Portland St. 76, Sacramento St. 62

Julius Thomas had 16 points and six rebounds and Dominic Waters added 15 points and four assists to help Portland State beat Sacramento State 76-62 on Friday night.

Jamie Jones had 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots, Alonzo Brandon scored 12 points and Paul Guede had 11 for the Vikings (10-12, 5-5 Big Sky).

Justin Eller led the Hornets (8-16, 2-9) with 18 points and five rebounds. Sultan Toles-Bey scored 12 and John Dickson 11.

After four ties in the second half, the Vikings took a commanding 56-46 lead with 7:05 remaining.

The Hornets cut the margin to 63-58 on a 3-pointer by Mike Marcial with 2:53 left, but the Vikings finished the game on a 13-4 run.

Sacramento State made 13 of 25 shots and led 31-28 at the break.