Sacramento State Hornets @ Idaho Vandals
Arkadiy Mkrtychyan leads Idaho past Sacramento State, 69-58
MOSCOW, Idaho -- Arkadiy Mkrtychyan had 16 points, on 7-of-8 shooting, and Mike Scott scored 15 to help Idaho beat Sacramento State 69-58 on Saturday night.
Sekou Wiggs added 12 points, Connor Hill scored 11 and Paulin Mpawe grabbed nine rebounds for Idaho (11-12, 6-6 Big Sky), which made 27 of 48 (56.3 percent) from the field and outrebounded the Hornets 38-22.
Sacramento State (16-8, 10-3) got seven points from Mikh McKinney during an 18-7 spurt which tied it at 55 with 4:43 remaining, but made just one of its next eight shots and Idaho scored 14 of the game's last 17 points.
McKinney and Dylan Garrity, who came into game shooting a combined 43.6 percent from deep, led the Hornets with 15 points apiece, but combined to make just 5 of 20 3-pointers.
Sacramento State remains a half game back of conference-leading Eastern Washington, which lost to Portland State on Saturday.
Game Information
Moscow, ID
Referee:Courtney Holmes
Referee:Chad Shepherd
Referee:Kevin Virginillio
2025-26 Standings
| Big Sky ConferenceBig Sky Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State | 13-5 | - | 20-11 |
| Montana State | 12-6 | 1 | 18-14 |
| Eastern Washington | 11-7 | 2 | 14-19 |
| Northern Colorado | 10-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Montana | 10-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| Weber State | 10-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Idaho | 9-9 | 4 | 21-15 |
| Sacramento State | 6-12 | 7 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
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