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TIPOFF
You've got to relish the rarities.
 
Before Saturday, a road win at Idaho State had been so rare that it had been 11 years since the Portland State women's basketball team last accomplished it. The Vikings hadn't won at Idaho State since Jan. 10, 2009, and hadn't beaten the Bengals in any location since Jan. 17, 2011.
 
Monday, when the Vikings face Weber State on the road, the Vikings have a chance to accomplish another rarity: a 2-0 road weekend in Big Sky play.
 
The Vikings only had one 2-0 road weekend during last year's run to the Big Sky tournament title. That came when the Vikings swept Northern Arizona and Southern Utah on the road on Feb. 14 and 16, respectively.
 
Last year's road sweep was the first of its kind for the Vikings since Jan. 2012, when the Vikings swept Northern Arizona and Weber State. The Wildcats could again be the Vikings' second win on the road this time around, as the Vikings face the Wildcats at 6 p.m. (PT) / 7 p.m. (MT) Monday.
 
The Wildcats were idle Saturday, but lost 65-54 at home to Idaho State on Thursday. It's been a tough start to Big Sky play for the Wildcats, who have lost five of their first six Big Sky games. The Wildcats' one win came over a team that beat the Vikings, however, as the Wildcats beat Northern Colorado, 65-60, on the road on Jan. 9.
 
It's been a struggle offensively for the Wildcats outside of that win. The Wildcats rank 10th in the Big Sky with 56.6 points per game this season, and they've had a tough time protecting the basketball. The Wildcats are giving up a conference-leading 23.3 turnovers per game, and rank last in the Big Sky with a minus-9.60 turnover margin.
 
Individually, Liz Graves and Ula Chamberlin lead the Wildcats with 12.0 and 10.1 points per game, respectively. Graves also ranks second on the team with 5.9 rebounds per game, just behind Kayla Watkins, who leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. Watkins ranks third on the team with 8.3 points per game.
 
The Wildcats have successfully limited their opponents from beyond the arc at times this season, which could be an important factor when they host the Vikings Monday. The Wildcats rank fourth in the Big Sky while holding opponents to just over 30 percentage (30.3) from three-point range. The Vikings, meanwhile, lead the Big Sky and rank 22nd in the nation while shooting 37.1 percent as a team from beyond the arc.
 
The Vikings went 9-of-23 (.391) from deep against Idaho State Saturday, with freshmen Belle Frazier and Cassidy Gardner leading the way while going a combined 7-of-12. Frazier tied a career high with 17 points to lead the Vikings, while Gardner finished in double figures for the first time as a Viking while scoring 13 against the Bengals.
 
Frazier and Gardner had to step up for the Vikings, after posts Jordan Stotler and Tatiana Streun got into foul trouble and sat much of the first half.
 
Those two had been the stars for the Vikings in the previous game, when the Vikings beat the Montana Lady Griz, 78-65, last Monday. Streun led the Vikings with a career-high 30 points against Montana, shooting 10-of-14 from the field while going 10-of-13 from the free throw line and adding nine rebounds and four steals. Stotler, meanwhile, nearly recorded a triple-double with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists – not to mention her six blocks in the game.
 
Junior guard Kylie Jimenez has recorded two of her better all-around games against the Lady Griz and Idaho State. She's averaged 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game in the Vikings' two recent wins.
 
Sophomore guard Desirae Hansen also returned to double figures in Saturday's win over Idaho State, after being held to seven points each in the Vikings' game against Montana State and Montana the previous weekend. Hansen has had tough shooting games in the Vikings' past three games, but remains a 15-5-5 threat in every game the Vikings play while averaging 12.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game this season.
 
All five Viking starters average in double figures after Saturday, meaning the Vikings can ride the hot hand on any particular night.
 
The Vikings may have to do that again Monday, when they go for the road sweep at Weber State. It'd be only the second 2-0 road sweep in Big Sky play since 2012, a rarity that would be well worth relishing. 
 
