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EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES (13-15, 7-7) vs. PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (14-13, 8-6)
Saturday, February 25, 7:05 p.m. @ Peter W. Stott Center (1,500), Portland, OR
Television: None
Radio: Freedom 970 AM, www.freedom970.com • Play-by-play: Tom Hewitt • Pregame Show: 6:30 p.m.
Live Video Stream: www.b2tv.com • Live Stats: www.GoViks.com
All-Time Series: PSU leads 19-18 • PSU in Portland: 11-6
Big Sky Series: EWU leads 17-16 • PSU in Portland: 9-6

Another road victory on Thursday gave the Portland State Vikings what they already expected - a berth in the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Now, they will go after a guaranteed first-round home game in the tournament when they face Eastern Washington on Saturday. The Vikings and Eagles meet in the second-to-last regular season game with a lot on the line as fourth-place Eastern Washington also is vieing to earn a home game in the tournament. The teams meet at the Stott Center in a 7:05 p.m. contest. The game airs on Freedom 970 AM and www.freedom970.com. There is a live video sream at www.b2tv.com.
    
Third-place PSU defeated Sacramento State on Thursday, 94-88. That improved the Vikings' record to 14-13 on the season and 8-6 in the Big Sky. The Vikings have won four straight Big Sky games. They have also won five of the last seven on the road. Portland State has a 7-3 home record this year.
    
Eastern Washington beat Idaho State on Thursday and is now tied with the Bengals for fourth place at 7-7. The Eagles are 13-15 overall, including 6-11 on the road.
    
Portland State won the previous meeting between the schools, 78-76, in overtime at Cheney on Jan. 21.
    
The final Big Sky regular season game is on Feb. 28 against Northern Colorado (9-18, 5-10), also at the Stott Center.  PSU has a non-conference game at Seattle on Mar. 10, following the Big Sky Tournament.

STORYLINES
• The series: With a win on Jan. 21, Portland State now leads the all-time series, 19-18... Eastern Washington leads the Big Sky series, 17-16... PSU leads 9-6 in Big Sky games in Portland, including winning the last four... the Vikings have won seven of the last eight meetings overall.
• Jan. 21 - PSU 78, EWU 76 (ot): Charles Odum hit the game-winning shot - a contested 12-footer in the lane with two seconds left in overtime... Lateef McMullan sent the game to OT by hitting a three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in regulation... Chehales Tapscott had a double-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots... Odum led the way with 20 points, while McMullan had 18 points with five assists and five rebounds... Collin Chiverton scored 22 and Tremayne Johnson added 20 with 10 rebounds for the Eagles.
• The Eagles: Eastern Washington has won one Big Sky Conference Championship and made one trip to the NCAA Tournament since joining the league in 1987-88... the Eagles were 10-20 last season, 7-9 and tied for fifth in the Big Sky... in the off-season, the Eagles made a coaching change, bringing in Jim Hayford... four starters and eight letterwinners return, making Eastern Washington one of the league's most experienced teams... the Eagles rank fourth in the nation with 9.3 three-point field goals made per game... they are eighth in the Big Sky Conference in field goal shooting at just .409... the Eagles forced four more turnovers per game than they commit to lead the Big Sky. The result also allows them to get 10 more shot attempts per game than their opponents... Collin Chiverton, who leads Eastern with 15.5 points per game, ranks 13th in the nation individually with 3.0 three-pointers made per game... point guard Cliff Collimon averages 15.4 points and 5.0 assists per game... Cliff Ederaine averages 10.7 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds per game.
• Head Coach Jim Hayford is in his first year at Eastern Washington. He has a 13-15 record and is 0-1 against Portland State. Hayford is 267-99 all-time in 13 seasons as a collegiate coach.

THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
The six-team Big Sky Conference Tournament begins on Mar. 3 with quarterfinal round games at the home sites of the third and fourth-place teams. Portland State stands alone in third and can guarantee a home game with a win over Eastern Washington on Saturday.
    
The Big Sky Conference final four will be on Mar. 6-7 at the home of the regular season champion, either Weber State (14-1) or Montana (13-1). The Grizzlies host Montana State on Saturday, then the Wildcats on Tuesday for all the marbles.
    
Portland State has reached the Big Sky Conference Tournament for the seventh straight year it has been eligible (PSU was not eligible in 2010-11 due to a low APR score). PSU has reached at least the semifinals in the last four years it has been in the tournament (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).
    
