March 13, 2006

Stockton, Calif. - Pacific is the No. 13 seed in the Minneapolis Regional, and play No. 4 seed Boston College in the NCAA Tournament this Thursday in Salt Lake City ... Pacific has won 13 of the last 14 games and have claimed a third straight Big West Conference title ... Pacific defeated Cal Poly 68-57 in the Semifinal Round of the Big West Conference Tournament and Long Beach State 78-70 in the Championship Game to claim the 2006 Big West Tournament title ... With the victory, Pacific earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time.

RADIO: All Tiger basketball games are broadcast live on KSTN (1420 AM) in Stockton, ESPN Radio (970 AM) in Modesto ... Mike Millerick calls the play-by-play ... Air time is 20 minutes before tip-off ... All Pacific basketball games can be heard outside the KSTN/KESP listening area by going to http://pacifictigers.com and clicking on the broadcast link from the home page ... TEAMLINE also carries all Pacific games at 1-800-846-4700 and entering Pacific's access code, 1072 ... There is a fee for listening to games via Teamline, but a portion of all proceeds are returned to the Pacific Athletic Department.

TV: Pacific will be on local, regional or national television 19 times during the 2005-06 season ... The next Tiger game to be televised is the NCAA Tournament First Round game against Boston College on March 16 by CBS.

ON THE INTERNET & TIGER HOTLINE: Visit http://pacifictigers.com for the latest news, scores and information about all 16 NCAA Division I sports at Pacific ... For daily reports of Pacific sports, call the Tiger Hotline at 209-946-2400.

PROBABLE STARTERS: (2005-06 averages) points rebounds asst. F 13 Christian Maraker 6-9 Sr. Varberg, Sweden 17.2 8.9 F 30 Anthony Esparza 6-5 Jr. Bakersfield, CA 7.2 4.3 2.5 C 51 Michael White 6-7 Jr. Capitola, CA 7.4 3.4 G 2 Johnny Gray 6-1 Sr. Agoura Hills, CA 14.8 2.7 3.0 G 3 Mike Webb 6-1 Sr. Lancaster, CA 10.4 2.8 2.5

RESERVES: (listed by average points) points rebounds asst. G 5 Steffan Johnson 6-1 Fr. Kent, WA 6.5 1.9 2.5 C 21 Anthony Brown 6-7 Fr. Sacramento, CA 5.7 4.9 F/C 34 Wolfgang Raffety 6-8 Jr. Placerville, CA 2.2 1.4 G/F 12 Ben Pemberton 6-5 Jr. Hawkins, TX 1.6 1.1 G 0 Reggie Vezia 6-2 Jr. Vacaville, CA 1.5 0.6 F 42 Joe Ford 6-6 Fr. Altadena, CA 1.0 1.0

THE COACH: Former Pacific basketball standout Bob Thomason (Pacific '71) is 310-220 (.585) in his 18th season as head coach of his alma mater ... He has more Big West experience at his current school than any other coach in the Big West Conference ... After leading the Tigers to a 27-4 record in 2004-05, Thomason was named as a finalist for the CollegeInsider.com Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award and received USBWA District 9 Coach of the Year honors ... Thomason is the second coach in Big West history to record 300 wins during Big West membership ... Jerry Tarkanian is first with 405 wins ... Bob surpassed his former coach Dick Edwards for the most career wins at Pacific, and has coached more games than any coach in school history ... He was an all-conference guard under coach Edwards from 1967-71, and has five times earned Big West Conference Coach of the Year honors (in 1992-93, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06) ... Thomason has guided his teams to nine Big West Tournament semifinal games and is 2-3 in championship appearances ... He holds a 363-246 overall record in his 21st year as an NCAA head coach, including a three-year stint at Div. III Stanislaus State where he led the Warriors to the 1988 NCAA Tournament ... He is the winningest coach in Spanos Center history, claiming a 180-54 mark (.769), and has directed Pacific to a 121-27 (.818) home mark since 1995 ... Thomason is 183-127 in Big West Conference games ... He has been a part of 387 wins at Pacific, as a player (1968-1971) and coach (1988-) ... In NCAA Tournament games, Thomason is 2-3.

RECORDS: Pacific is 24-7, 12-2 in the Big West this season ... Pacific is receiving votes in the Mar. 12 USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll ... The Tigers are ranked No. 18 in the Mar. 6 CollegeInsider.com Mid-MajorTop 25 poll (see poll on page 7) ... The Tigers were ranked as high as No. 2 last season, and finished 2004-05 at No. 3.

NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES: Pacific is making its eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament ... It is the first time in school history the Tigers have made three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament ... The Tigers have won their first round game three times ... Pacific's last trip to the NCAA's was in 2005, when the Tigers defeated No. 9 seed Pittsburgh 79-71 on Mar. 17, 2005 ... The Tigers lost their second round matchup to No. 1 seed Washington, 97-79 ... The Tigers' overall record in NCAA Tournament play is 4-8 ... Pacific has faced two teams in the regular season in this year's NCAA Tournament and hold a record of 1-1 - Texas A&M (W, 63-56), Nevada (L, 77-70).

Pacific in the NCAA Tournament Year Date Opponent Score Site of Tournament 1965-66 March 11 Utah L, 74-83 Los Angeles, Calif. *1965-66 March 12 Houston L, 91-102 Los Angeles, Calif. 1966-67 March 17 Texas Western W, 72-63 Corvallis, Ore. 1966-67 March 18 UCLA L, 64-80 Corvallis, Ore. 1970-71 March 18 Long Beach State L, 65-89 Salt Lake City, Utah *1970-71 March 20 Brigham Young W, 85-81 Salt Lake City, Utah 1978-79 March 10 Marquette L, 48-72 Tucson, Ariz. 1996-97 March 14 Saint Joseph's L, 65-75 Salt Lake City, Utah 2003-04 March 19 Providence W, 66-58 Kansas City, Mo. 2003-04 March 21 Kansas L, 63-78 Kansas City, Mo. 2004-05 March 17 Pittsburgh W, 79-71 Boise, Idaho 2004-05 March 19 Washington L, 79-97 Boise, Idaho 2005-06 March 16 Boston College Salt Lake City, Utah *-Consolation game

TIGERS VS. BOSTON COLLEGE: Pacific and Boston College have never met, and have no common opponents this season ... The Eagles are the third consecutive NCAA Tournament opponent for the Tigers that is either a current or former member of the Big East Conference ... Pacific posted victories over Providence and Pittsburgh in the two previous years ... The Tigers have faced only one current ACC team in school history, with an 0-2 record against Duke ... The Tigers lost to Duke 68-66 on Dec. 28, 1963 and 82-69 on Nov. 27, 2003 at the Great Alaska Shootout.

PACIFIC IN SALT LAKE CITY: The Tigers have played in Salt Lake City seven times, and hold a 1-6 record ... Pacific is 0-4 in road games against Utah, 1-2 in NCAA Tournament games in Salt Lake City ... This year's trip marks the third time of eight NCAA Tournament appearances that the Tigers have played in Salt Lake City ... Pacific was 1-1 at the 1971 NCAA Tournament West Regional, losing to Long Beach State (78-65) in the opening round and defeating BYU (84-81) in the consolation game ... In 1997, the Tigers dropped an NCAA Tournament First Round game to St. Joseph's (75-65).

THOMASON AND THE TOURNAMENT: Pacific head coach Bob Thomason is leading the Tigers into the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time, but it's not the only NCAA experience for the 18th year head coach ... Thomason played at Pacific from 1968-71 and was a member of the 1970-71 team that advanced to the West Regional in Salt Lake City ... The Tigers lost their first matchup - 89-65 against Long Beach State, but bounced back in the consolation game to knock off Brigham Young 84-81 ... Thomason had 19 points in the first game and 11 against BYU ... Assistant Coaches Adam Jacobsen and Aaron Woliczko were members of the 1996-97 Tiger team that advanced to the NCAA's ... Woliczko appeared in the game, but Jacobsen was redshirting that year due to a knee injury.

BIG WEST TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Pacific was in the Big West Tournament for the 19th consecutive season (see Pacific's Big West Tournament results on page 10) ... Pacific holds the longest streak of consecutive appearances ... It was the Tigers' 29th Big West Tournament appearance, the most appearances by any team in the conference .. Pacific has a record of 24-25 in 28 Big West Conference Tournament appearances ... The Tigers have appeared in all but two BWC Tournaments (1984 & 1987) ... Pacific's fourth tournament championship came in 2005-06, when the Tigers defeated Long Beach State 78-70 to advance to the NCAA Tournament ... Pacific has appeared in nine Championship Games.