GAME NOTES: PORTLAND STATE (10-7, 4-3) vs. WEBER STATE WILDCATS (3-12, 1-5)
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DETAILS: Monday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m. (MT), Ogden, Utah (Dee Events Center)
SCOUTING WEBER STATE: The Weber State Wildcats have been idle since Thursday, when they lost 65-54 at home against Idaho State. The Wildcats have lost five of their first six Big Sky games this season, though their one win came over a team that beat the Vikings in Northern Colorado. The Wildcats beat the Bears, 65-60, on the road on Jan. 9, while their other two wins this season came over UC Riverside (64-54 on Nov. 24) and Utah Valley (72-46 on Dec. 17). Statistically, the Wildcats rank best in three-point field goal percentage defense, as they stand fourth while holding opponents to .303 shooting from beyond the arc. Otherwise, the difficulties for the Wildcats have come on the offensive end, where they rank 10th in the Big Sky with 56.6 points per game. The Wildcats have also been victims of the turnover bug this season, as they're giving up a conference-leading 23.3 turnovers per game, and rank last in the Big Sky with a minus-9.60 turnover margin. Individually, Liz Graves and Ula Chamberlin lead the Wildcats with 12.0 and 10.1 points per game, respectively. Those two also lead the Wildcats in three-point shooting, as Chamberlain averages 1.6 makes per game while Graves averages 1.1. Graves also ranks second on the team with 5.9 rebounds per game, just behind Kayla Watkins, who leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. Watkins ranks third on the team with 8.3 points per game.
ALL-TIME SERIES: The Vikings drew level with Weber State in the all-time series between them and the Wildcats last season. Both teams are 28-28 against each other, after the Vikings won their fourth straight game against the Wildcats with a 65-38 victory on Jan. 31 last season. The Wildcats last beat the Vikings at Weber State on Feb. 11, 2017.
 
STORYLINES/STREAKS/RECORDS
• The Vikings won their second straight game and fourth out of their last five with a 69-64 road win over Idaho State Saturday. The win snapped a 16-game losing streak to the Bengals with the win, recording their first win against them since Jan. 17, 2011, and their first road win against ISU since Jan. 10, 2009.
• Freshmen Belle Frazier and Cassidy Gardner combined to go 7-of-12 from beyond the arc while leading the Vikings with 17 and 13 points, respectively. Frazier's 17 points tied a career high for her, while Gardner's 13 points marked her first double-digit scoring game so far as a Viking.
• All five Viking starters average in double figures in Tatiana Streun (14.1), Desirae Hansen (12.9), Kylie Jimenez (11.7), Jordan Stotler (10.4) and Frazier (10.1). Streun and Hansen both rank in the top 10 of the Big Sky for scoring, with Streun fifth and Hansen 10th. Gardner, meanwhile, leads the Vikings' bench with 5.1 points per game, while her 13 points were the most by a Viking non-starter this season.
• Stotler finished out of double figures for the first time in the Viking's past five games, but remains on fire in multiple facets of the game. Stotler averages 11.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.0 blocks per game in the Vikings' past five games.
• Stotler has four or more blocks in six of the Vikings' past eight games, including a program record-tying nine against then-No. 23 Tennessee on Dec. 21. Stotler leads the Big Sky and ranks sixth in the nation with 3.2 blocks per game in all games this season. Additionally, Stotler moved into a tie for fifth on the all-time blocks list at Portland State Saturday, equaling Sheri Stemple (1991-93) at 101.
• The Vikings went 9-of-23 (.391) from three-point range against the Bengals Saturday, which marked a return to form for the Vikings after they went a combined 7-of-39 (.179) the previous week against Montana State and Montana. The better three-point shooting meant the Vikings held on to their conference lead in three-point field goal percentage, as they lead the Big Sky and rank 22nd in the nation while shooting .371 from deep.
• Four different Vikings average more than one three-pointer a game in Frazier (1.9), Jimenez (1.7), Hansen (1.5) and Gardner (1.3). Gardner leads that group with a .419 three-point field goal percentage, while Hansen follows at .417. Frazier and Jimenez are shooting .359 and .354 from deep, respectively.
• The Vikings lead the Big Sky and rank third in the nation with a team free throw percentage of .792. Three different Vikings rank in the top 10 of the Big Sky for free throw percentage, as Jimenez ranks third at .895 while Stotler and Streun rank seventh and eighth at .827 and .825, respectively.
• The Vikings' last three wins have all come despite the Vikings being out-rebounded by their opponents. That's a reverse of how the Vikings started the season, when they lost their first five games when losing the rebounding battle. Rebounding is still a good indicator of success for the Vikings, however, as they're 6-0 when they out-rebound their opponent, 1-1 when they tie in rebounds, and 3-6 when losing the rebounding battle.
• Jimenez and Hansen rank fifth and sixth in the Big Sky with 4.2 and 4.1 assists per game, respectively.
• Jimenez and Frazier rank fourth and seventh in the Big Sky with 2.2 and 1.7 steals per game, respectively.
• The Vikings are in their fifth year under head coach Lynn Kennedy. The Vikings went from winning only four games in Kennedy's first season at the helm in 2015-16 to Big Sky champs last season.
 