Overall, PSU has reached the Big Sky Tournament in 10 of the 13 seasons it has been eligible. The Vikings are 7-7 all-time in Big Sky Conference Tournament games with titles in 2008 and 2009. PSU is 3-1 in Big Sky Tournament home games.

DAM CUP CLINCHED, BUT COMPETITION CONTINUES
The Portland State Vikings and Eastern Washington Eagles are in the second year of a five-sport rivalry cup called The Dam Cup. The Dam Cup celebrates the friendly rivalry between the states of Oregon and Washington within the Big Sky Conference. Saturday's basketball game will be worth two points in the Dam Cup series. However, Portland State has already won this year's competition with a 13-2 advantage.
    
Portland State currently possesses the Dam Trophy having won the inaugural Dam Cup in 2011-12 by a 9-8 score. The winner of the Dam Cup possesses The Dam Trophy acknowledging the achievement for the following year.
    The so-named rivalry refers to the four dams linking Oregon and Washington that one passes on the 339-mile drive from the Portland State campus to the Eastern Washington campus. Located along the Columbia River, they are Bonneville Dam, The Dalles Dam, The John Day Dam and the McNary Dam.  
    
The five sports competing for the cup are football, women's soccer, women's volleyball, women's basketball and men's basketball. The purpose of the Dam Cup is to create a rivalry between Portland State University and Eastern Washington University and provide a sense of pride between alumni in the Portland and Spokane areas. Other goals include increasing attendance at events between both schools and building school spirit among each institutions' student body.
    
The Dam Cup is based on a point system.  Each game played in the five sports between the two schools has a point value. Points are only rewarded for regular season contests. The annual football game is worth four points, the women's soccer match is worth one point, each women's volleyball match is worth two points for a total of four points possible, and each men's and women's basketball game is worth two points for a total of four points possible in each sport, The total points possible are 17 which means that to win the cup a school would need to win at least 9 points.

The 2011-12 Dam Cup Series
Soccer - Oct. 7 PSU 1 @ Eastern Washington 0 - PSU leads 1-0
Volleyball - Oct. 15 @ PSU 3, Eastern Washington 0 - PSU leads 3-0
Football - Oct. 29 PSU 43, @ EWU 26 - PSU leads 7-0
Volleyball - Nov. 12 PSU 3, @ EWU 0 - PSU leads 9-0
Men's Basketball - Jan. 21 PSU 78, @ EWU 76 - PSU leads11-0
Women's Basketball - Jan. 21 EWU 75, @ PSU 67 - PSU leads 11-2
Women's Basketball - Feb. 23 PSU 76, @ EWU 69 - PSU leads 13-2
Men's Basketball - Feb. 25 @ PSU

VIKING HEAD COACH TYLER GEVING
Tyler Geving is in his third season as Head Coach and seventh season overall with the Portland State program. He was 13-19 in 2009-10 and led PSU to the Big Sky Tournament semifinals. In 2010-11, his Vikings were 14-16 overall.
    
Geving is a 1996 graduate of Central Washington and has been in collegiate coaching for 17 years.
    
The third-year Head Coach is assisted by Andy McClouskey (2nd year, Oregon State, 1982), Eric Harper (7th year, Central Washington, 1995) and Anthony Owens (3rd year, Great Falls, 2006). Former Viking player Mickey Polis is the Director of Operations (3rd year, Portland State, 2009).
    
Geving's record breakdown:
    • Geving is 41-48 all-time at Portland State.
    • 21-27 all-time against Big Sky Conference opponents, 20-21 all-time in non-conference games.
    • Geving is 25-12 at home. He is 16-36 on the road, including 4-2 in neutral site games.
    • Geving is 4-1 all-time against Eastern Washington, including 2-0 in Portland.

GAME WEEK ACTIVITIES
VIKINGS ON THE RADIO: All Portland State basketball games can be heard on Freedom 970 AM and www.freedom970.com. The Viking Pregame Show begins one-half hour prior to kickoff each week. Tom Hewitt does the play-by-play.
VIKINGS ON THE INTERNET: Live streaming video of all Portland State home and Big Sky Conference games can be seen free at www.b2tv.com... Live stats for Portland State home games are at www.GoViks.com.
TICKETS: Tickets for all home games are available for $15 (reserved) and $10 (general admission). Youth prices are $10 and $7. Groups of 15 or more get special admission prices. To purchase tickets by phone, call 1.888.VIK.TIKS or 503.725.3307. Tickets are on sale at the PSU Ticket Office, located in Smith Memorial Student Union. Tickets are also available at the Stott Center beginning 90 minutes prior to tipoff.

