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PORTLAND – Cici West's seventh double-double of the season was not enough to guide the Vikings to the win, as they fell to the Idaho Vandals, 94-65, Saturday afternoon at the Peter W. Stott Center.
 
West, a sophomore guard from Seattle, Wash., continued her stellar Big Sky Conference play as she posted her seventh double-double, third straight. West scored 12 points, going 5-for-12 from the floor and 2-for-2 at the line, while pulling down a career-high 18 rebounds.
 
West's 18 boards matched the record for most rebounds by a Viking at the Stott Center, which she set previously this season. West came into the game as the league's leading rebounder averaging 9.0 rebounds per game. Following her performance Saturday, she is now averaging 9.5 rpg.
 
Despite the Viking's 46-to-37 rebounding advantage, Portland State could not withstand the onslaught of Idaho's three-point shooting. Idaho came into the game averaging over 10 three-pointers made per game. They hit 17 Saturday, going 17-for-39 from beyond the arc.
 
The Vandals knocked down five three-pointers over the first 10 minutes, as they built a 23-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. They shot over 50-percent from the floor in the second quarter to increase their lead to 44-22 at the break.
 
Idaho's three-pointers continued to fall in the second half. The Vandals went 9-for-17 from distance in the second half as they increased their advantage. The Vikings closed the gap a bit in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Vandals 29-23 in the period, before falling by the final 29-point margin.
 
Portland State got a pair of solid scoring efforts off the bench from junior G Ashley Torres Negron and senior F Alicia Carline. Torres Negron scored a team-high 17 points, hitting the team's only three three-pointers of the game. Torres Negron's offensive production has spiked over the last three games, averaging 17.0 ppg. She is averaging 10.2 ppg for the season, second on the team.
 
Carline, in only her second game back after missing the previous 12 games due to an injury, had the best game of her Portland State career, scoring a career-high 16 points. She also pulled down six rebounds and tallied four blocks in 24 minutes off the bench.
 
Freshman G Kian McNair added 11 points, a career-high six assists, and three steals for the Vikings. She leads the team with 10.5 ppg this season and has scored double-digit points in each of the last five games.
 
Idaho's Taylor Pierce scored a game-high 18 points off the bench, going 7-for-9 from the floor and 4-for-6 from three-point range.
 
Idaho improved to 15-6 overall on the season and 7-2 in league play, while Portland State fell to 3-16 and 1-7.
 
The Vikings hit the road next week for a tough trip through the state of Montana. Portland State opens the week with conference-leading Montana State before heading to The University of Montana to round out the week.
 
NOTES: Cici West posted her seventh double-double of the season, third straight, with 12 points and 18 rebounds … West's 18 rebounds tied her own record for most rebounds by a Viking at the Peter W. Stott Center … Alicia Carline scored a career-high 16 points, going 6-for-8 from the floor off the bench … Portland State shot 85.7 percent from the free-throw line (18-for-21), while Idaho shot 14.3 percent (1-for-7).