PICK YOUR POISON
All five Viking starters average in double figures in Tatiana Streun (14.1), Desirae Hansen (12.9), Kylie Jimenez (11.7), Jordan Stotler (10.4) and Belle Frazier (10.1). Streun ranks fifth in the Big Sky in scoring this season, while Hansen ranks 10th. Additionally, four of the team's five starters have gone into double figures in at least 10 different games this season, while the fifth is Stotler, who has scored in double figures in four of the team's last five games. Streun has the most double-digit games of any Viking this season with 15, as she's missed scoring 10-plus points just twice this season. Freshman Cassidy Gardner recorded her first double-digit scoring game Saturday against Idaho State, as she scored a career-high 13 points while coming off the bench for the Vikings. Gardner leads the Vikings' bench players with 5.1 points per game this season.
 
MONEY FROM THE LINE
Saturday's win over Idaho State featured an atypical performance from the free throw line by the Vikings, as they went 12-of-19 (.632) against the Bengals. That came five days after the Vikings went 28-of-31 (.903) in a win over Montana, setting new season highs for free throws made and attempted. Regardless, the Vikings still lead the Big Sky and rank third in the nation with a team free throw percentage of .792. Three different Vikings rank in the top 10 of the Big Sky for free throw percentage in Kylie Jimenez, Jordan Stotler and Tatiana Streun. Jimenez ranks third in the Big Sky at .895, while Stotler and Streun rank seventh and eighth at .827 and .825, respectively. Jimenez doesn't meet the minimum requirement to be ranked nationally, but Stotler and Streun do and rank 61st and 65th, respectively. The hot free throw shooting could result in a new single-season program record by the end of the season as the current record is .792, set during the 2011-12 season.
 
DEPTH FROM DEEP
The Vikings went 9-of-23 (.391) from three-point range against the Bengals Saturday, which marked a return to form for the Vikings after they went a combined 7-of-39 (.179) the previous week against Montana State and Montana. Saturday showed that last week was an anomaly, as the Vikings lead the Big Sky and rank 22nd in the nation while shooting .371 from deep this season. Freshmen Belle Frazier and Cassidy Gardner led the Vikings Saturday while going a combined 7-of-12 from deep against the Bengals. Frazier and Gardner are also two of four Vikings who average more than one three-pointer a game this season. Frazier leads that group with 1.9 makes per game, while Kylie Jimenez (1.7), Desirae Hansen (1.5) and Gardner (1.3) follow her. Gardner leads that group with a .419 three-point field goal percentage, while Hansen follows at .417. Frazier and Jimenez are shooting .359 and .354 from deep, respectively.
 
PASSING THE ROCK
The Vikings have recorded 19 or more assists three times in their current stretch of four wins in their last five games. That streak started when the Vikings assisted on 22 of their 29 field goals against Idaho on Jan. 2, while the Vikings followed with 19 assists on 25 field goals against Eastern Washington (Jan. 4), and 19 assists on 23 field goals against Montana (Jan. 13). Believe it or not, senior forward Jordan Stotler leads the Vikings with 22 assists in the team's past five games, one more than the Vikings' assist leader for the season, Kylie Jimenez, who has 21 in the same stretch. Stotler set a career high with eight assists in the Vikings' win over Montana last Monday, and is averaging 4.4 assists per game in the Vikings' last five games. Jimenez still leads the Vikings for the season, however, as she and Desirae Hansen rank fifth and sixth in the Big Sky with 4.2 and 4.1 assists per game, respectively. Those two also rank in the top 15 of the conference for assist-to-turnover ratio, as Jimenez ranks third at 2.0, with Hansen 12th at 1.3.
 