FAST BREAKS

WINNING LINES  
• THE BROOM: Portland State has been swept by Weber State, Montana and Montana State this season. However, the Vikings have swept Idaho State, Northern Arizona and Sacramento State. The other two Big Sky Conference series' have yet to be determined.
• Portland State's 14 wins matches last year's win total (14-16). PSU's eight Big Sky wins is the most since going 11-5 in 2008-09.
• The Vikings are 7-3 at home this year, 3-3 in Big Sky games... over the last six seasons, PSU is 62-17 at home, including 32-14 in Big Sky Conference games.
• The Vikings are 7-10 on the road this season, including two neutral site wins... the Vikings went 5-3 in Big Sky road games -the second-most Big Sky road wins in history (6-2 in 2007-08).
• PSU has gone 118-41 in 159 games at the Stott Center since the 1996-97 season. Including home games at Memorial Coliseum (12-6) and the Rose Garden (19-9), the Vikings are 149-56 at home over the past 16 seasons.
• PSU is 44-33 in Big Sky games since the start of the 2007-08 season, 49-34 including tournament games.

BETTER IN THE BIG SKY: Portland State's 8-6 Big Sky Conference record has it three better than last season (5-11) with two games remaining. PSU now has third-year Head Coach Tyler Geving's best Big Sky record. At 14-13 overall, PSU's next win will give Geving his best season record (14-16 last year)... with seven road wins (7-10), Geving already has his best total in that category (5-15, 4-11 the last two years).

ROAD RECOVERY: Portland State began the season with some real struggles on the road, losing eight straight road games (but winning two neutral site games). However, in the last six weeks, the Vikings have won five out of seven on the road, improving to 5-10, 7-10 including the neutral site games.
• Now at 5-3 in Big Sky Conference road games, Portland State has the second-most Big Sky road wins in school history (6-2 in 2007-08).
• In addition, at 7-10, Tyler Geving has his most away-from-home wins in three years as head coach (5-15 in 2009-10, 4-11 in 2010-11).

BIG SKY BEST: The Viking team leads the Big Sky Conference in field goal shooting (.487), and ranks second in scoring (76.8) and free throw percentage (.738)... SR F Chehales Tapscott leads the Big Sky Conference in rebounding (9.1) and double-doubles (10). He is second in blocked shots (1.4) and third in steals (1.8)... SR C Nate Lozeau leads the Big Sky Conference in field goal shooting percentage (.583)... SR G Charles Odum ranks second in scoring (19.1). He is third in free throw percentage (.846)... in Big Sky Conference only games, the Vikings also lead in field goal shooting (.501)... Tapscott leads in blocked shots (1.7) and rebounding (9.4)... Odum averages 21.4 points to rank second.

SCORING IN BUNCHES: SR G Charles Odum scored the most points by a Viking in more than three years when he exploded for 38 in Thursday's win over Sacramento State. Odum hit 11-16 field goals, 5-8 three-point field goals and 11-12 at the line, to go with five rebounds and two assists. It was the first time he has scored more than 30 in his career... the last Viking to score at least 30 points in a game was Dominic Waters with 32 in a win over Cal Poly on Nov. 21, 2009. The last Viking to score more than Odum's 38 was also Waters with 41 in a four-overtime win at Northern Arizona on Jan. 4, 2009.
• Odum has scored 20 or more points 11 times this season - with 10 of those coming on the road.
• In Odum's 20-point games, he is 87-144 from the field (.604), averaging 25.3 points
• The Vikings are 7-4 when Odum scores at least 20.
• Odum is averaging 21.4 points in league games.

STRAIGHT SHOOTER: JR F Renado Parker has scored in double figures in his last five games (13.2 ppg), and for good reason - he is having trouble missing his shots. Parker is 28-40 over those five games (.700)... Parker was a perfect 6-6 against Sacramento State on Feb. 15, 7-11 at Idaho on Saturday Feb. 18, then 7-12 against Sacramento State on Thursday... though only 6-5, Parker is a powerful post player who has performed well as the Vikings' sixth man. Parker averages 9.3 points and 4.7 rebounds and is shooting .580 from the field this season. After he plays on Saturday, Parker will have played in enough games (75% of team total) to qualify for Big Sky statistical leadership. Currently, he would rank second behind teammate Nate Lozeau in field goal percentage, 28th in scoring and 17th in rebounding despite not having started a game this year.

