Box Score
Portland, OR - Portland State routed Walla Walla University, 102-47, for their third straight win, improving to 5-2 on the season.

Senior center Nate Lozeau scored a game-high 18 points with nine rebounds. Lozeau made 8-10 from the field and 2-2 at the line. Senior guard Charles Odum added 17 points, four rebounds and four assists in just 19 minutes of play. Junior guard Lateef McMullan had season-highs of 14 points and four assists.

The Wolves made five of their first six shots, then missed 10 in a row. The Vikings took the lead for good at the 15:31 mark of the first half. Odum hit a driving shot in the lane to give PSU a 13-11 advantage in the midst of a 15-0 run.

After Walla Walla led 11-8 early, Portland State outscored the Wolves 42-11 for the rest of the half. The Vikings led 50-22 at halftime after shooting 53% from the field. Walla Walla made just 10-30 for 33%.

Viking Coach Tyler Geving cleared the bench in the second half, giving several players big minutes. Freshman Jerron Smith dropped in 15 points with three rebounds and three assists to lead that group. All 11 Vikings available to play scored in the game.

PSU shot .566 for the game, hitting 43-76 from the field. The Vikings outrebounded Walla Walla, 52-22. The Wolves finished 19-58 from the field for a .328 mark.

Walla Walla dropped to 1-12 on the season. The Wolves were led by 13 points from Andrew Bailey.

GAME NOTES: Walla Walla University is an NAIA Division II school… Head Coach Tyler Geving is now 5-0 all-time against lower division schools… the Vikings scored 100+ against both lower division schools this year, Linfield (101-64) and Walla Walla… PSU's longest winning streak in 2010-11 was three games. The Vikings will try to better that next week with a fourth in a row when it travels to Utah Valley for a Saturday game at 6:05 p.m. PT. It can be heard on Freedom 970 AM and www.freedom970.com.