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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (12-10, 5-6) vs.
WEBER STATE WILDCATS (14-8, 9-2)
Saturday, February 11, 2017, 7:05 p.m. • Peter W. Stott Center (1,500), Portland, OR
 
Live Streaming Video and Audio: www.GoViks.com/Live • Pregame Show: 6:45 p.m. • Play-by-play: Tom Hewitt
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THE OPENING TIP
With the number of regular season games dwindling, the Portland State Vikings need to take another step up if they want to rise in the Big Sky Conference standings and seek out a first-round bye in the Big Sky Tournament in March.
     
The Vikings (12-10, 5-6) took the first step on Thursday night, stopping a four-game losing streak with a stirring come-from-behind win over Idaho State, 74-69. That task will be much tougher on Saturday night when the Vikings host first-place Weber State (14-8, 9-2) at the Stott Center.
     
PSU got 14 points and a school-record eight steals from SR G Zach Gengler in Thursday's win. Trailing 54-44 with less than seven minutes to play, Gengler made a steal leading to a fastbreak basket and a 19-3 run over the next four minutes. That catapulted the Vikings to the lead, and eventually the win.
     
The defending Big Sky champions and the team that knocked the Vikings out of last year's Big Sky Tournament, Weber State is as good as ever in 2016-17. Although they took a close 77-74 loss at Sacramento State on Thursday, the Wildcats have won 12 of their last 14 games. Much of that success has come from behind the three-point line. Weber State leads the nation in three-point percentage (.436) and ranks 16th in three-pointers made per game (9.9).
     
For the Vikings, wins are needed to climb in the Big Sky standings. At 5-6, PSU is tied for seventh with Sacramento State. Montana State is sixth at 6-6 and Montana is fifth at 7-5. So, a win over Weber State would be particularly important for PSU as it goes on the road next week to play Montana State and Montana. The Vikings may then have a chance to leapfrog those two teams in the standings. The top five teams in the Big Sky standings will earn a first-round bye in the Big Sky Tournament (Mar. 7-11).
     
Portland State has seven conference games remaining, three at home and four on the road. The Vikings are now 8-2 at home. Weber State brings a 5-5 road record to Portland. This will be the only meeting of the regular season between the teams in the Big Sky's unbalanced schedule.
     
The game will be live streamed at www.GoViks.com/Live. Live stats are available at www.ViksLive.com.
 
COMING UP
Next week, Portland State returns to the road to play at Montana State (11-13/6-5) on Thursday, followed by Montana (11-13/6-5) on Saturday.
     
PSU's final home weekend is Feb. 23-25 when the Vikings play Southern Utah (4-20/2-9) and Northern Arizona (6-18/3-8). The regular season concludes with a trip to Northern Colorado (8-14/4-7, Mar. 2) and North Dakota (13-8/8-3, Mar. 4).
 
GAME NOTES: PORTLAND STATE vs. WEBER STATE
• ALL-TIME SERIES: Weber State has been Portland State's main nemesis since the Vikings joined the Big Sky Conference 21 years ago. The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 36-13, and the Big Sky Conference series, 32-13. They have a 6-0 lead over the Vikings in Big Sky Tournament games... Portland State maintains an 11-9 edge in games played in Portland... the Wildcats won all three meetings over the Vikings last season, and have won 10 of the past 12.
• LAST SEASON: Jan. 14, 2016 in Portland, WSU 73, PSU 58: The Wildcats broke open a close game in the second half, building a 20-point lead and cruising to the win. Weber State had a 46-30 rebounding advantage and outscored the Vikings 15-0 in second chance points. Joel Bolomboy led WSU with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jeremy Senglin scored 21 points. Cameron Forte totaled 18 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings. Feb. 13, 2016 in Ogden, WSU 87, PSU 78: The Wildcats shot .679 from the field in the first half to take a commanding lead. The Vikings still managed to close within two points late in the game. Senglin had 24 points for Weber State, while Bolomboy contributed another double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Forte led the Vikings with 17 points and seven rebounds. Mar. 10, 2016, Big Sky Tournament Quarterfinal in Reno, NV, WSU 78, PSU 74: PSU came back from a nine-point halftime deficit to lead 74-72 with just over two minutes to play. The Wildcats scored the final six points while shooting .578 for the game. Ryan Richardson scored 21 points to lead five Wildcats in double figures. Forte had 25 points and seven rebounds to pace the Vikings.
• COACHES: Vikings Coach Tyler Geving (109-127/8th season) is 4-13 all-time against Weber State... Wildcats Head Coach Randy Rahe (222-121/11th year) is 17-5 all-time against Portland State.
 
