The win was the third in a row for Portland State, which kept its hopes alive for a berth in the Big Sky Conference tournament.

Ryan Sommer added 13 points for the Vikings (11-15, 4-9 Big Sky) and Juma Kamara had 12.

Al Beye led Montana State (14-13, 6-6) with 15 points and six blocked shots. Marvin Moss added 11 points for the Bobcats and Derrick Edmonds chipped in with 10.

Portland State went on a 12-2 run late in the first half, and built a 48-28 at the break when Tyler Hollist connected on the Vikings' eighth 3-pointer of the half as the buzzer sounded.

The Bobcats, who shot just 39 percent on the night, narrowed the lead to 62-47 in the second half, but never seriously threatened

Criswell's basket with 7:15 left capped a 20-5 run that saw the Grizzlies (20-5, 9-3 Big Sky) rally from 38-37 down to take a 57-43 lead against the Eagles (12-14, 7-5).

With the victory, Montana clinched at least second place in the Big Sky, earning the Grizzlies a first-round bye in the conference tournament.

Criswell, who also had five steals, started the Grizzlies on their second-half run, hitting a basket inside and a 3-pointer as Montana bounced back from a 26-20 halftime deficit.

Montana had threatened to put the game away early, jumping to a 14-7 lead on two foul shots by Matt Dlouhy before EWU rallied to take a 15-14 lead on Rodney Stuckey's basket inside with a little more than nine minutes left. The lead was never more than seven points before Montana finally pulled away.

Andrew Strait added 20 points and 11 rebounds for Montana while Virgil Matthews chipped in nine points for the winners.

Stuckey, a freshman guard, led Eastern Washington in scoring for the 23rd straight game, but managed just 14 points, matching his season-low. Paul Butorac added 11.

Kelly Golob and Rubin Boykin each scored 15 points for Northern Arizona (19-7, 11-1 Big Sky), followed by Ryan McCurdy with 13 points and Steven Sir with 11 points, including three 3-pointers.

Northern Arizona led 74-59 on Bazy's short jumper with 7:37 left.

Montana State (13-12, 6-5) went on a 7-1 run to get within 75-66 on a layup by Marvin Moss with 4:54 remaining.

Josh Wilson took the ensuing inbounds pass the length of the court for a layup.

Two free throws by Moss with 4:31 left narrowed the NAU lead to 77-68, but the Lumberjacks answered with a free throw by Wilson and a short jumper by Boykin to take an 80-69 lead with 2:13 to play.

A layup by Al Beye, who finished with 23 points on 11-of-13 shooting, pulled MSU to 80-70 at the two-minute mark. Teammate Derek Edmonds added a 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds let, but a pair of free throws by Golob with 2.9 seconds left set the final score.

Moss added 17 points for the Bobcats, Edmonds scored 15 points and Ja'Ron Jefferson had 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting.

Northern Arizona led 45-34 at halftime.

Idaho State (11-13, 3-9 Big Sky) had the upper hand throughout the first half, shooting 50 percent from the field, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range. The Bengals used a late 7-0 run to take a 42-33 lead at the half.

Portland State (9-15, 2-9) stayed in the game thanks largely to the shooting of Schroeder, who connected on three first-half 3-pointers.

The Vikings fought back in the second half behind the efforts of junior center Anthony Washington, who scored 11 points in the half, and junior forward Juma Kamara, who hit three second-half 3-pointers.

Kamara gave the Vikings their first lead since early in the game on a 3-pointer with 2:35 remaining that made it 72-70. From there, two driving layups by guard Ryan Sommer capped the victory, the second making it 76-71 with 1:19 left.

Slim Millien led Idaho State with 19 points on 7 for 13 shooting, and David Schroeder added 16 points and eight rebounds in the loss.

Portland State snapped a six-game losing streak.

Terrell Stovall led all scorers with 19 points and Nedim Pajevic added 12 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Wildcats (10-13, 4-6 Big Sky Conference).

Alex Bausley and Clark Woods had 14 points each for the Hornets (14-10, 5-5), who have lost their last three games at home.

Weber State opened the second half with a 15-6 run to give the Wildcats a 46-45 lead.

Chris Lange scored seven straight points to put Sacramento State back in front 52-46 with 10 minutes left in the game.

Weber State's Nick Covington banked a shot off the glass at 3:40 to tie the game at 58. Three more ties were recorded, but Sacramento State's Clark Woods missed a shot with 14 seconds left and Covington missed a shot at the buzzer to end the game tied at 64 in regulation.

In overtime, the Hornets jumped out with a 6-0 run until the Wildcats came back to tie the game at 72. Riggs scored Weber State's last four points and had a key blocked shot and rebound in the last 58 seconds to seal the victory for the Wildcats.

Sacramento State took an early 10-point lead until Stovall's 3-point shot trimmed the margin 25-22 with less than six minutes left in the first half. Weber State scored one more basket from the field, and the Hornets completed a 14-6 run to end the half at 39-28.