Big West Tournament Championship Game Pacific 78, Long Beach State 70: Behind huge games from seniors Johnny Gray (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) as well as a strong defensive effort down the stretch, the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team earned its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament with a 78-70 win over Long Beach State in the Big West Conference Tournament Final on Saturday, Mar. 11 ... The win moved Pacific to 24-7 on the season, while Long Beach State dropped to 18-12 ... The turning point in the game came with Pacific leading 59-58 with just over eight minutes to play ... Maraker turned the game in the Tigers' favor on back-to-back plays as the Big West Player of the Year nailed a three-pointer from the top of the arc to give Pacific a 62-58 lead ... Then Maraker stepped in front of a Long Beach State pass on the defensive end and fed junior Anthony Ezparza (Bakersfield, Calif ), who finished the play with a fastbreak layup to push the Tigers lead to six points at 64-58 with 7:52 remaining in the game ... After two missed treys from Long Beach State, junior Michael White (Capitola, Calif.) made it an eight point game with two free throws, lifting the Tigers to a 66-58 advantage with 6:35 left to play ... With the lead the Tigers clamped down their defensive pressure on the outside, to take away the 49ers best weapon, the three-point shot ... Long Beach State was just 1-for-10 from beyond the arc in the final eight minutes, after the 49ers had made 12 of 24 treys up to that point ... Earlier in the game, it was the Tigers that benefited from the three-point shot ... Trailing 16-12 midway through the first half, the Tigers went on a 18-4 run to take a 30-20 lead with 6:43 left in the half ... Freshman Steffan Johnson (Kent, Wash.) led the spurt for the Tigers as he sank two of the Tigers' four trifectas during the run ... Pacific stretched its lead to as much as 14 points at 42-28 with 2:35 left in the half, but Long Beach State scored the final eight points of the first half to send the game to the break at 42-36 ... Maraker went 9-for-11 from the field as he led the Tigers with 23 points and 11 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season ... Gray added 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting for the Tigers, to earn Tournament MVP honors ... Maraker also earned All-Tournament honors.

Pacific 78, Long Beach State 70 * 3/11/06 * at Anaheim Convention Center Arena -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Long Beach State 18-12, 9-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 Hawkins, Shawn...... f 9-15 5-8 4-6 3 2 5 2 27 0 1 0 0 35 21 Dawson, Mark........ c 3-10 0-0 1-2 8 7 15 2 7 0 1 2 1 25 01 Hodges, Jibril...... g 1-10 1-7 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 29 30 Johnson, Kejuan..... g 2-10 2-4 1-2 3 3 6 1 7 4 0 1 1 34 55 Nixon, Aaron........ g 6-17 4-10 1-2 2 3 5 3 17 5 2 0 2 34 02 Darby, Louis........ 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 04 Henderson, Jazz..... 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 11 Gant, Artis......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 Byrd, Sterling...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 20 Houston, Kevin...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 44 Ricks, Dominique.... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 25-75 13-34 7-12 23 17 40 14 70 12 6 3 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-37 37.8% 2nd Half: 11-38 28.9% Game: 33.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-15 46.7% 2nd Half: 6-19 31.6% Game: 38.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 58.3% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: PACIFIC 24-7, 12-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Maraker, Christian.. f 9-11 3-5 2-4 1 10 11 1 23 3 3 2 2 40 30 Esparza, Anthony.... f 3-6 0-3 1-1 1 5 6 3 7 2 4 1 0 30 51 White, Michael...... c 4-4 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 0 26 02 Gray, Johnny........ g 7-12 3-5 4-5 0 4 4 2 21 5 1 0 0 38 03 Webb, Mike.......... g 2-6 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 2 6 1 1 0 0 29 05 Johnson, Steffan.... 4-9 2-6 0-2 1 1 2 1 10 4 2 0 0 13 21 Brown, Anthony...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 42 Ford, Joe........... 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 TEAM................ 4 4 Totals.............. 29-49 10-24 10-16 6 30 36 12 78 17 12 4 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-30 56.7% 2nd Half: 12-19 63.2% Game: 59.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-16 43.8% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 41.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 62.5% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Jim Stupin, Mike Scyphers, Bill Vinovich Attendance: 3639 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Long Beach State.............. 36 34 - 70 PACIFIC....................... 42 36 - 78

