PORTLAND, Ore. — The NAU men's basketball team punched its ticket to a third straight Big Sky Conference tournament championship game thanks to a knockout inside-outside game.

The second-seeded Lumberjacks shot a mind-boggling 73.3 percent from beyond the arc and got a game-high 21 points from senior post Kyle Landry in a 75-70 defeat of No. 3 Weber State at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. on Tuesday.

Landry's performance set the school's all-time record for points in a season. The All-Big Sky first-teamer has 551 points this season.

Nick Larson went 3-for-3 from long range and Nate Geiser was 3-for-4 as NAU made 11 of its 15 attempts. Matt Johnson made both of his 3-point attempts, while Cameron Jones and Jermaine Bishop were each 1-for-1.

"We looked like the NAU of old in this ballgame shooting the 3s," NAU coach Mike Adras said. "We haven't been (all) that proficient this season, so we certainly picked a great time to shoot the ball well.

"Our guys did a great job."

NAU (21-10), which tied the program's season-record for wins on Tuesday, will play top-seeded Portland State, 72-61 winners over fourth-seeded Idaho State in Tuesday's late game.

Portland State swept the Jacks in the regular season.

Tipoff for today's nationally-televised championship game is 6 p.m. It will be broadcast on ESPN 2.

"I think this says a lot about our program. Here we go again, playing for another championship," Adras added. "I could go on and on about how proud I am on what this team has become this season."

Something which must have made the win that much sweeter was the fact Weber State (16-14) beat the Jacks twice in the regular season last year, then completed the sweep with an eight-point win in the league tourney final.

That loss was the third time in the previous three years NAU made it all the way to the league tourney finals, only to come up short.

The Jacks lost to Eastern Washington four seasons ago, then again to Montana in Flagstaff in 2005.

"We were bitter," Landry said. "They beat us three times last year and stopped us from doing what we wanted to do, which was make it to the NCAA tournament. It feels great to repay the favor."

NAU led 36-32 at the half and didn't trail until the 7:46 mark when WSU post Steve Panos converted the first of two free throws to give the Wildcats a 58-56 lead.

WSU seemed to be in control, but never managed to get more than three points ahead.

Landry tied the game at 66-66 when his spinning jumper in the lane hit nothing but net. The Wildcats misfired on their next possession, and Larson pulled down the rebound.

He hustled back on offense, and set up in the right corner. NAU set up its halfcourt offense and Landry had the ball on the right block, but when a double team approached, he passed to Josh Wilson on the right wing.

Wilson fired a pass to Larson, who immediately elevated, then released. The arc and distance looked good, and the ball was on the money.

Larson, who finished with nine points, three assists, two rebounds, and a steal, turned in what may have been the play of the game two minutes later when, from the same spot in the right corner where he hit the 3-pointer, he found a wide-open Landry on the left block.

Landry scored easily and the Jacks went up by five points with 1:12 left.

Aside from a overabundance of fouls, Adras gave Larson's performance two thumbs up. Larson played the first half with no fouls, but was whistled for five in the final 20 minutes. He fouled out with 1:04 left in the game.

"He shot well, he boarded and he threw that great pass to Landry on the baseline that gave us that five-point cushion at the end. "Adras said. "He really grew up tonight."

WSU made it a one-possesion game with 1:04 left on a pair of free throws from Dezmon Harris, but turned the ball over on its next possession thanks to a heads up defensive play from Geiser.

Harris was pushing the ball up the right side of the court after a NAU miss, when Geiser rotated over from his spot near midcourt. He beat Harris to the spot, stood his ground. Harris initiated contact in the hopes of getting a foul, but he didn't get the call.

In fact, it was ruled that he stepped out of bounds, so the ball was turned over to the Jacks.

Landry missed a pair of free throws on NAU's next touch, but Josh Wilson hit a pair with seven seconds left to seal the win.

Daviin Davis led WSU with 19 points on 7 of 14 shooting. Harris had 15 points, while Arturas Valeika finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

The Wildcats shot 44.4 percent from the field. NAU shot 58.1 percent.