Males’s Basketball Performs First WCC Dwelling Video games towards Oregon State, Pepperdine

STOCKTON, Calif. – Tipping off the brand new 12 months at dwelling, the Pacific males’s basketball program hosts Oregon State at 7 p.m. Friday and Pepperdine at 4 p.m. Sunday on the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
The Tigers (9-6, 0-2 WCC) are 5-0 at dwelling this 12 months with 4 by double-figures. They begin the weekend towards an Oregon State (8-7, 1-1 WCC) squad that start league motion at dwelling with a loss to Santa Clara 102-64 and win over San Francisco 70-62.
 
The Tigers need to shake-off an 80-71 defeat at LMU the place they led for greater than half the sport. The Lions made sufficient performs down the stretch and hit free throws on the finish to create separation.
 
Despite the 0-2 begin, the Tigers outrebounded each San Diego and LMU. Pacific ranks twenty sixth within the nation in rebounding margin with a +9.3 mark.
 
Senior Elias Ralph, a WCC Preseason All-Conference Team choice, is coming off back-to-back double-doubles towards the Toreros and the Lions. He leads the convention ranks twenty fifth nationally in minutes (34.9), and ranks top-five within the league in scoring (16.8 ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg), subject aim proportion (.484) and free throw proportion (.883).
 
Senior TJ Wainwright averages in double-figures with 13.4 factors per sport. He’s hit a three-pointer in 14 of 15 video games this season. Wainwright has scored a minimum of 15 factors in every of the final three video games and in 4 of the final 5 outings.
 
Senior Jaden Clayton ranks thirty sixth within the nation in assists with 5.7 per outing. He dished out eight in each WCC video games final weekend at USD and LMU. Clayton scores 7.7 factors per sport with a season-high of 15 towards Stony Brook.
 
Senior Isaac Jack data 9.1 factors and 6.3 rebounds per outing and shoots a team-high .720 from the ground. He tallied 15 factors and 16 rebounds at Cal, and adopted it up with 20 factors and 10 rebounds towards Simpson University.
 
Oregon State is led by Josiah Lake II who averages 14.2 factors and 4.9 rebounds per sport. He netted a season-high 23 factors at Arizona State within the workforce’s last non-conference sport.
 
Pepperdine (5-10, 0-2 WCC) had a tricky opening weekend with dwelling defeats to Gonzaga 96-56 and Saint Mary’s 72-45. Aaron Clark and Javon Cooley rating 13.3 factors apiece.
 
Both video games this weekend might be watched reside on ESPN+ with Zack Bayrouty and Kat Tudor because the expertise, and might be heard on Fox Sports AM 1280 with Dennis Ackerman on the calls. Oregon State is Tudor’s alma mater the place she was a four-year letterwinner on the ladies’s workforce.
 
NOTES
– Pacific is 814-462 all-time at dwelling and 351-229 within the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
– The Tigers are 2-1 all-time at dwelling towards Oregon State with the final win being a 72-66 choice on Dec. 17, 1994. It’s simply the second assembly within the Spanos Center since Oregon State joined the WCC final season.
 
– Pacific is 43-39 all-time towards Pepperdine and 22-13 at dwelling.
 
– Pacific ranks forty sixth within the nation in free throw proportion with a .764 clip.
 
– The Tigers have been picked to complete tenth out of 12 within the WCC Preseason Poll, whereas Oregon State was tabbed for fifth. In the present NCAA NET Rankings, Pacific is No. 129 out of 365, whereas the Beavers are No. 191.
 
– The Tigers are 6-0 this 12 months when capturing over .500 from the sector, 6-0 once they rating a minimum of 80 factors and 6-0 once they have extra quick break factors. Pacific is 8-0 underneath Dave Smart in two seasons when holding the opposition to underneath 60 factors and 5-0 this 12 months.
 
– Pacific concluded non-conference play with a 95-82 victory over Nicholls. The Tigers shot a season-high .689 from the ground and have been 29-of-36 (.806) from the free throw line. Ralph netted 25 factors and Wainwright registered 23 factors.
 
– The Tigers received 9 non-conference video games for the primary time since 2019-20 once they received 12. It included street wins at Cal State Fullerton and Air Force.
 
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