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Eastern Washington and Montana State are the favorites. Can anyone in a crowded, and messy, 3-10 group make noise? Probably not.

There are bound to be a lot of potential game-winning shots taken in the coming weeks as March Madness gets underway, but Mondays matchup did not have one.

Playing their third game in six days, the Wildcats surged forward and captured a 90-89 overtime victory over Northern Arizona in the regular season finale.

In a wild finish, Portland State threw a floor-length pass with 0.4 seconds left and hit an improbable catch-and-shoot jumper to sink Northern Arizona 88-87 on Saturday.

Montana drops to 1-2 as it heads to play 0-3 Northern Colorado in a matchup of two teams in desperate need of a win.

Montana drops to 1-2 as it heads to play 0-3 Northern Colorado in a matchup of two teams in desperate need of a win.

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Maxwell Lewis’ 30 points led Pepperdine over Northern Arizona 88-69 on Saturday night. Lewis had six rebounds for the Waves (5-2). Mike Mitchell Jr. scored 17 points while going 6 of 13 (5 for 8 from distance).

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros mens basketball team closed the game on a 21-9 run to beat the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks 91-79 on Tuesday at Bert Ogden Arena.   The game was tied at 70 with 4:48 remaining. Eight seconds later, senior Justin Johnson hit a pair of free throws and graduate student Dima Zdor made a layup to give the Vaqueros (4-2) the lead for the rest of the game. &nbsp

No. 4 Texas will be flying high when it travels south to the border Monday to face Northern Arizona in the Leon Black Classic in Edinburg, Texas.

No. 11 Texas will be flying high when it travels south to the border Monday to face Northern Arizona in the Leon Black Classic in Edinburg, Texas.