WEBER STATE WILDCATS
• Weber State University, an original member of the Big Sky Conference, is located in Ogden, UT.
• The Wildcats have won 22 Big Sky Conference regular season titles and 10 Big Sky Tournament championships. The program has been to the NCAA Tournament 16 times.
• The Wildcats were 26-9 last season, 15-3 in Big Sky games and are defending conference championships.
• WSU is 14-8 on the season, 9-2 in the Big Sky Conference. Prior to Thursday's loss the Wildcats had won five straight and 12 of 13 games.
• Senior guard Jeremy Senglin was a first team All-Big Sky Conference selection last year. He has been one of the top players in the Big Sky again this season. Senglin averages 20.5 points per game - fourth-best in the Big Sky. He also leads the team with 3.0 assists per game. Senglin shoots .477 from three-point range (third in the nation) and makes an NCAA-best 4.3 three-pointers per game.
• Teammate Dusty Baker shoots .607 from three-point range to lead the Big Sky, but hasn't made enough (37-61) to qualify for the national lead.
• Senior forward Kyndahl Hall averages 10.0 points, a team-leading 7.3 rebounds and has blocked 31 shots this season.
• Weber State leads the nation in three-point percentage (.436) and ranks 16th in three-pointers made (9.9). The Wildcats lead the Big Sky Conference in scoring margin (+9.1), field goal percentage (.493) and three-point percentage (.436).
 
SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE VIKING QUICK NOTES
WINNING LINES
• Portland State is 12-10 this season, 8-2 at home, 4-8 on the road.
• Portland State won five straight earlier this season (Dec. 13-29). It was the longest winning streak since winning six in a row late in the 2008-09 season.
• The Vikings' longest losing streak this season is four games.
Stott Stuff
• PSU has gone 166-64 in 230 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 197-79 at home over 21 seasons.
• Portland State is 73-35 at home in eight seasons under Tyler Geving.
• Since the start of the 2006-07 season, PSU is 110-38 at home, including 63-31 in Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament games.
• Portland State has lost only eight non-conference home games in the last 10 seasons (45-8). PSU is 25-8 against Division I schools, and 20-0 against lower division schools over that span.
 
WHO IS HOT?
• CRAZY 8: SR G Zach Gengler tied a 39-year-old school record when he made eight steals in the Vikings win over Idaho State. He matched Terry Adolph who made eight steals in a game against George Fox on Jan. 13, 1978. Gengler has also matched his career-high of 37 steals for a season, set last year. For his career, Gengler has 105 steals in 105 games. He ranks seventh all-time in steals and 10th all-time in games played at PSU. Gengler will tie Freeman Williams in career games played on Saturday night against Weber State (106).
• SHOOTING STAR: JR C Traylin Farris has shot 50% or better in each of his last 15 games. He shoots .610 from the field overall and ranks fourth in the Big Sky.
• JR C Traylin Farris has only 15 turnovers in 21 games and 488 minutes of play for the season.
 
WHO IS NOT?
• Portland State had a season-high 19 turnovers against Idaho State.
• PSU is shooting .599 from the free throw line in Big Sky Conference games. That has dropped the team's season percentage to .633. The Vikings rank 11th in free throw percentage and last in three-point shooting (.316) in Big Sky games.
 
ABOUT ALL THOSE OVERTIMES AND POINTS: Despite all the questions, the answers are "no" to PSU's 130-124 triple overtime loss at Eastern Washington. Portland State HAS scored more points in a game (141) and Portland State HAS given up more points (141) - and both were regulation contests. And Portland State HAS played in a longer game. What Portland State has NEVER done is played a game with more TOTAL points. The 254 points scored were the most combined points in PSU history. Portland State had played in two games previously that totaled 243 points (a win and a loss)... Portland State has played in four triple-overtime games in its history, and one quadruple overtime game (a 92-91 win at Northern Arizona on Jan. 4, 2009).
 
MAGIC NUMBER 35: SR F De'Sean Parsons become the 18th different Viking player in history to score at least 35 points in a game with his performance at Eastern Washington. The feat has been accomplished 77 times with Freeman Williams doing it 41 times. Players have scored exactly 35 points on nine occasions. It is the eighth time in Portland State's Big Sky era that a player has scored 35 or more points.
 
TRENDING: Here is a look at some Viking trends:
• Portland State is 10-2 when scoring 80 or more points, 0-3 when scoring less than 70.
• The Vikings are 8-1 when leading at halftime, 2-7 when trailing, 2-2 when tied.
• PSU is 9-1 when shooting a higher percentage from the field than its opponents, 3-9 when being outshot.
 
