OGDEN, Utah - Steve Panos scored a career-high 22 points as Weber State defeated Eastern Washington 74-57 on Thursday night, giving the Wildcats their seventh straight Big Sky Conference victory.

Daviin Davis finished with 19 points and Damian Lillard scored 15 for the Wildcats (16-8 overall, 10-1 Big Sky).

Adris DeLeon led the Eagles (11-14, 5-8 Big Sky Conference) with 15 points, while teammate Brandon Moore scored 11.

Panos scored on a three-point play and hit a pair of free throws less than 30 seconds later to give Weber State a 60-41 lead with 8:52 remaining.

Davis' 3pointer with a minute left gave the Wildcats their biggest lead of the game, 72-52. Weber State's Josh Cottle hit a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left to complete an 8-0 run.

Milan Stanojevic's 3-pointer 30 seconds into the game gave Eastern Washington a 3-0 lead, its only advantage of the game.

Northern Colorado 80, North Dakota 72

GREELEY, Colo. - Will Figures scored 20 points and Northern Colorado withstood a barrage of 3-pointers to beat slumping North Dakota 80-72 on Thursday.

Northern Colorado (12-15) shot60 percent to win its third straight game, all at home. North Dakota (11-11) dropped its fourth straight, all on the road.

The Bears outscored the Sioux 10-3 in the final 3:09.

UND had a season-high 14 3-pointers, including four by O.J. Harrison and Travis Bledsoe. Darius Joseph had 15 points, Harrison 14 and Bledsoe 13.

Devon Beitzel had 15 points and John Pena 13 for Northern Colorado.

Northern Arizona 83, Montana State 64

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Cameron Jones scored 22 points and Shayar Lee added 17 as Northern Arizona beat Montana State 83-64 Thursday night.

Shane Johannsen and Zarko Comagic each finished with 14 points for the Lumberjacks (7-16, 4-8 Big Sky).

Montana State (11-11, 5-6) was paced by Danny Piepoli's 22 points. He was the only player to reach double figures for the Bobcats.

Northern Arizona led 41-34 at halftime and stretched the lead to 20 with 11:32 to play.

Jermaine Bishop pulled down 10 rebounds for the Lumberjacks, who made 61 percent of their field goals (17-of-28) in the first half and 72 percent (18-of-25) in the second half.

Montana 60, Sacramento State 48

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Junior guard Anthony Johnson had 24 points and four assists to lead Montana to a 60-48 win over Sacramento State Thursday night.

Kyle Sharp had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Montana Grizzlies (15-9, 9-3), who have sole possession of second place in the Big Sky. Jordan Hasquet added 14 points and five rebounds for the Grizzlies.

Loren Leath had 15 points and Justin Eller added 11 points for the Sacramento State Hornets (2-23, 1-11 Big Sky).

Justin Eller's eight-foot jumper from the right baseline gave the Hornets an 18-13 lead with 9:16 left in the first half. The Grizzlies charged back to take a 28-25 halftime lead.

Johnson led the Grizzlies with 11 first-half points.

The Grizzlies opened up the second half with a decisive 17-5 run.

Sharp's basket made the score 45-30 with less than 10 minutes to play.

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