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PACIFIC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES Manager of Athletics Media Relations - Chris Fortney • [email protected] • 209-946-2479 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME DETAILS 14-4, 2-0 WCC Saturday, January 11, 2020 • 4:00 PM Home: 10-1 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 1-1 Alex G. Spanos Center • Stockton, Calif. TV: NBC Sports Bay Area Date Day Opponent Watch Time/Result November Radio: Fox Sports AM 1280 5 Tue Stanislaus State TheW.tv W, 69-47 Talent: Zack Bayrouty 8 Fri v. South Dakota - $ NA L, 62-72 10 Sun v. Florida A&M - $ NA W, 76-54 11 Mon at Hawai’i - $ Spectrum Sports L, 72-67 14 Thu Pacific Union TheW.tv W, 86-48 17 Sun UC Riverside - # TheW.tv W, 58-51 19 Tue Coppin State - # TheW.tv W, 64-60 23 Sat Boise State TheW.tv L, 76-82 (3OT) PACIFIC TIGERS SAN FRANCISCO DONS 26 Tue SIU-Edwardsville - # TheW.tv W, 78-50 29 Fri Longwood - # TheW.tv W, 69-51 2019-20 Record .........................................14-4 2019-20 Record .........................................12-6 December WCC Record ..............................................0-0 WCC Record ..............................................1-2 4 Wed Cal State Fullerton TheW.tv W, 62-59 Home Record ............................................10-1 Home Record ..............................................9-3 7 Sat at Long Beach State TBD W, 65-46 Away Record ...............................................3-2 Away Record ...............................................3-3 15 Sun CSUN TheW.tv W, 79-73 Neutral Record .......................................... 1-1 Neutral Record ............................................0-0 18 Wed at UNLV TBD W, 74-66 Head Coach..... Damon Stoudamire (4th year) Head Coach.............Todd Golden (1st Season) 21 Sat Idaho State TheW.tv W, 77-66 Career Record .........................................53-62 Career Record ...........................................12-6 28 Sat at UC Irvine TBD L, 69-56 WCC Record ..........................................19-35 WCC Record ..............................................1-2 January 2 Thu *at Pepperdine TheW.tv W, 59-56 SERIES NOTES: 4 Sat *Saint Mary’s Stadium W, 107-99 • San Francisco leads the all-time series against Pacific, 74-30. 11 Sat *San Francisco NBCBA/ROOT 4:00 PM 16 Thu *at Portland TBD 7:00 PM • The Tigers are looking for their first win over the Dons since a 79-70 victory on February 25, 18 Sat *at Santa Clara WCCN 2:00 PM 2016. 23 Thu *BYU Stadium 7:00 PM • Pacific leads the WCC in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense and rebounding margin. 25 Sat *at Gonzaga ROOT 7:00 PM 30 Thu *LMU TheW.tv 7:00 PM • Jimbo Lull (7.4) and Josh Kunen (6.5) rank fifth and seventh respectively in the conference in rebounding. February 1 Sat *San Diego TheW.tv 7:00 PM PROJECTED STARTERS 6 Thu *at San Francisco TheW.tv 8:00 PM 8 Sat *Pepperdine TheW.tv 7:00 PM No. Yr. Pos. Name Hometown/Previous School 0 Jr. Guard Jahlil Tripp Brooklyn N.Y./South Plains College 13 Thu *Portland TheW.tv 7:00 PM 2 R-Jr. Center Amari McCray Ruston, La./Howard Colleg 15 Sat *at Saint Mary’s Stadium 5:00 PM 3 Fr. Guard Pierre Crockrell II Tacoma, Wash./Prolific Prep 22 Sat *Santa Clara TheW.tv 7:00 PM 4 Fr. Guard Daniss Jenkins Dallas, Texas/Dallas Hillcrest HS 27 Thu *at LMU TheW.tv 7:00 PM 24 Jr. Guard Broc Finstuen Pine Island, Minn./Casper College 29 Sat *at San Diego TBD 7:00 PM March TIGER RESERVES 5-6 Thu WCC Championship - First Round No. Yr. Pos. Name Hometown/Previous School 7 Sat WCC Championship - Quarterfinals 1 Gr. Guard Austin Vereen Washington, D.C./Virginia Military Institute 9 Mon WCC Championship - Semifinals 11 Gr. Guard Gary Chivichyan Los Angeles, Calif./Idaho State 10 Tue WCC Championship 13 Jr. Forward Jeremiah Bailey Fairbanks, Calif./Pima College 20 So. Guard Jade Brahmbhatt Olney, Md./Bethesda Chevy Chase 22 So. Guard Jahbril Price-Noel Scarborough, Ontario/SW Christain Academy (Ark.) $ - The Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 25 Jr. Guard Justin Moore San Diego, Calif./Georgia Tech # - Collegiate Hoops Roadshow 30 Fr. Forward Takori Rooks Memphis, Tenn./Bartlett HS * - West Coast Conference Contest 33 Jr. Center James Hampshire Flagstaff, Ariz./Casper College 35 Gr. Forward/Center Shaquillo Fritz Freeport, Bahamas/Arkansas State All times are (PST) PACIFIC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES LAST2 TIME OUT • For the first time since Dec. 11, 1997, Pacific defeated conference rival Saint Mary’s at the Alex G. Spanos Cen- STATISTICAL COMPARISON ter. Recording their first overall win against the Gaels since Nov. 23, 2012, the Tigers topped SMC, 107-99, in a PAC CATEGORY SMC four-overtime thriller on Saturday, Jan. 4. 