Arizona, 6 p.m.

END REGULAR SEASON

Around the conference

Kevin Criswell scored 24 points and Kamarr Davis added 21 as Montana defeated conference champion Portland State in Missoula. Seamus Boxley hit 10 of his 15 field-goal attempts and led Portland State with 22 points. … Lance Allred scored 23 and grabbed 20 rebounds as Weber State beat Idaho State in Ogden, Utah. … DaShawn Freeman’s 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left lifted Sacramento State to a victory over Northern Arizona at Flagstaff, Ariz. The Hornets clinched a winning record in the Big Sky regular season for the first time since joining the conference in 1996.

Conf.Overall
Team (RPI)WLWL
x-Pacific (24)160232
Utah St. (78)125217
CS Fullerton (127)115178
Northridge (144)1151511
UCSB (217)791015
UC Irvine (197)6101312
Idaho (283)611820
Long Beach (275)511819
Riverside (285)412917
Cal Poly (306)313520

Saturday’s games

UC Santa Barbara 58, UC Riverside 54

Long Beach St. 71, Idaho 58

Utah St. 87, UC Irvine 47

CS Fullerton 78, Cal Poly 76

Pacific 75, CS Northridge 61

Monday’s game

UC Davis at CS Northridge, 7 p.m.

Around the conference

Josh Davis banked in a leaning, 7-foot shot to break a tie with 48 seconds remaining as UC Santa Barbara beat UC Riverside in Santa Barbara, Calif. … Jaycee Carroll scored 22 points and Spencer Nelson added 21 to lead Utah State past UC Irvine in Logan, Utah. … Christian Maraker and Tyler Newton each scored 15 points, and Pacific won its 19th straight, defeating Northridge at Stockton, Calif.

Conf.Overall
Team (RPI)WLWL
Arizona (9)143245
Washington (7)133234
Stanford (35)1061610
UCLA (39)97159
Oregon St. (113)881611
Arizona St. (58)791810
Wash. St. (95)6101114
Oregon (67)5111312
California (115)5111214
Southern Cal (111)4121116

Saturday’s games

Washington 93, Arizona 85

Washington St. 57, Arizona St. 55

Stanford 58, Oregon 56

Oregon St. 82, California 63

Today’s game

UCLA at Notre Dame, 11 a.m.

x-won regular-season title