The Vikings won the first meeting 96-69 on Jan. 10. This matchup at Sacramento State will be closer, but I still like the Big Sky leaders to cover. The Hornets have won five of seven overall; they're 9-1 at home. Portland State, however, paces the conference and has not lost a Big Sky road game. Look for the Vikings' senior trio -- Terri Miller Jr. (19.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg), Jaylin Henderson (17.4 ppg, 6.3 apg) and Tre-Vaughn Minott (10.8 ppg ,8.6 rpg) -- to overpower the home team.

Home court has often meant something in the Big Sky and case in point is Sac State, which earlier only played twice at the new Hornet Pavilion in a two-month span but has won three straight at home for Mike Bibby since last week. That puts the Hornets 5-0 at home in Big Sky action as Bibby has adjusted from the loss of 6-11 Bear Cherry in November, now a perimeter-oriented attack around Gs Prophet Johnson (61 points across last two) and Mikey Williams. Note PSU is setting the pace in the Sky and won handily in the first meeting, but don't see the Vikes dominating the glass as they did or hitting 55% from the floor as last month. Play Sac State