University of Saskatchewan's Evan Ostertag scored a season-high 24 points off the bench to lead the Huskies 82-70 over the University of Victoria Vikes Friday night at the PAC in Saskatoon. 

The fourth-year guard from Saskatoon scored 11 of his 24 points on the night in the first half and netted another 13 in the second half. Ostertag also recorded two rebounds, two assists and two steals in his 28 minutes. 

With the win, the No. 9 ranked Huskies improve to 3-2 in the young Canada West men's basketball season and handed the Vikes its first loss of the season. The No. 7 ranked Victoria sits at 4-1. 

Three more Huskies scored double-digits on the night including college-transfer Mike Scott with 19 points, fifth-year guard Ben Baker with 14 and Dadrian Collins at 11. Matthew Forbes led the Huskies on boards with 10 rebounds.

Marcus Tibbs led the Vikes on the night netting 18 points. Chris McLaughlin added a double-double for Victoria tallying 16 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan Charles chipped in another 10 points.

It was the second quarter that was the difference in the game for the Huskies. 

Tied at 17 after the first quarter, Saskatchewan pulled away to a large lead after scoring 29 points in the second frame. The Vikes scored just 14 in the quarter to trail 46-31 at halftime. 

Trading the first few points of the second quarter to stay tight, a Scott jumper gave the Huskies a 21-19 lead. It sparked a Saskatchewan 8-2 run and Victoria couldn't  recover. The Huskies remained in the lead for the remainder of the game.

By the end of the third quarter, the Vikes had chipped away at the Huskies lead to be down by nine at 63-54 and pulled within seven to begin the final quarter.  It was as close as Victoria would come.

Saskatchewan shot at 45% in the win, while Victoria shot at 44% in the loss. 

The battle of the CIS Top 10 teams continues Saturday night at the PAC. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. and can be viewed on canadawest.tv.