Sacramento State, which used a 20-4 run over a 5:24 span of the second half to ice the game, also received a career-high 15 points from junior Aaron Perry to go along with a game-high eight rebounds. Juniors Jason Harris (15 points and a career-high six steals) and DaShawn Freeman (10 points, nine assists, four rebounds and four steals) and senior E.J. Harris (10 points) rounded out the Sacramento State players in double figures.

Despite shooting a season-worst 36.4 percent (12-33) from the free-throw line, Sacramento State was still able to shoot a season-high 54.0 percent (27-50) from the field. It marked the first time the Hornets have shot better than .500 from the field since the team tallied a 54.7 field-goal percentage against Northern Arizona on Feb. 7, 2004.

With the victory, Sacramento State ended a seven-game losing streak and improved to 2-8 this season. Great Falls, which hails from Great Falls, Mont., dropped to 3-11 with the loss. The Hornets were playing at home for just the fourth time this season, and improved to 2-2 on their home floor.

Great Falls, which was led by James Edwards’ 18 points, shot 36.7 percent (18-49) from the field and was forced into 27 turnovers. Sacramento State’s 14 steals tied a season high as the Hornets outscored the Argonauts by 11 points in both the first and second halves.

After a lay-up from Rico Suazo cut the Great Falls deficit to six points (44-38) with 9:23 remaining in the contest, the Hornets went on a 20-4 run, capped by a three-pointer from Bausley to take a 64-42 lead with 3:59 left in the game. Bausley finished the game with a career-high tying four three-pointers as the forward went 7-of-13 from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc.

Great Falls’ largest lead of the game was three points (7-4) with 15:29 remaining in the first half before the Hornets responded with a 12-2 run to take a 16-9 lead with 11:14 left in the first stanza. The Argonauts would get no closer than within two points of Sacramento State’s lead the rest of the night.

E.J. Harris’ 10 points came on 5-of-5 shooting from the field as the junior also added a steal in 24 minutes. Perry’s 15 points came on 4-of-9 shooting from the field and 7-of-14 from the free-throw line. Jason Harris has now scored at least nine points in every game this season.

After missing three games with a stress fracture in his right foot, senior Jameel Pugh returned to play seven minutes in tonight''s game. The Sacramento, Calif., native finished with two rebounds and a steal in his limited minutes.

Sacramento State has just two more games remaining on its non-conference schedule before jumping into Big Sky play on Jan. 6 at Portland State. The Hornets next travel to Oregon State on Tuesday, Dec. 28, before returning home to face Utah Valley State on Thursday, Dec. 30.