THE BOARDS AS A BELLWETHER
The Vikings lost their first five games when dropping the rebounding battle, but that's been completely turned on its head in recent weeks. The Vikings' last three wins have all come despite losing the rebounding battle, including a dramatic discrepancy in the Vikings' win over Montana last Monday. The Lady Griz out-rebounded the Vikings, 50-33, the biggest rebounding deficit in a win for the Vikings since Jan. 19, 2013. The recent results have been puzzling because rebounding had been one of the best indicators of success for the Vikings this season. Before a couple of weeks ago, the Vikings had been 6-0 when out-rebounding their opponent, 1-1 when tying, and 0-5 when losing the rebounding battle. But now, while the first two numbers haven't changed, the Vikings are 3-6 when losing the rebounding battle after winning games against Eastern Washington (Jan. 4), Montana (Jan. 13) and Idaho State (Jan. 18) in which they were out-rebounded. Individually, posts Tatiana Streun and Jordan Stotler still each rank among the conference leaders in rebounding. Streun ranks second in the Big Sky in total rebounds per game (8.0) and fifth in both offensive rebounds per game (2.4) and defensive rebounds per game (5.6). Stotler, meanwhile, ranks fourth in the Big Sky in total rebounds per game (7.8) and second in defensive rebounds per game (6.3).
 
IMESSAGE SUGGESTS THE FIRE EMOJI WHEN TYPING IN "STOTLER"
Senior forward Jordan Stotler has been playing her best basketball of the season since Big Sky play started, and the last three weekends in particular. Stotler, named the Big Sky Player of the Week on Jan. 7, nearly recorded a triple-double against Montana last Monday with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists – not to mention her six blocks against the Lady Griz. That came after Stotler scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Vikings against Montana State two days earlier, a game in which she added 11 rebounds, five blocks and two steals. All told, Stotler has averaged 11.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.0 blocks per game over the Vikings' past five games. Stotler has been especially on fire on the defensive end ever since she tied a program record with nine blocks in the Vikings' game against then-No. 23 Tennessee on Dec. 21. Stotler has 37 blocks in the Vikings' past eight games, giving her an average of 4.6 blocks per game in that stretch. Stotler averages 3.2 blocks per game across all games this season, ranking her atop the Big Sky Conference and sixth in the nation. Additionally, Stotler ranks second in the Big Sky with 6.3 defensive rebounds per game, while also ranking fourth in total rebounds per game (7.8) and seventh in free throw percentage (.827).
 
GET YOUR OWN TOTS!
Redshirt junior Tatiana Streun – nicknamed tots – has made a triumphant return to the court this season after an ACL tear kept her out of the Vikings' entire 2018-19 season. Streun led the Vikings with a career-high 30 points last Monday against Montana, shooting 10-of-14 from the field while going 10-of-13 from the free throw line and adding nine rebounds and four steals. Streun added another 11 points and seven rebounds Saturday against Idaho State despite playing limited minutes due to foul trouble. Streun ranks fifth in the Big Sky with 14.1 points per game after Saturday, and also ranks second in the conference with 8.0 rebounds per game. Streun has five double-doubles this season, the last of which came against Eastern Washington on Jan. 4, when she had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Streun has been especially effective at getting to the free throw line this season, as she ranks 23rd in the nation with 80 free throws made this season. Streun also ranks eighth in the Big Sky and 65th in the nation with a free throw percentage of .825. 
 
DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF US IS BELLE
Like the main character from Beauty and the Beast, freshman Belle Frazier is different from the rest of us, but in a good way. Frazier showed that Saturday, as she tied a career high with 17 points while going 4-of-6 from beyond the arc in the Vikings' win over Idaho State. Frazier leads the Vikings and ranks 10th in the Big Sky with 1.9 three-pointers made per game after Saturday, and upped her scoring average to double figures once again to put all five Viking starters above 10.0 points per game. Frazier averages 10.1 points per game after Saturday, and has 11 double-digit scoring games this season. Additionally, Frazier ranks seventh in the Big Sky with 1.7 steals per game, and ranks 13th in the conference with 31.2 minutes played per game.
 
