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Portland State VS Northern Illinois (Great Alaska Shootout)

03:06 AM ET 11.24

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A year after a near miss in the Top of the World Classic, Portland State makes the trip up to Anchorage hoping to rewrite the story of their Alaskan adventure. The first round matches up the Vikings with Northern Illinois. The Huskies are a fairly inexperienced team, led by freshman Mike DiNunno and sophomore Darion Anderson. They are coached by the former head man at Colorado, Ricardo Patton. The Huskies have had a tough start to the season, winning only 2 games against a fairly weak schedule. However, the Viks will not want to take them lightly, as they have a number of guards with the…

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PSU VS Cal State Fullerton

01:16 AM ET 11.20

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Cal State Fullerton comes into their weekend contest with the Vikings with an entirely different roster from the one that was able to win convincingly at home last year, returning two letter winners and just one starter. However, that starter is former Washington State Cougar Josh Akognon, who put up 41 points on Sunday against Hawaii. They expected a lot from 7-2 freshman Adam Thomas coming into the year, but through two games, it appears he is not yet ready to produce. The Vikings should be coming into the Sunday match-up sky high, but there are questions about whether Jeremiah Dominguez…

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PSU VS UP

08:35 PM ET 11.16

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November 28, 2007 - The Vikings celebrate their first win at the Chiles Center 78-73 on their way to the NCAA tournament while the Pilots experience an awful 9-22 season. November 18, 2008 - Though not expected to do much this season, the Pilots come to the Stott Center a very legitimate threat off their home upset of the Washington Huskies. Though both teams would like to win, the game is not key to the season of either team. Therefore, the Vikings need it more to build confidence on the home court.

Match-Ups

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PSU: Jamie Jones UP: Kramer Knutson/Luke Sikma

Knutson started 30…

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