RENO, Nev. – Sidney Rielly became the 17th player in Portland State women's basketball history to score 1,000-career points with a game-high 24 points as the Vikings rolled their way into the Big Sky Women's Basketball quarterfinal round with a 77-61 win over the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Monday night at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nev.
 
Rielly, an Everett, Wash, native and an All-Big Sky Third Team selection, not only became the 17th with 1,000-career points, she now has 1,001 and counting, but she became just the third player to do it in just two seasons.
 
Rielly scored her game-high 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including a pair of three-pointers. She hit four free throws and tallied three steals in just 27 minutes.
 
Kiana Brown came off the bench for 17 points on the night, going just 3-of-5 from the floor. The Big Sky's leading free-throw shooter went 11-for-12 at the line on the night. As a team, the Vikings went 24-for-30 at the line.
 
Ashley Bolston and Tatiana Streun each scored nine points in the game. Bolston added five rebounds and four steals in 28 minutes, while Streun added eight rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench.
 
After an early scoring flurry by NAU, the Vikings' defense locked in. They held the Lumberjacks to just 28.9 percent from the floor. It was the third time this season that the Vikings held their opponent under 30.0 percent shooting, the second against a Big Sky opponent.  
 
Portland State had four blocks in the game, two coming from Courtney West. West finished with four points and eight boards. The Vikings racked up 12 steals, two shy of their season high, as the 'Jacks turned the ball over 15 times, leading to 16 points for PSU.
 
Northern Arizona, having posted a pair of 70 rebound games this year, out-rebounded Portland State, 54-to-47, and pulled down 23 offensive boards. The Vikings' defense remained steadfast, allowing just five second chance points.
 
The Vikings are 3-1 at the Big Sky Tournament over the past two seasons, with two of the three wins coming against the Lumberjacks.
 
Northern Arizona jumped out to a 5-0 early in the opening period. The Lumberjacks hit four of their first eight shots to take a 9-4 lead. After trading baskets, the Vikings closed out the quarter on an 8-3 run with four coming from Bolston and four from Rielly, which included a layup with one second left to tie the game at 16-16 at the end of the first.
 
Rielly hit a three-pointer to open the second as the Vikings opening on a 5-0 run. The Lumberjacks made it a three-point game at 24-21 with an old-fashioned three-point play. That would be the last field goal and points for NAU for the half. The Vikings closed out the half on a 16-0 run to lead 37-21 at the break.
 
The Vikings' defense held the 'Jacks scoreless over the final 5:27. NAU missed its final nine shots as it closed out the half 4-for-35 from the floor.
 
Northern Arizona once again started the half hot from the floor in the third. The Lumberjacks opened on an 8-0 run but the Vikings came right back with their own 8-0 run to make it once again a 16-point lead at 45-29.
 
Portland State went on another 8-0 run, doing much of its damage at the line, to go up 20 points at 57-37. Northern Arizona cut into the lead to make it 59-43 heading to the fourth.
 
The Vikings went up by as much as 23 in the fourth quarter but the Lumberjacks once again cut it down to 16 points as the Vikings won 77-61.
 
NAU had three players score in double-figures, led by Kaleigh Paplow's 15 points. She went 6-for-15 from the floor with 12 rebounds.
 
Portland State advances to the Big Sky Quarterfinals with the win and will face No. 3 Eastern Washington on Wednesday, March 7 at 8 p.m. PT.
 
 NOTES:

• Portland State held Northern Arizona under 30.0 percent for the game.
• Portland State is now 10-10 all-time at the Big Sky Tournament
• Portland State is 3-2 at the Big Sky Tournament under Head Coach Lynn Kennedy.
• Sidney Rielly became the 17th member of the PSU WBB 1,000-point club.