Big West Tournament Semifinal Pacific 68, Cal Poly 57: Pacific advanced to the Big West Tournament Championship Game for the third straight year with a 68-57 win over Cal Poly on Friday, Mar. 10 ... With the win, the Tigers moved to 23-7 on the season, while Cal Poly finished its season at 10-19 ... Tied at 55-55 with just over 3:30 remaining in the game, the Tigers closed the game on a 13-2 run to earn a berth in the Big West Tournament Finals ... Senior Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) sank two free throws to push the Tigers back out in front 57-55 ... Following a defensive stop, Pacific got two more free throws from senior Johnny Gray (Agoura Hill, Calif.) to make it a 59-55 game ... Following another defensive stop, Pacific senior Mike Webb (Lancaster, Calif.) nailed his first three point shot of the night to make it a 62-55 game with 1:25 remaining in the contest ... The Tigers would go on to add six more points on free throws by Gray, Webb and Maraker to cement the victory ... Gray led Pacific with 18 points in the game, while Maraker had 12 points, Webb finished with 11 points and junior Michael White (Capitola, Calif.) had 10 points ... Cal Poly's Titus Shelton led all scorers with 19 points ... "First of all, I'd like to commend Cal Poly," said Pacific head coach Bob Thomason. "I thought that not only did they play well, they competed really physically in the game. They made tough shots, put all the pressure they could on us - in fact a little more than we would have liked - and put themselves in a position to win the game and our guys, the last three minutes, played perfect basketball."

Pacific 68, Cal Poly 57 * 3/10/06 6:05 PM at Anaheim Convention Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Cal Poly 10-19, 7-7 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 Stephenson, Gabe.... f 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 1 12 22 McGinn, Tyler....... f 4-7 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 11 1 1 0 0 19 02 Whiten, Dawin....... g 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 5 4 0 0 34 10 Thomas, Chaz........ g 1-2 1-1 0-0 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 2 39 25 Stockalper, Derek... g 6-14 3-8 0-0 0 5 5 2 15 2 1 0 1 38 00 Clark, Trae......... 3-8 2-6 0-0 1 1 2 3 8 4 1 0 0 26 11 Henry, Joe.......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 35 Shelton, Titus...... 8-11 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 3 19 1 0 1 0 27 Team................ 2 2 1 Totals.............. 22-51 9-21 4-6 10 16 26 16 57 16 12 3 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 10-25 40.0% Game: 43.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 42.9% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 66.7% 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: PACIFIC 23-7, 12-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Maraker, Christian.. f 2-7 0-0 8-8 0 3 3 1 12 5 3 1 0 38 30 Esparza, Anthony.... f 3-4 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 1 6 3 1 0 2 34 51 White, Michael...... c 5-8 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 5 10 1 1 0 0 18 02 Gray, Johnny........ g 6-9 2-4 4-4 0 1 1 3 18 1 1 0 2 34 03 Webb, Mike.......... g 4-8 1-3 2-2 2 2 4 0 11 0 1 0 1 36 05 Johnson, Steffan.... 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 16 21 Brown, Anthony...... 3-8 0-0 3-4 2 4 6 2 9 0 1 1 1 23 34 Raffety, Wolfgang... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 24-47 3-10 17-18 7 21 28 13 68 10 8 2 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-25 60.0% 2nd Half: 9-22 40.9% Game: 51.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 30.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 14-14 100 % Game: 94.4% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Jim Stupin, Mike Scyphers, Milt Stowe Attendance: 3213 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Cal Poly...................... 31 26 - 57 PACIFIC....................... 35 33 - 68

