Portland St. builds 20-point halftime lead, beats EWU 107-91

Feb 21, 2016, 12:04 am

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Cameron Forte scored 32 points and Portland State snapped Eastern Washington's seven-game win streak with a 107-91 victory on Saturday night.

Forte was 14 of 20 from the field, grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, and scored 12 points in the first half as the Vikings built a 20-point halftime lead and cruised from there. Calaen Robinson had 18 points and Isaiah Pineiro chipped in 15 points for Portland State (9-16, 5-9 Big Sky Conference), which shot 65 percent overall and snapped a four-game skid.

Austin McBroom scored 36 points and Venky Jois added 20 points to lead Eastern Washington (16-11, 10-5).

Cody Benzel made a 3-pointer to pull the Eagles to 87-77 with 7:19 remaining, but they did not get closer.

Eastern Washington beat the Vikings 112-83 on Jan. 28 to start its seven-game win streak.