Sacramento State Hornets vs. Weber State Wildcats

Mar 8, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SAC	33	37	70
WEB	37	46	83

Game Recap

Vartiainen's 30 lead Weber State over Sacramento State in Big Sky Conference Tournament 83-70. Viljami Vartiainen scored 30 points and No. 9 seed Weber State beat No. 10 seed Sacramento State 83-70 on Saturday night in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Player Stats

SACRAMENTO STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Jacob Holt	31	7-13	0-2	6-7	4	0	0	1	1	1	20
7Lachlan Brewer	27	3-5	2-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3	8
3EJ Neal Jr.	25	5-9	3-5	5-6	3	0	0	1	0	5	18
2Bailey Nunn	36	2-5	1-2	4-4	2	5	0	0	0	2	9
10Emil Skytta	37	4-9	0-4	0-0	3	3	0	0	3	3	8
34Chudi Dioramma	9	0-4	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	1	0	0	2
11Leo Ricketts	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Michael Wilson	31	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	3	1	5

TOTAL	-	23-5145.1%	7-2133.3%	17-1989.5%	21	10	1	3	8	15	70

WEBER STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Nigel Burris	28	2-5	1-3	2-2	5	1	1	0	0	2	7
20Alex Tew	16	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	1	0	3	3
6Trevor Hennig	35	4-8	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2	8
8Viljami Vartiainen	39	10-13	7-10	3-5	5	0	0	0	1	1	30
0Blaise Threatt	37	10-18	2-6	4-4	6	7	2	0	1	3	26
15Declan Cutler	18	1-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	1	0	2	3
23Nemanja Sarenac	19	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
13Vasilije Vucinic	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
11Saadiq Moore	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	30-5356.6%	12-2450.0%	11-1573.3%	25	11	4	2	3	19	83

