PORTLAND, Ore. — The spiritual end of Michael Jordan's NBA career was his game-winning shot in Game Six of the 1998 NBA Finals. Everybody just forgets the years with the Washington Wizards.
 
Perhaps Portland State seniors Marina Canzobre, Jada Lewis and Syd Schultz can apply the same sort of selective memory for themselves. Their penultimate home game as Vikings was certainly a doozy, as the Vikings erased a four-point deficit with 11.6 seconds remaining in regulation to beat Montana 74-72 in overtime Thursday. Saturday's 63-34 loss to the Bobcats at Viking Pavilion, which came on Senior Day, should go down as the Wizards years for Canzobre, Lewis and Schultz.
 
"I don't think this was indicative of our team. However, we didn't do enough to change it," Portland State head coach Chelsey Gregg said after the game against the Bobcats, who clinched at least a share of the Big Sky regular-season title with the victory. "Our defense was good enough, we just didn't score today. You can't have quarters where you don't score, especially against a staunch defense like Montana State."
 
The Vikings (13-14, 8-9 Big Sky) set season lows for points (34) and field goal percentage (.182) against the Bobcats (20-9, 13-4 Big Sky). The Vikings' 34 points were their fewest in a game since they were held to just 31 points in a game at Montana on Jan. 29, 2015.
 
The loss leaves the Vikings with few paths towards clinching a top six seed at next week's Big Sky tournament. Idaho still holds the tiebreaker over the Vikings, meaning the Vikings would have to beat Sacramento State on the road Monday, and either need Idaho to lose its two remaining games, or have Idaho beat Montana in Missoula on Monday. Things could also open up if Montana State loses at home against Eastern Washington Monday.
 
A win over the Bobcats Saturday would have bettered the Vikings' position in the standings, but a slow start put the Vikings behind from the jump. The Bobcats opened the game with an 8-0 lead, and never trailed the rest of the way. The Vikings got back within three after a three-pointer from Alaya Fitzgerald opened the second quarter, but that'd be as close as they'd come.
 
Two more triples from Fitzgerald got the Vikings back within six at 31-25 with 4:28 remaining in the third quarter, but the Bobcats closed the period on an 11-0 run and never looked back in the fourth.
 
Fitzgerald finished with 15 points to lead the Vikings. No other player finished with more than seven points.
 
"I know our team is about responses. We've shown that, that we've been able to respond [this season]," Gregg said. "After a tough week last weekend, we were able to respond Thursday night against Montana. We're taking the rest of the night to process and then we're getting back to work Sunday and on to the next."
 
The Vikings can re-gain some momentum Monday when they play at Sacramento State. Tipoff between the Vikings and Hornets is set for 7 p.m.
 
Game Notes: The Vikings fell to 30-42 all time against the Bobcats with Saturday's loss…The Bobcats outscored the Vikings in the paint (34-4), on second-chance points (17-4), on fast breaks (13-0) and from the bench (24-1)…The Vikings made only four two-point field goals throughout Saturday's game.