JIMENEZ CHASING EXCLUSIVE COMPANY AS A JUNIOR
Junior guard Kylie Jimenez already counts among the all-time greats at Portland State just two and a half seasons into her Viking career. Jimenez entered the career top 10s at Portland State for assists and three-pointers made against Tennessee on Dec. 21, and entered the top 10 for steals with three against Northern Colorado on Dec. 28. Jimenez now ranks seventh in school history in career three-pointers made (133), eighth in career assists (371) and ninth in career steals (186). Jimenez remains on pace to become the 19th member of the Vikings' 1,000-point club by season's end, as she's averaging a career-best 11.7 points per game. Jimenez ranks third on the team in scoring this season, and ranks among the conference leaders in three-pointers made per game (14th, 1.7), assists per game (5th, 4.2), assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 2.0), steals per game (4th, 2.2) and minutes played per game (3rd, 36.1). Jimenez has posted all-around numbers in the Vikings' past two games, as she's averaged 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game in wins over Montana and Idaho State.
 
BIG-SHOT DES TURNING INTO ALL-AROUND DES AS A SOPHOMORE
Sophomore guard Desirae Hansen has stepped up all phases of her game after a freshman season that ended on a high note with the game-winning shot against Eastern Washington in the Big Sky championship game. Hansen had a tough weekend last week against Montana State and Montana, but recorded back-to-back 20-point games against Southern Utah (Dec. 30) and Idaho (Jan. 2) earlier in Big Sky play. Hansen ranks 10th in the Big Sky with 12.9 points per game, and also ranks among the conference leaders in a number of other categories. Hansen ranks sixth in the Big Sky with 4.1 assists per game, and also ranks 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) and 14th in minutes played per game (31.1). Hansen also ranks third on the team with 4.7 rebounds per game, making her a 15-5-5 threat in every game the Vikings play. 
 
GROWTH UNDER KENNEDY
The Vikings improved their win total in each of their first four seasons under head coach Lynn Kennedy. The Vikings won just four games during their first year under Kennedy in 2015-16, but then jumped up to 16 wins in 2016-17. The Vikings improved on that total with 19 wins in 2017-18, and then set a Division I program record with 25 wins last season.
 

Record	Season	Kennedy's Year at PSU
4-26	2015-16	1st
16-17	2016-17	2nd
19-13	2017-18	3rd
25-8	2018-19	4th

 
NEWCOMERS
The Vikings added a talented class of six newcomers over the offseason that they'll try and mesh with their seven returners. The newcomers are split evenly between the front and back courts, as Erika Brumfield, Marina Canzobre and Syd Schultz add depth at forward while Belle Frazier, Cassidy Gardner and Jada Lewis will contribute at guard. Frazier and Lewis were each named McDonald's All-American nominees while in high school, while Gardner led her team to a 3A Washington state title as an all-state honorable mention as a senior. Schultz, meanwhile, recorded 1,000-career points and 1,000-career rebounds in high school, and led the entire state of Wisconsin in rebounds as a high school senior. Canzobre was also part of the invited players pool for the Spain U-15 team.
 
VIKINGS IN THE PRESEASON WNIT
The Vikings made their first-ever appearance in the Preseason WNIT this season. The Vikings lost their first-round game against Boise State, 82-57, on Nov. 8, then lost two consolation games to Kansas City (87-69 on Nov. 15) and UC Irvine (83-75 on Nov. 16). Jordan Stotler was named to the KC Site Preseason WNIT Consolation All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game in the Vikings' two consolation games in Kansas City. The Vikings are the third Big Sky team to participate in the Preseason WNIT in the past four seasons, joining Montana State in 2018 and Eastern Washington in 2016.
 
VIKINGS PICKED FOR THIRD IN PRESEASON COACHES, MEDIA POLL
Big Sky media and coaches picked the Vikings to finish third in the conference this season in the preseason polls. Montana State, Idaho and Portland State went 1-2-3 in both the media and coaches polls, but the major takeaway from both polls was uncertainty. Seven of the 11 teams in the Big Sky received at least one first-place vote in the preseason media poll, while five of those seven teams received multiple votes. Additionally, four different teams received first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll, three of which received two or more.
 
JIMENEZ NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY TEAM
Junior guard Kylie Jimenez was named to the preseason All-Big Sky team, voted on by the Big Sky's media members. Jimenez was one of seven players named to the preseason all-conference team. Fallyn Freije, a two-time All-Big Sky honorable mention while at North Dakota but now with Montana State, was named the conference's preseason MVP. Sacramento State's Kennedy Nicholas, Idaho State's Estefania Ors, Montana State's Oliana Squires, Montana's McKenzie Johnston and Idaho's Gina Marxen were the other preseason all-conference selections. The preseason honor was just the latest in what has already been a decorated career for Jimenez at Portland State. Jimenez was named the Big Sky Freshman of the Year following the 2017-18 season, and was an All-Big Sky honorable mention last season. Additionally, Jimenez made the All-Big Sky tournament team as the Vikings won the tournament last season.
 