IT TAKES A THIEF: Portland State set a school record for steals last season with 263 in 31 games (8.48). With 226 steals already this year (10.3), the Vikings are on pace to break that mark again.
• The Vikings currently rank fourth in the nation in steals.
• PSU has had nine or more steals in 17 games this season.
• SR G Zach Gengler tied a school record with eight steals in a win over Idaho State (2/9).
• SR G Calaen Robinson leads the Big Sky Conference and ranks eighth in the nation in steals (2.66) and set a career- high with six against North Dakota (12/29).
• Robinson ranks third all-time in steals at Portland State (113) and Gengler ranks seventh (105).
• Three Vikings rank in the top eight in steals in the Big Sky: Robinson, Gengler, and SR F De'Sean Parsons.
• PSU had a season-high 19 steals in a win over North Dakota (12/29).
 
HOT SHOTS: Portland State is averaging 86.1 points per game - the most of any team in the Big Sky Conference. The Vikings have scored 99 or more points in six games this season. The scoring can be attributed to good shooting, an up-tempo pace, and an ability to force opponent turnovers.
• The Vikings shot .530 or better in eight of their wins.
• Portland State shoots .484 from the field overall and has failed to score at least 70 points only three times this season.
• PSU is forcing 16.6 turnovers per game while making 10.3 steals per game.
• Last year, PSU averaged 77.7 points. The last time PSU averaged over 82 points was 1976-77 when the Vikings aver-aged 91.0 points per game.
 
100 WATCH: Portland State has had a number of meetings with the number 100 this season. Here are the highlights:
• Coach Tyler Geving won his 100th career game on Dec. 3 against UTRGV. Geving has the second-most career wins by a coach in PSU history (109).
• The Vikings have scored 100 or more points five times.
• SR G Zach Gengler played in his 100th career game on Jan. 19 against Montana. Gengler is on pace to finish his career among the top five in games played all-time at PSU. He has now played in 105 games.
• SR G Calaen Robinson passed 100 career steals (113) as has SR G Zach Gengler (105).
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT DYNAMICS: Portland State currently has six players averaging in double figures this season: JR F Braxton Tucker (16.8), JR G Deontae North (14.2), SR F De'Sean Parsons (13.8), SR G Calaen Robinson (13.5), JR C Traylin Farris (10.8) and JR G Bryce Canda (10.3).
• SR G Zach Gengler (9.3) has also spent a portion of the season averaging double figures.
• PSU has had at least five players score in double figures in 13 games this season.
• Portland State has had 99 double-figure scoring games this season, an average of 4.5 players per game.
 
BIG SKY CONFERENCE LEADERS: Portland State leads the Big Sky Conference in:
• Scoring, 86.1 points per game
• Assists, 16.3 per game
• Steals, 10.3 per game
• Turnover margin, +4.9
• Assist-to-turnover ratio, 1.4 (359/259)
• SR G Calaen Robinson leads in steals, 2.66
 
VIKINGS IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS (top 30):
• Portland State ranks 4th in steals per game, 10.3
• Portland State ranks 5th in turnover margin, +4.9
• Portland State ranks 8th in scoring, 86.1 per game
• Portland State ranks 15th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 1.44
• Portland State ranks 16th in turnovers forced, 16.6
• Portland State ranks 27th in field goal percentage, .484
• SR G Calaen Robinson ranks 8th in steals, 2.66 per game
 
