COL BKB: Utah St. 64, Idaho 60

MOSCOW, Idaho, March 6 (UPI) -- No. 21 Utah State clinched at least a share of its third Big West Conference title in five years Friday night, holding off Idaho, 64-60.

Nate Harris paced a balanced attack with 13 points for the Aggies (25-2, 17-1 Big West), who nearly squandered a 15-point lead in the final four minutes.

Utah State opened a 60-45 lead on Spencer Nelson's layup with 3:45 left before Idaho used a 13-0 spurt to close within 60-58 on Dwayne Williams' three-pointer with 35 seconds remaining.

But Chris Huber and Nelson each hit a pair of free throws to give the Aggies a 64-58 lead with 20 seconds to go.

To clinch the outright Big West title, Utah State needs UC-Riverside to upset Pacific on Saturday.