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STOCKTON, Calif. \u2013 In the final game of the 2025-26 regular season, the Pacific men’s basketball program hosts San Francisco at 3 p.m. Saturday in a game televised on the CBS Sports Network at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
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\nSaturday marks Senior Day for the Tigers (17-13, 9-8 WCC), who will honor six student-athletes before the game. It includes Jaden Clayton<\/a>, KC Ibekwe<\/a>, Isaac Jack<\/a>, Elias Ralph<\/a>, Justin Rochelin<\/a> and TJ Wainwright<\/a>.
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\nPacific sits in fifth-place in the West Coast Conference standings and can move up to fourth with a win over San Francisco (15-15, 7-10 WCC) and an Oregon State (16-14, 9-8 WCC) loss at Santa Clara (23-7, 14-3 WCC). The No. 3-4 seeds will earn a bye to the fourth round \/ quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament on Sunday, March 8. The furthest the Tigers could possibly drop Saturday is the seventh-seed.
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\nThe Tigers are 11-2 at home this season. The .846 home winning percentage is their highest since 2004-05 when the team went 12-1 (.923).
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\nPacific is looking to avenge an 87-82 defeat to the Dons in the first meeting this season on the road where Ralph led the offense with 23 points and was 4-of-6 from long range.
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\nRalph has netted 982 points in two seasons at Pacific. He leads the team in both scoring (16.4 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg) and has 18 double-doubles in two seasons. Ralph ranks top-five in the WCC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and minutes.
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\nClayton is up to 185 assists this season and is chasing the single-season school record of 190 set last season by Lamar Washington<\/a>. Clayton has scored 993 career points in four Division I seasons. He ranks 22nd in the country and second in the WCC in assists per game with 6.2. Since the beginning of January, Clayton has had eight games with two or fewer turnovers.
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\nWainwright averages in double-figures with 13.6 points per game and is shooting .401 from long range and .930 from the free throw line. He’s shooting .438 from beyond-the-arc in conference.
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\nIn conference games, Rochelin is averaging 11.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting .468 from three-point range.
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\nThe Dons have lost five of their last six and are coming off a tough home weekend where they fell to Gonzaga 80-59 and Santa Clara 94-73. Ryan Beasley scores 13.8 points per game but was held to eight points in the first meeting against the Tigers. David Fuchs is second on the team in scoring with 11.7 points per game and went off for 30 points against Pacific.
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\nIn the current NCAA NET Rankings, Pacific is No. 109 out of 365, while the Dons are No. 127. Since the NCAA NET Rankings came out in 2019-20, Pacific’s highest ever finish was No. 110 in 2019-20.
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\nSaturday’s game on the CBS Sports Network will be called by Rich Waltz and Dan Dickau. It can be heard live for free on Fox Sports AM 1280 with Zack Bayrouty as the voice of the Tigers.
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\nNOTES
\n– Pacific is 820-464 all-time at home and 357-231 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
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\n– Pacific has doubled its conference win total from last year and is one away from doubling its overall win total. The Tigers have surpassed their overall win total by eight games and conference win total by four games from last season. It’s the second year in a row under head coach Dave Smart<\/a> that the Tigers have increased their win total from the year prior.
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\n– The Tigers have more overall and conference wins than the last two years combined.
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\n– Pacific has clinched its first winning season since 2019-20 and third since rejoining the league in 2013-14.
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\n– Pacific has posted season sweeps over Oregon State and Pepperdine. The sweep over Oregon State could become critical in the final standings if they finish tied.
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\n– Pacific has outrebounded 15 of 17 opponents in conference this season. The Tigers rank top-15 in the nation in rebounding margin with a +8.7 mark.
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\n– The Tigers rank top-40 in the country in three-point percentage (.370).
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\n– Pacific is 13-0 under Dave Smart<\/a> in two seasons when holding the opposition to under 60 points and 10-0 (5-0 WCC) this year.
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\n– Four different Tigers have recorded a double-double in a game this year including Jack, Wainwright, Rochelin and Ralph.
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\n– Pacific has only used two starting lineups this season. Clayton and junior Kajus Kublickas<\/a> have flipped at the point guard position.
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\nTigers Tickets
\nTickets for upcoming events can be purchased through the\u00a0PacificTigers.com<\/a>\u00a0tickets tab, or by calling the Box Office at\u00a0209-946-2474<\/a>.\u00a0 Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a group discount and exclusive fan experiences.
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\nFor all the latest on Pacific Men’s Basketball, be sure to follow the team on X (@PacificMensBB<\/a>), Instagram (@PacificMensBB<\/a>) and “like” the team’s official Facebook page (Pacific Men’s Basketball<\/a>).
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