LIGHTS OUT: The Vikings have shot over .500 10 times this season and are 8-2 in those games... PSU has shot over .600 four times this year and are 4-0 in those games... PSU shot .673 (33-49) in a win over CSU Bakersfield (12/15). That was the best shooting by a Viking team in 66 games. The last time PSU shot better was a 33-48 (.688) performance against Eastern Washington on Dec. 5, 2009... the Vikings also missed just 16 shots in 40 minutes in a win over Sacramento State (85-67 on Feb. 15), going 30-46 (.652).

SHOOTING IS EVERYTHING FOR THIS TEAM: The Vikings are 14-1 when shooting a higher percentage than their opponents, 0-12 when opponents outshoot them.

NATIONAL RANKINGS: In NCAA statistics released on Friday, Portland State maintained some high rankings among the 338 Division I schools:
• 26th in scoring (76.8)
• 13th in field goal percentage (.487)
• 40th in free throw percentage (.738)
• SR G Charles Odum ranks 23rd in scoring (19.1)
• SR G Charles Odum ranks 33rd in field goal percentage (.541)
• SR G Charles Odum ranks 53rd in free throw percentage (.846)
• SR F Chehales Tapscott ranks 46th in rebounding (9.1)

CHUCK WAGON: SR G Charles Odum has been the Vikings' offensive leader this season, averaging a team-high 19.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists. He is shooting a stellar .541 from the field and .846 at the line. Odum is shooting 134-212 on two-point attempts, a remarkable .632 percentage. Season highlights:
• Odum is averaging 21.4 points and shooting .591/.489/.819 in Big Sky Conference games.
• Odum has scored in double figures in 25 games this season. He has 11 20-point games and one 30-point game.
• Odum ranks second in the Big Sky Conference in scoring, third in free throw percentage and fifth in field goal percentage.
• He posted a career-high 38 points in a win over Sacramento State (2/23), making 11-16 field goals, 5-8 three-point field goals and 11-12 at the line, to go with five rebounds and two assists.
• Odum earned All-Tournament honors at the Wyoming Jim Thorpe Classic. Odum scored a 27 points in a win over Louisiana Tech, then followed it with 25 points in a win over Maryland-Eastern Shore. He shot 16-28 from the field (.571) in those two games and 18-20 at the line (.900).
• Odum was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week after scoring 22 points (7-9 FGs, 4-6 3-pt, 4-5 FT) with five assists and four rebounds in a road win at Northern Colorado (1/12)... he followed that with a second Big Sky POTW honor after wins over Idaho State (1/16) and Eastern Washington (1/21). Odum averaged  24.5 points, shot .517 from the floor, had a career-high against ISU (29) and hit the game-winner with two seconds left in overtime at EWU.

TAP-INS: SR F Chehales Tapscott is a double-double waiting to happen. He is averaging 13.7 points and 9.1 rebounds this season with a Big Sky best 10 double-doubles... Tapscott also leads the Vikings in steals, rebounds and blocked shots... Highlights this year:
• Tapscott set a new career-high with five blocks against Sacramento State (2/15)... he set a career high with five steals against Idaho State (1/16).
• Tapscott grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds against Montana (1/29) - the most by a Viking in five seasons... he matched that with 16 rebounds at Idaho State (2/9).
• Tapscott is shooting .538 from the field and .732 at the line.
• Tapscott has 10 double-doubles this year to lead the Big Sky, and 16 in 51 career games at Portland State. He has been the team's leading rebounder in 37 of 51 career games.
• Tapscott was named to the Wyoming Jim Thorpe Classic All-Tournament team (11.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg, five assists, four blocks, four steals).
• The 6-5 forward scored six of the final eight points in a win over Seattle (11/15), bringing PSU back from a seven-point deficit with 1:39 to play. He hit the game-winning shot with 4.6 seconds to play.
• Tapscott scored a season-high 26 points (10-15 FG, 1-2 3-pt, 5-6 FT), with eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block against Weber State (1/7).

EMERGING: JR G Lateef McMullan's game is getting better as the season progresses. He scored a career-high 20 points and along with six assists in the win at Northern Colorado (1/12)... McMullan handed out a season-high seven assists against Montana State (1/26)... in the last two games, McMullan has 30 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists... averaging 7.0 points and 2.3 assists after eight games, McMullan has improved to 9.7 points and 2.8 assists per game.