For the second game in a row, John Gillon dribbled the length of the floor, sped past the defense, got to the rim and put Colorado State ahead for good in the closing seconds.

After his game-winning free throw in Wednesday’s one-point home win over UNLV, drawn after getting fouled going to the basket, Gillon made a go-ahead layup in the closing seconds of overtime to lift the Rams to an 85-84 win Saturday at San Jose State.

Gillon’s game-winner, made with his left hand after dribbling right into the teeth of the SJSU defense with 10.9 seconds to go in OT, rescued the Rams from what would have been a terrible loss.

Since joining the Mountain West at the start of the 2013-14 season, the Spartans have yet to win a conference home game. And after Saturday’s result, they’ve now lost 27 straight MW games and are just 1-39 all-time in the league.

Also for the second straight game, redshirt freshman J.D. Paige came up huge for the Rams late. With the Rams trailing by two in the final minute of regulation, SJSU guard Jaycee Hillsman turned the ball over on an inbounds pass, leading to a steal by Paige.

After a missed 3-pointer in the corner by Gillon, Tiel Daniels grabbed an offensive rebound, leading to a game-tying floater in the lane by Paige to beat the buzzer and send the game into overtime.

CSU led just once in the extra period, after Gillon’s layup. They also nearly trailed for good as Hillsman drove through the lane and found room but had his reverse layup roll just off the rim right before time expired.

The win improved the Rams to 2-1 in league play and 10-6 overall while dropping the Spartans to 5-11 and 0-4.

Gillon led four Rams in double figures with 18 points and made all eight of his free throw attempts. Daniels finished with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, Emmanuel Omogobo had 13 points and eight rebounds and Joe De Ciman had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Princeton Onwas came off the bench to lead all players with 24 points for San Jose State.

CSU trailed by nine in the first half before the game was tied at 37 at halftime. SJSU controlled most of the second half but saw the Rams score the final four points of regulation — on free throws by Gillon and the floater by Paige.

CSU shot just 5 of 18 from 3 (27.8 percent) and was outscored 10-0 in fastbreak points but survived thanks to a 42-30 edge in points in the paint and a 38-32 advantage on the glass.

The Rams host first-place San Diego State (10-6, 3-0) on Wednesday at Moby Arena (8 p.m.).

Colorado St. 85, San Jose St. 84

Colorado State (10-6, 2-1)

Scott 3-8 0-0 8, Omogbo 4-11 4-4 13, Gillon 5-11 8-8 18, De Ciman 3-11 3-4 11, Daniels 6-8 4-5 16, Jackson 1-2 0-0 2, Richardson III 2-6 4-4 8, Nixon 1-1 0-0 2, Paige 3-6 1-2 7. Totals 28-64 24-27 85.

San Jose State (5-11, 0-4)

Hillsman 1-7 0-0 3, Rogers 4-10 2-2 12, Thornton 3-5 1-4 7, Welage 6-10 2-4 16, Schwartz 2-5 0-0 6, Williams Jr. 4-8 2-2 10, Clarke 2-2 0-0 4, Onwas 7-14 9-9 24, Bahner 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 29-61 18-23 84.

Halftime — Tied 37-37. End Of Regulation_Tied 78. 3-point goals — Colorado St. 5-18 (Scott 2-4, De Ciman 2-7, Omogbo 1-2, Paige 0-1, Gillon 0-2, Richardson III 0-2), San Jose St. 8-27 (Welage 2-5, Schwartz 2-5, Rogers 2-6, Onwas 1-3, Hillsman 1-5, Williams Jr. 0-1, Thornton 0-2). Fouled out — Schwartz. Rebounds — Colorado St. 38 (Omogbo 8), San Jose St. 32 (Clarke 7). Assists — Colorado St. 13 (De Ciman 5), San Jose St. 18 (Clarke 5). Total fouls_Colorado St. 18, San Jose St. 27. A —1,470.