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Biko Johnson
Sacramento State Athletics
86
Winner Idaho UI 15-13,7-8 Big Sky
80
Sacramento St. SacSt 9-18,5-10 Big Sky
Winner
Idaho UI
15-13,7-8 Big Sky
86
Final
80
Sacramento St. SacSt
9-18,5-10 Big Sky
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Idaho UI 42 44 86
Sacramento St. SacSt 40 40 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Vandals Outpace Hornets for Third Straight Season Sweep

FINAL SCOREĀ 
Idaho Vandals - 86
Sacramento State Hornets - 80

SEASON RECORDS
Idaho - 15-13, 7-8 Big Sky
Sacramento State - 9-18, 5-10 Big Sky

VANDAL LEADERS
PTS - Biko Johnson (25)
AST - Kolton Mitchell (5)
REB - Biko Johnson (9)
BLK - Brody Rowbury, Ewan Steele (1)
STL - Five Players (1)

NOTABLES
  • With tonight's win, Idaho has now swept the season series against Sacramento State in each of the last three seasons.
    • Head Coach Alex Pribble has not lost a regular-season game against the Hornets.
  • Idaho pulled down 49 rebounds tonight, the most against a DI opponent since March 2016.
    • The Vandals also out-rebounded Sacramento State by 21, their largest rebounding margin against a DI team since January 2011.
  • Tonight marks the fifth game this season in which Idaho has had five or more players in double-figures.
  • With 18 points tonight, Jackson Ramussen now has 374 this season, moving him into second all-time in freshman points in Idaho history, passing Jared Rodriguez and Kolton Mitchell.
  • Biko Johnson had a career night from beyond the arc, splashing six triples, while totaling 25 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
  • Jack Payne posted his fourth straight double-figure game against Sacramento State, scoring 10 points and pulling down six boards.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ā Biko Johnson's 25 points powered Idaho to its seventh straight regular season win against Sacramento State, 86-80, in a high-flying back-and-forth contest.Ā 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Shots fell early for both sides, with each team scoring twice in the opening 63 seconds, before Idaho found its first lead of the game at the 18:29 mark off a banked second-chance three from Isaiah Brickner. The Vandals would quickly stretch it to 11 following an 18-7 run that was dominated by four triples from Biko Johnson, with a four-point play serving as the exclamation point of the stretch. The Golden State native had a massive opening period, posting 15 points and three boards.Ā Ā 


The Hornets battled back by scoring the game's next 10 points, before Brody Rowbury splashed a tre and got to the cup in twice in three possessions to put Idaho back up six. Neither team found a basket over the next 2:28, with the Vandals going scoreless for nearly a four-minute span in the middle of the period, which allowed the hosts to knot the contest up at 27. Back-to-back UI buckets, including a weaving layup from Jackson Rasmussen, allowed Idaho to regain a four-point cushion.Ā 


A fervent final five minutes of the opening half saw four three-pointers between the two sides, forcing the Black and Gold to take a just two-point advantage into the locker room. After being held scoreless for the last 15 minutes of the first half, Johnson took control once again, scoring 12 of Idaho's first 18 points in the second frame.Ā 

Sacramento State would not go away, though, as the lead would trade hands on five occasions before the 3:49 mark in the second half. Rasmussen would help the Vandals wrestle it back for the final time with 3:11 to go, and his fellow Meridian native Rowbury would put the game on ice with a stone-cold step-back three with less than 30 seconds to play, guaranteeing Idaho its third straight season sweep of Sacramento State.Ā 


Rowbury and Johnson would knock down a series of foul shots in the dying moments to seal the result, and lift the Vandals to an 86-80 win.

UP NEXTĀ 
UI returns to Moscow for its final two home contests of the season against Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado. The Lumberjacks will stop in Moscow for a 6 p.m. contest on Thursday night, and the Bears will be Idaho's opponent at 1 p.m. on Saturday for Senior Day. Both games can be viewed on ESPN+, and listened to on the Vandal Radio Network.

TICKETS
Idaho Athletics announced that all student tickets for football, basketball, volleyball, and soccer home events are free of charge for the 2025-26 academic year. To claim your tickets, visit govandals.com/ticketsĀ 

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