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSACWEB

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Weber State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Sacramento State.
+2 (19:37) Trevor Hennig made Layup.
02
(19:20) Jacob Holt missed Jumper.
(19:16) Alex Tew Defensive Rebound.
(18:59) Nigel Burris missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:56) Sacramento State Defensive Rebound.
(18:25) Sacramento State Turnover.
+2 (18:12) Alex Tew made Jumper.
04
(18:01) Emil Skytta missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:57) Viljami Vartiainen Defensive Rebound.
(17:45) Viljami Vartiainen missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:41) Bailey Nunn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:27) EJ Neal made Jumper.
24
(17:11) Blaise Threatt missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:06) Bailey Nunn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:02) EJ Neal made Jumper.
44
(16:41) Foul on Blaise Threatt.
(16:41) Blaise Threatt Turnover.
+2 (16:15) Emil Skytta made Layup.
64
+3 (16:05) Viljami Vartiainen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
67
(15:43) Jacob Holt missed Layup.
(15:43) Alex Tew Block.
(15:39) Alex Tew Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:37) Viljami Vartiainen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
610
(15:19) Foul on Alex Tew.
(15:05) Jacob Holt missed Layup.
(14:51) Trevor Hennig Defensive Rebound.
(14:51) Foul on EJ Neal.
+3 (14:44) Nemanja Sarenac made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
613
(14:26) Emil Skytta Turnover.
(14:26) Declan Cutler Steal.
+3 (14:05) Viljami Vartiainen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trevor Hennig.
616
+3 (13:51) EJ Neal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bailey Nunn.
916
(13:19) Trevor Hennig missed Jumper.
(13:15) Michael Wilson Defensive Rebound.
(13:10) Foul on Nemanja Sarenac.
(12:48) Michael Wilson Turnover.
(12:48) Blaise Threatt Steal.
(12:40) Trevor Hennig Turnover.
(12:40) Chudi Dioramma Steal.
(12:23) Emil Skytta missed Layup.
(12:23) Declan Cutler Block.
(12:23) Sacramento State Offensive Rebound.
(12:16) Emil Skytta Turnover.
(11:50) Saadiq Moore missed Layup.
(11:50) EJ Neal Block.
(11:50) Leo Ricketts Defensive Rebound.
(11:50) Chudi Dioramma missed Jumper.
(11:50) Viljami Vartiainen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:31) Viljami Vartiainen made Jumper.
918
(10:57) Michael Wilson missed Jumper.
(10:53) Nigel Burris Defensive Rebound.
(10:37) Nemanja Sarenac missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:33) Chudi Dioramma Defensive Rebound.
(10:26) Lachlan Brewer missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:22) Viljami Vartiainen Defensive Rebound.
(10:03) Viljami Vartiainen missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:59) Chudi Dioramma Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:46) Lachlan Brewer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Leo Ricketts.
1218
+2 (9:32) Viljami Vartiainen made Layup.
1220
(9:32) Foul on Lachlan Brewer.
(9:32) Viljami Vartiainen missed Free Throw.
(9:31) Lachlan Brewer Defensive Rebound.
(9:02) Lachlan Brewer Turnover.
(9:02) Blaise Threatt Steal.
(8:56) Nemanja Sarenac missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:52) Emil Skytta Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:32) Jacob Holt made Layup. Assisted by Emil Skytta.
1420
(8:32) Foul on Alex Tew.
(8:32) Jacob Holt missed Free Throw.
(8:29) Nigel Burris Defensive Rebound.
(8:06) Vasilije Vucinic missed Jumper.
(8:04) Jacob Holt Defensive Rebound.
(7:44) Foul on Vasilije Vucinic.
(7:43) EJ Neal missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:43) Weber State Defensive Rebound.
(7:40) Foul on Bailey Nunn.
(7:29) Trevor Hennig missed Jumper.
(7:26) Jacob Holt Defensive Rebound.
(7:22) Foul on Vasilije Vucinic.
+3 (7:08) EJ Neal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bailey Nunn.
1720
(6:38) Blaise Threatt missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:33) Nigel Burris Offensive Rebound.
(6:33) Nigel Burris missed Layup.
(6:31) Sacramento State Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:07) EJ Neal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bailey Nunn.
2020
(5:41) Nigel Burris missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:39) EJ Neal Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:29) Bailey Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Emil Skytta.
2320
+3 (5:10) Viljami Vartiainen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
2323
+2 (4:53) Jacob Holt made Layup.
2523
(4:53) Foul on Declan Cutler.
+1 (4:53) Jacob Holt made Free Throw.
2623
+3 (4:33) Viljami Vartiainen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
2626
+2 (3:53) Emil Skytta made Jumper.
2826
+3 (3:42) Nemanja Sarenac made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blaise Threatt.
2829
(3:19) EJ Neal missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:15) Viljami Vartiainen Defensive Rebound.
(3:08) Blaise Threatt missed Layup.
(3:08) Chudi Dioramma Block.
(3:04) Blaise Threatt Offensive Rebound.
(3:03) Viljami Vartiainen missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:00) Chudi Dioramma Defensive Rebound.
(2:54) Chudi Dioramma missed Layup.
(2:52) Weber State Defensive Rebound.
(2:45) Foul on EJ Neal.
+2 (2:23) Blaise Threatt made Jumper.
2831
(1:52) Jacob Holt missed Layup.
(1:50) Declan Cutler Defensive Rebound.
(1:43) Foul on Jacob Holt.
+1 (1:43) Blaise Threatt made Free Throw.
2832
+1 (1:43) Blaise Threatt made Free Throw.
2833
(1:21) Bailey Nunn missed Jumper.
(1:19) Declan Cutler Defensive Rebound.
(1:08) Blaise Threatt missed Layup.
(1:06) Declan Cutler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:06) Declan Cutler made Two Point Tip Shot.
2835
+3 (0:47) Michael Wilson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Emil Skytta.
3135
+2 (0:25) Blaise Threatt made Jumper.
3137
(0:04) Emil Skytta missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:01) Michael Wilson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:01) Michael Wilson made Layup.
3337

2nd half

Team Stats

SAC

WEB

70Points83

23-51(45.1%)Field Goal(%)30-53(56.6%)

7-21(33.3%)3-Point(%)12-24(50.0%)

17-19(89.5%)Free Throw(%)11-15(73.3%)

26(5)Rebounds(Offensive)27(3)

10Assists11

1Steals4

3Blocks2

9Turnovers5

15(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

3Largest Lead15

Game Details

Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 7:30 PM

Dee Events Center · Ogden, UT

capacity: 11,500

tv: ESPN+