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GAME NOTES: With the Big Sky Conference regular-season title already taken care of, the Weber State Wildcats now turn their attention to the Portland State Vikings before the league tournament begins.

On Friday night, Weber State posted a resounding 85-57 win against Eastern Washington on the road, the team's fifth straight win and the 10th in the last 11 outings for a squad that is already 13-2 versus the rest of the Big Sky.

As for the Vikings, a group that still has a date with Seattle University on the books for March 2nd, they too won their Friday night game with a 98-63 decision versus Idaho State at home. However, the victory only served to snap what had become a five-game slide and was just the third win for the team since January 16th.

WSU won the first meeting of the season at home last month by a score of 86-83, which means the Wildcats now lead the all-time series by a count of 25-9.

The Wildcats made up for 17 turnovers by shooting 11-of-21 behind the three- point line and 16-of-20 at the charity stripe two nights ago against Eastern Washington on the road. Kyle Bullinger registered a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Damian Lillard was credited with 18 points and seven rebounds, not to mention four steals and three assists. Franklin Session added 16 points and Lindsey Hughey 11 and seven boards for the victorious visitors. A 19.7 ppg scorer overall on the season, Lillard is actually up to 20.7 ppg against the rest of the league, having made 80-of-90 shots at the free-throw line versus Big Sky contenders. Steve Panos (11.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg) is one of the more accurate shooters in the league with his 56.1 percent accuracy, but one can only wonder how much more damage he could have caused had he not gotten into so much foul trouble over the campaign.

If nothing else, the Vikings certainly picked the right time to dial up the offense as they registered the 35-point win against Idaho State just two nights ago. In addition to shooting 51.5 percent from the field and 11-of-23 beyond the arc, the Vikings also forced the visiting Bengals into 22 turnovers on the night. Dominic Waters was credited with 29 points, Melvin Jones came up with 22 and six assists, while Jamie Jones and Chris Harriel stepped in with 15 and 10 points, respectively, as well. Waters, the leading scorer in each of the last four games for PSU, is averaging 19.1 ppg to pace and offense that is generating 78.7 ppg. But the bad news is that Portland State is also giving up 79.6 ppg at the same time, one of the highest averages allowed in all of college basketball. More than just a scorer, Waters has also found time and opportunity to distribute a team-best 135 assists, all while shooting 44.4 percent behind the three-point line.

Portland State, which is the two-time defending Big Sky champion, has already been slotted to finish sixth in the standings, so putting it all on the line in this meeting is not necessary. Besides, it might be wise to hold something back at this stage thinking the teams might meet again in the tourney.