VIKINGS PLAN INTERNATIONAL TRIP TO SPAIN IN AUGUST 2020
The Vikings will make what is believed to be the women's basketball program's first-ever international trip when they head to Spain in August 2020. The Vikings will visit Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona on a 10-day trip that will see them play three different exhibition games against local Spanish teams.
 
The Vikings are currently fundraising for the trip, which will cost around $4,000 per person. Anyone who would like to donate towards the team's travel fund can visit GoViks.com and click on the "Spain 2020 Trip Donations" link under the "Donate" drop-down menu.
 
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Nov. 5, Portland State 104, Multnomah 48: The Vikings hit the century mark in their season opener for the second straight season. Before last season, the Vikings hadn't scored over 100 points in a game since Dec. 2, 1995. The Vikings also tied a program record with 13 three-pointers in the game, and assisted on 28 of their 37 field goals.
Nov. 23, Portland State 80, Nevada 75: The Vikings handed Nevada its first loss of the season, while junior guard Kylie Jimenez beat her sister, Alyssa Jimenez, who's a freshman guard for the Wolf Pack.
Nov. 30, Portland State 76, UC Davis 70: The Vikings beat a fellow 2019 NCAA tournament team on the road in UC Davis. The Vikings hit 18-of-18 free throws in the game, tied for the second most makes without a miss within a game in program history. Kylie Jimenez led the Vikings with 25 points, while setting or tying career highs for steals (8) and three-pointers made (5).
Dec. 2, Portland State 70, UC Irvine 61: The Vikings avenged two recent losses to UC Irvine, including one earlier this season in a consolation game of the Preseason WNIT. The win marked the Vikings' third straight win, as well as their second straight road win over a team that won at least 20 games last season.
Dec. 6, Portland State 69, Grand Canyon 46: The Vikings held Grand Canyon – a team that came into the game ranked in the top 10 for both overall field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage – to just 29 percent shooting (18-of-62) from the floor. The Lopes went just 2-of-17 from the three-point line, when they had been hitting more than 47 percent of their shots from beyond the arc.
Dec. 15, Portland State 77, Portland 71: The Vikings overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to beat cross-town rival University of Portland for the third straight season. The Vikings hadn't overcome a 15-point halftime deficit since Jan. 8, 2010, when they came back to beat Montana State, 69-62.
Dec. 21, #23 Tennessee 88, Portland State 61: The Vikings lost to the 23rd-ranked Lady Volunteers, but the game marked the first time the Vikings hosted an AP-ranked opponent since Dec. 23, 2000. The Vikings also set a new program record with 1,748 fans in attendance at Viking Pavilion.
Jan. 2, Portland State 74, Idaho 53: With the score tied at 49 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Vikings closed on a 25-4 to win their second straight game against the Vandals after snapping a 10-game losing streak to them in the Big Sky semifinals last season. The Vikings held the Vandals to 28.4 percent shooting in the game, and out-rebounded them 49-33.
Jan. 4, Portland State 75, Eastern Washington 58: The Eagles started 2-of-32 from the field while the Vikings led by double digits for the final 31 minutes of their win over Eastern Washington. The Vikings, meanwhile, tied a program record with 13 three-pointers, with six different players hitting at least one shot from deep. Freshman Belle Frazier led the way from beyond the arc while hitting a career-high five on only seven shots from deep.
Jan. 13, Portland State 78, Montana 65: Tatiana Streun led the Vikings with a career-high 30 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field while going 10-of-13 from the free throw line and adding nine rebounds and four steals. Jordan Stotler nearly recorded a triple-double in the game with 12 points, nine rebounds and eight assists – not to mention the six blocks she had against the Lady Griz.
Jan. 18, Portland State 69, Idaho State 64: The Vikings snapped a 16-game losing streak to Idaho State while winning their first game against the Bengals since Jan. 17, 2011, and their first road game against ISU since Jan. 10, 2009. Freshmen Belle Frazier and Cassidy Gardner led the way with 17 and 13 points, respectively, for the Vikings while combining to go 7-of-12 from beyond the arc.