14-4 2019-20 Record 12-6 • Playing 60 minutes in total, the game was the longest Division-I men’s basketball contest so far this season. 10-1 at Home 9-3 • Making history throughout the night, Jahlil Tripp was named the City of Stockton Human Resources Hardwork- 3-2 on the Road 3-3 ing Player of the Game after setting new career-highs in points (39), minutes (52), field goals made (12), field goal 1-1 Neutral 0-0 attempts (21), free throws made (14) and free throw attempts (19). Additionally, he also tied season-highs in three 71.3 Points Per Game 79.7 pointers made (1) and assists (3). 62.3 Opp. Points Per Game 71.2 35.9 3-PT FG Pct. 35.2 • Gary Chivichyan answered the bell time after time, finishing his night by tying his season-high with 19 points, 33.1 Opp. 3-PT FG Pct. 38.8 shooting 4-8 from behind the arc overall. 65.4 FT% 73.4 71.4 Opp. FT% 75.3 • Daniss Jenkins and Jahbril Price-Noel also came up clutch for the Tigers, finishing with new career-highs in points with 20 and 15 respectively. 46.3 FG% 45.1 38.6 Opp. FG% 45.3 37.8 Rebounds Per Game 37.2 BEST START 27.4 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 32.6 The 14-4 Tigers have started off the season with their best 18-game record since 2013-2014, when UOP began the 12.2 Assists Per Game 12.8 year 12-6 overall. 13.3 Turnovers Per Game 12.9 0.9 Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 DOUBLE-FIGURES 5.9 Steals Per Game 7.5 Jahlil Tripp has scored double-figures in 13 games this season, averaging a team-leading 14.5 points per game, which 4.2 Blocks Per Game 3.3 ranks 10th in the WCC. Justin Moore has scored double-figures in 11-of-15 games this season, averaging 10.5 points per game. FROM LONG RANGE Gary Chivichyan has been on fire from the three-point line, totaling 19 in his last seven contests. The graduate transfer from Idaho State has knocked down at least one shot from beyond the arc in each game this season for a 41.9 percent accuracy. BIG PLAYERS DOWN LOW The Tigers have surpassed last year’s block total, now with 63 on the season.James Hampshire currently leads Pacific with 21 blocks, averaging 1.2 per game. Fellow centers Shaquillo Fritz (17) and Amari McCray (14) follow with STANDINGS averages of 0.9 and 0.7, respectively. Team WCC Pct. Overall Pct. CAREER WATCH LIST GON 3-0 1.000 17-1 .944 • Jahlil Tripp is on pace to finish with among an elite group that has scored 1,000 points in their Pacific careers. PAC 2-0 1.000 14-4 .778 Tripp, who averages a team-best 14.5 points per game, is just 51 points shy of 1,000 career points as a Tiger. SMC 2-1 0.667 15-3 .833 SCU 1-1 .500 14-3 .824 • Jahlil Tripp opened the season at 6th in career record books for steals (99), but is now on pace to finish among the top three. Currently ranked third is former Tiger, Joe Ford, who collected 125 from 2005-10. BYU 1-1 .500 12-5 .706 POR 1-1 .500 9-8 .529 HOME SWEET HOME LMU 1-1 .500 7-9 .438 The Tigers have spent significantly more time at home this season than on the road, hosting its 10th and final USF 1-2 .333 12-6 .667 non-conference home contest against Idaho State on Dec. 21. Pacific finished 9-1 at home in non-conference play, PEP 0-2 .000 7-9 .438 with wins over Pacific Union (W, 86-48), UC Riverside (W, 58-51), Coppin State (W, 64-60), SIUE (W, 78-50), Long- USD 0-3 .000 7-11 .389 wood (W, 69-51), Cal State Fullerton (W, 62-59), CSUN (W, 79-73), and Idaho State (W, 77-66). IN THE WEST • Pacific is 4-2 against the Big West this season with wins over Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Long Beach State and 2019-20 PRESEASON POLL UC Riverside. • Pacific is 1-1 aginst the Mountain West with a 3OT loss to Boise State and a win over UNLV (Dec. 18, 2019) Team Points (first-place votes) • Pacific is 1-0 against the Big Sky following an 11-point victory over the Bengals (Dec. 21, 2019) Gonzaga 79 (7) Saint Mary’s 75 (3) PRESEASON AWARDS BYU 65 Senior Jahlil Tripp was selected to the Preseason All-WCC team this season after another successful season withthe Pepperdine 56 Tigers in 2018-19. He paced the conference last season with 51 steals and his 48 the year prior were good for second Santa Clara 50 among WCC competitors. San Francisco 40 INJURY REPORT Loyola Marymount 34 Freshman Jonathan Salazar will utilize his medical redshirt season this year.