SEASON HIGHLIGHT REEL
• Despite the 106-100 double-overtime loss to Cal State Fullerton (11/13), the Vikings got career-high scoring performances from JR F Braxton Tucker (22 pts) and SR G Khari Holloway (13 pts).
• The Vikings won their first game of the season, a 113-81 decision over George Fox (11/17). The Vikings shot .655 from the field. JR F Braxton Tucker posted a career-high 24 points (8-10 FG, 8-11 FT) with 10 rebounds. SR G Calaen Robinson also had a career-high with 23 points (8-14 FG, 3-8 3-pt, 4-7 FT).
• JR F Brandon Hollins tied a PSU record by making 7-7 field goals in a game, scoring 18 points in the win over George Fox (11/17).
• Portland State forced 20 turnovers with 15 steals and shot .530 from the field in a 91-85 win at Pepperdine (11/27). SR G Calaen Robinson led the way with 22 points (8-14 FG, 4-8 3-pt, 2-2 FT), five rebounds, five assists and five steals. For the second time this season, six Vikings scored in double figures.
• The Vikings won their second game in a row in an 87-74 decision over UTRGV (12/3). PSU shot .571 from the field and .591 from three-point range (13-22). It was Head Coach Tyler Geving's 100th career win at Portland State. Five players were in double figures led by 20 points each from SR F De'Sean Parsons and SR G Calaen Robinson. Parsons added six rebounds, six assists, five steals and a blocked shot.
• SR F De'Sean Parsons was named College Sports Madness Big Sky Conference Player of the Week following the win over UTRGV (12/3). Parsons scored 20 points (8-14 FG, 1-1 3-pt 3-5 FT) with six rebounds, six assists, five steals and a block in the 87-74 win.
• JR G Deontae North posted 25 points (9-13 FG, 2-4 3-pt, 5-7 FT) with seven rebounds and four steals in 27 minutes at CSU Bakersfield (12/10).
• Portland State scored 100 points for the third time this season with a 110-79 victory over New Hope Christian (12/13). The Vikings shot .570 from the field and were led by the 26 points and 11 rebounds from JR C Traylin Farris, who established a new PSU record for field goal percentage in a game (12-13, .923) with at least 10 shot attempts.
• The Vikings picked up an 82-78 road win at San Francisco (12/16) to improve to 5-4 on the season. Although they shot only .435 from the field, a season-best 22-26 (.846) from the free throw line made the difference. SR G Calaen Robinson tied his career high with 23 points (7-11 FG, 5-7 3-pt, 4-4 FT). JR C Traylin Farris scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half as the Vikings came back from a 13-point deficit with 16:45 to play.
• SR G Calaen Robinson was named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week on Dec. 19 by College Sports Madness.
• The Vikings stretched their winning streak to three with a 77-75 win at Portland (12/20), ending a five-game losing streak to the Pilots. Six Vikings scored in double figures. SR G Calaen Robinson hit a go-ahead three-point field goal with 19 seconds left (75-72) on an assist from SR G Zach Gengler. Gengler then made a steal and hit two free throws in the closing seconds to ice the game.
• Portland State set a school-record, hitting 21-39 three-pointers in a 118-59 win over Walla Walla (12/22). The Vikings shot 45-77 (.584) for the game. They reached 100 points with over 10 minutes remaining in the game and scored the most points in 38 years. JR G Bryce Canda led the Vikings with 19 points (7-8 FG, 5-6 3-pt) in 15 minutes.
• PSU extended its winning streak to five games - the longest in eight years - with a 99-62 victory over North Dakota (12/29). The Vikings shot .565 from the field, had 19 steals, and scored 51 points off 26 UND turnovers. Seven players scored in double figures, led by SR G Calaen Robinson with 18 points (7-12 FG, 4-8 3-pt), seven assists and a career-high six steals.
• JR C Traylin Farris scored 15 of his game-high 19 points in the second half as the Vikings pulled away for an 83-76 win over Sacramento State (1/7). Farris also grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds. Five Vikings scored in double figures as PSU shot .528 from the field. It was the sixth win in seven games.
• Portland State won its third straight road game with an 88-77 decision at Southern Utah (1/14). It was the seventh win in eight games and ninth in 11 games. Five Vikings scored in double figures, led by 16 from JR G Bryce Canda and SR G Zach Gengler. SR F De'Sean Parsons had a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
• The Vikings ended a four-game losing streak to Montana with an 88-79 win (1/19). SR F De'Sean Parsons had his third straight double-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. SR Gs Zach Gengler and Calaen Robinson each scored 15 points. The Vikings shot .545 overall and 10-20 from three-point range. It was their eighth win in 10 games.
• SR G Calaen Robinson tied his career-high with 23 points (7-10 FG, 4-7 3-pt, 5-6 FT) and set a new career-high with eight rebounds at Sacramento State (1/28).
• Despite losing at Idaho (2/2), a pair of Vikings had career-scoring highs. JR G Deontae North had 29 points (8-17 FG, 5-10 3-pt, 8-10 FT) while SR F De'Sean Parsons went for 23 (8-16 FG, 7-11 FT).
• For the second game in a row, JR G Deontae North and SR G De'Sean Parsons set career-scoring highs. Parsons scored 35 points (14-17 FG, 7-13 FT) with six rebounds and three steals, while North had 30 points (10-20 FG, 5-6 3-pt, 5-10 FT), six rebounds and three assists in a loss at Eastern Washington (2/4). The 130-124 triple-overtime defeat marked the most total points scored in a game (254) in Portland State history. The previous mark was 243, set twice.
• SR G Zach Gengler tied a 39-year old school record, making eight steals and scoring 14 points to lead the Vikings to a 74-69 win over Idaho State (2/9). PSU trailed by 10 with under seven minutes to play but went on a 19-3 run to take control of the game.