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Portland, OR  - Portland State's inside game was too much for Weber State's perimeter attack as the Vikings had one of their most complete performances of the season beating the Wildcats, 92-76, at Viking Pavilion.
 
Senior forward Alonzo Walker scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds for PSU. His front court mate Sal Nuhu, a senior center, went for 14 points and a season-high 15 rebounds.
 
Those two led a dominant inside attack as the Vikings scored 56 points in the paint and out-rebounded the Wildcats, 47-28. Included were 20 offensive rebounds for 20 second chance points.
 
"The glass was really the difference," said Viking Coach Barret Peery. "Our guys were tenacious and relentless getting to the glass.
 
"Everyone contributed tonight for us with five guys in double digits, 19 assists. I really thought we shared the ball well and played good team defense."
 
Cody John and Jerrick Harding put on a fine show for Weber State, combining for 53 points. John had 29 on 12-17 from the field and 3-5 from three-point range. Harding went for 24 points, hitting 10-21 shots, 2-8 from distance and 2-2 at the line.
 
Portland State's win was its second in a row at home and improved the Vikings to 10-10 overall, 4-4 in the Big Sky. PSU breaks out of a five-way tie for fifth place to now stand alone in fifth.
 
It was a close first half with each team putting on one big run. The Vikings scored 13 in a row to go up 24-17. A few minutes later a 15-2 rally by the Wildcats gave them the lead at 36-34.
 
Walker and Rashaad Goolsby scored on consecutive possessions late in the half to give PSU a 42-38 advantage at halftime. They never trailed again.
 
PSU quickly pushed the lead to 10 points and led by as many as 18 before settling for the 92-76 victory.
 
Walker was the star, scoring 15 of his 23 in the second half. He hit 11-17 shots for the night.
 
"Alonzo has great footwork and uses both hands well around the rim," said Peery. "He was really good tonight."
 
PSU's bench continued to be highly productive as well, outscoring the Weber State bench, 36-10. Lamar Hamrick scored 15 points with four rebounds. Kyle Greeley had 12 points, making 5-6 shots, including both of his three-pointers, had four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Chris Whitaker scored five points with two assists, two rebounds and a steal, and notably was a +27 in the plus/minus category in only 12:37 of action.
 
Holland Woods scored 12 points and led the Vikings with nine assists.
 
Portland State shot 37-76 from the field (.487), 5-11 from three-point range (.455) and 13-16 the line (.813). Weber State was solid at .500 from the field, but made only 7-21 threes (.333) and 9-16 free throws (.563).
 
The Wildcats dropped to 6-12 with the loss, 2-5 in the Big Sky.
 
GAME NOTES: The 92 points were the most by Portland State against a Division I opponent this season... PSU is now 6-2 at home this season… the Vikings were without senior guard Matt Hauser for a third straight game due to an ankle sprain… PSU goes on the road to Sacramento State for a Thursday night game at 7:05 p.m. A live stream is available on Pluto TV Channel 533, www.pluto.tv and www.WatchBigSky.com. Live stats can be found at www.ViksLive.com.