PORTLAND – Freshman G Corey James posted a career-high 23 points but the Vikings fell to the UC Davis Aggies, 82-70, Friday night at the Peter W. Stott Center.
 
James' 23 points, the most by a Viking this season, came on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor with four three-pointers. She also went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line and racked up three assists and a pair of steals.
 
Portland State jumped out to an early eight-point lead at 12-4, after hitting four of its first five shots from the floor. Then the shooting cooled. The Vikings went 1-for-10 throughout the rest of the first quarter and trailed 20-14 after the first 10 minutes.
 
The Vikings trailed the remainder of the game as the Aggies built up a double-digit lead. Ashley Torres Negron cut the lead to single-digits, 36-27, with a free-throw at the end of the first half.
 
James opened the second half with a three-pointer to cut the lead to six points but that would be the closest they would get throughout the remainder of the contest. The Aggies went up by as much as 17 points and won by a final 82-70 margin.
 
Torres Negron scored 11 points in the game, nine coming in the first half. She went 3-for-7 from the floor with a pair of three-pointers.
 
Sophomore G Cici West backed up a career game on Tuesday against Portland with another solid performance scoring 10 points, on 4-for-8 shooting, while pulling down a team-high eight rebounds. West is now averaging 7.6 points and a team-high 9.3 rebounds per game.
 
The Vikings held their own on the glass, despite having a decent height disadvantage. They were out-rebounded in the game, 45-to-40, but picked things up in the second half.
 
The Vikings struggled from the floor again Friday shooting just 35.9 percent (22-for-64). The Aggies shot 43.4 percent.
                              
UC Davis improved to 3-2 on the season while Portland State fell to 0-5.
 
Portland State has one of its toughest road trips next week, when they head to the state of South Dakota for a pair of games. They play at South Dakota State on Dec. 3 before heading to the University of South Dakota on Dec. 5.