SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Trailing, 67-58, with 2:05 to play, Sacramento State scored the final nine points of regulation, and then added the first six points of overtime to eventually defeat Portland State, 80-77, in front of a near sellout crowd on Saturday evening at the Nest.

Things looked bleak for the Hornets after a pair of Calaen Robinson free throws gave Portland State a 67-58 lead with 2:52 remaining. However, that proved to be the Vikings' final points of regulation as Sacramento State ripped off a 9-0 run that began with a pair of Trevis Jackson free throws at the 2:04 mark. A free throw from Jiday Ugbaja (1:29), a 3-ball from Justin Strings and four straight misses from the field for Portland State set up a frantic final moments.

With Portland State leading, 67-64, the Vikings' Deontae North missed a 3-ball with 21 seconds remaining and Strings grabbed the rebound. That set up a 16-second segment that will be remembered for a while. Trying to get the tie and force overtime, Jackson (0:16) and Strings (0:02) both missed 3-pointers but the Hornets kept grabbing offensive rebounds. Ugbaja grabbed the Strings miss and quickly hoisted a 3-ball that missed, but he was fouled with 0.9 seconds remaining.

Ugbaja, who entered the game with 16 free throw attempts all season, calmly buried all three free throw attempts to send the game into overtime at 67-67. Ugbaja wasn't done as he buried a jumper on the Hornets' first possession of the extra session, igniting a 6-0 run that saw the Hornets take a 73-67 lead with 3:18 left. However, Portland State answered with a 10-3 run to take its lone lead of overtime at 77-76 with 1:16 left.

On the ensuing possession, the Hornets got a layup from Eric Stuteville after a beautiful feed from Nick Hornsby to lead, 78-77, with 1:02 left. Then after a Viking miss, Portland State was back on defense. The Vikings eventually got a steal and raced up court with a chance to go ahead with the clock ticking inside 10 seconds. Zach Gengler missed a pull-up jumper from 15 feet and Traylin Farris' tip attempt did not fall either. Nick Hornsby rebounded for the Hornets and was fouled with 2.2 seconds remaining. He made both free throws and a last second desperation heave from Michael Mayhew was off the mark as Sacramento State was able to secure its fourth win in the last five games.

The victory allowed the Hornets to improve to 7-12 overall and 4-4 in the Big Sky. After the Hornets began the conference season with three straight losses, Sacramento State has won four of its last five games which includes a 92-83 victory at home over Montana last Saturday. More importantly, the Hornets are just a half game back of fifth place Idaho (5-4) in the Big Sky standings. The top five teams at the end of the regular season receive a first round bye in the Big Sky Tournament in Reno on March 6-11.

In addition, Sacramento State improved to 5-3 at home, 49-17 inside the Nest dating back to 2012-13, and 12-10 all-time against Portland State at home. Six of the last seven meetings between the Hornets and Vikings inside the Nest have been decided by eight points or less. The Hornets completed their season-long three-game homestand with a 2-1 record, and will now hit the road for games next week at Eastern Washington on Thursday and Idaho on Saturday.

The Vikings dropped to 11-8 overall, 4-4 in the Big Sky and 4-6 on the road. PSU has road wins at San Francisco, Portland, Pepperdine and Southern Utah this season.

In a game that featured three video reviews, three technical fouls, seven ties, seven lead changes, four foulouts and a plethora of tense moments, Sacramento State finished the game shooting .480 (24-50) from the field, .400 (10-25) from the 3-point line and .710 (22-31) from the free throw line. In the overtime session alone, Sacramento State shot 5-for-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free throw line. The Vikings had six more field goal attempts in overtime, but finished the extra session 4-of-13 from the field and 0-for-5 from the 3-point line.

Overall, the Vikings were limited to .391 (27-69) shooting for the game, including 6-of-25 (.240) from the 3-point line and .708 (17-24) from the free throw line. PSU had advantages in points in the paint (34-26), points off turnovers (18-15), second chance points (14-12) and bench points (38-26) while also forcing the Hornets into a season-worst 19 turnovers. However, Sacramento State made the clutch buckets late and received big production from reserve guards Ugbaja and Jackson. Ugbaja finished with nine points (all scored during the final 12:40 of the game) and Jackson had a career-high 10 points on 3-for-4 shooting from the field and 2-for-3 from the 3-point line. Jackson (+17) and Ugbaja (+10) had the biggest plus/minus numbers of the night for the Hornets.

"In the past, we would let 19 turnovers and a difficult deficit really bother us, but tonight were able to overcome and win ugly," Sacramento State head coach Brian Katz said. "It's not always going to be pretty, but sometimes that's how you need to win games.

"Obviously, Jiday was a huge factor tonight, hitting a big 3-pointer (7:40), connecting on three clutch free throws and giving us some scoring in overtime. Also, Trevis (Jackson) was very solid tonight, and I think he and Jiday were the difference in the game."

Sacramento State, which held a 37-28 halftime lead before PSU opened the second half on a 24-7 run, had four players score in double figures. That included Jackson, Stuteville (17 points, 5-of-8 FG, 7-of-11 FT), Strings (11 points) and Marcus Graves (12 points, five rebounds, eight assists). Hornsby added nine points, nine rebounds, six assists and three steals in a team-high 38 minutes and Ugbaja's nine points came on 2-of-4 shooting from the field and 4-for-5 from the free throw line. True freshman Chibueze Jacobs added seven points and four rebounds in 11 minutes and Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa had five points, three rebounds and two assists.

For Portland State, Robinson had a game-high 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field, 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and 5-for-6 from the free throw line. However, Robinson fouled out with 2:04 left in regulation. North Added 14 points and three steals, and Farris had 13 points and eight rebounds. Robinson and North both fouled out for the Vikings, while Strings and redshirt freshman Joshua Patton fouled out for the Hornets.

Next week, Sacramento State's game on Thursday against Eastern Washington will begin at 6:05 p.m., and Saturday's game at Idaho will begin at 7:05 p.m.