MARAKER AND THOMASON EARN TOP 2005-06 BIG WEST CONFERENCE AWARDS: Pacific senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) was named Big West Conference Player of the Year, while Tiger head coach Bob Thomason was named Big West Conference Coach of the Year when the conference's yearly awards were announced on Monday, March 6 ... It is the third consecutive year that Pacific has swept the top two awards ... Maraker, along with senior Johnny Gray (Agoura Hills, Calif.) were named to the All-Big West Conference First Team ... Freshmen Anthony Brown (Sacramento, Calif.) and Steffan Johnson (Kent, Wash.) earned Big West Conference All-Freshman Team honors ... Maraker was the catalyst behind a third straight Big West regular season championship for the Tigers, leading the conference in both points (16.3 ppg) and rebounding (9.7 rpg) in league games ... He is among the top 10 in seven Big West statistical categories ... It is the third All-Big West First Team honor for Christian ... He joins six other players in Big West history, including Pacific's Ron Cornelius, to earn the honor three times ... Gray was second on the Tigers in scoring and second in the Big West with 15.9 points per contest in league games ... He leads the Big West in free throw percentage (.882) and is ninth in the league in assists per game (2.86 apg) ... He is among the top 10 in seven Big West statistical categories ... Thomason led the Tigers to a third straight Big West Conference regular season title, just the third time in Big West history that a program has won three straight ... He has coached six of the ten 20-win seasons in school history and has 308 career victories, the second most by any Big West Conference coach during membership ... He also won the award in 1992-93, 1996-97, 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... He is the second coach to win three consecutive awards, joining UNLV's Jerry Tarkanian ... Tarkanian won the award three times from 1983-85, and seven times total ... Brown led all Big West freshman in rebounding with 5.3 boards per game in league contests ... He started eight of his 27 appearances, scoring 5.8 points per game and averaged 4.9 rebounds per contest ... Johnson has played in all 29 games for the Tigers this year, averaging 6.5 points and 2.5 assists per game ... He is tied for third on the team with 25 three-pointers, and has scored in double figures seven times.

Maraker Joins elite company WITH THIRD ALL-BIG WEST FIRST TEAM HONOR: Christian Maraker has joined just six other players in Big West Conference history to earn All-Big West First Team honors three times in their career ... He joins just three others to earn the distinction and earn a Player of the Year award.

Player Years John Tschogl, UC Santa Barbara 1969-70, 70-71, 71-72 *Ed Ratleff, Long Beach State 1970-71, 71-72, 72-73 *Greg Bunch, Cal State Fullerton 1975-76, 76-77, 77-78 Leon Wood, Cal State Fullerton 1981-82, 82-83, 83-84 *Ron Cornelius, Pacific 1978-79, 79-80, 80-81 Ricky Berry, San Jose State 1985-86, 86-87, 87-88 *Christian Maraker, Pacific 2003-04, 04-05, 05-06 *- indicates Player of the Honor earned, bold indicates year Player of the Year honor earned

PACIFIC EARNS THIRD STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TITLE: With Pacific's 75-53 win over Cal Poly on Mar. 4, 2006 the Tigers clinched the 2005-06 Big West Conference regular season title ... It is the third consecutive regular season title for Pacific, the first time in school history that feat has been accomplished ... It is the 13th regular season title for Pacific in school history ... The Tigers shared the title in 2003-04 with Utah State and won the title in 2004-05 ... It is the fifth regular season title for Head Coach Bob Thomason, but seventh if you count the two he earned as a player (1969-70 and 1970-71).

Conference Titles Season Coach Conference Overall Conference 1929-30 Swede Righter 7-3 11-5 Far West Conference 1932-33 Swede Righter 9-1 12-5 Far West Conference 1935-36 Larry Apitz 8-3 14-7 Far West Conference 1946-47 Chris Kjeldsen 10-0 16-8 Calif. Collegiate Athletic Conf. 1965-66 Dick Edwards 13-1 22-6 West Coast Athletic Conf. 1966-67 Dick Edwards 14-0 24-4 West Coast Athletic Conf. 1969-70 Dick Edwards 11-3 21-6 West Coast Athletic Conf. 1970-71 Dick Edwards 12-2 22-6 West Coast Athletic Conf. 1996-97 Bob Thomason 12-4 * 24-6 Big West Conference 1997-98 Bob Thomason 14-2 * 23-10 Big West Conference 2003-04 Bob Thomason 17-1 25-8 Big West Conference 2004-05 Bob Thomason 18-0 27-4 Big West Conference 2005-06 Bob Thomason 12-2 24-7 Big West Conference * - Indicates Big West Conference Western Division title

TIGERS COME UP BIG ON SENIOR NIGHT AGAIN: The Tigers have won the final regular season home game of the season - also known as "Senior Night" 12 consecutive times ... Pacific has won those games by an average of 16.2 points, outscoring opponents 904-709.

Year W/L Opponent Score 1994-95 W UNLV 84-83 1995-96 W UC Irvine 80-74 1996-97 W UC Irvine 96-46 1997-98 W Long Beach State 63-47 1998-99 W UC Irvine 61-51 1999-00 W Cal State Fullerton 68-53 2000-01 W Idaho 76-70 2001-02 W Idaho 57-49 2002-03 W UC Riverside 77-65 2003-04 W UC Riverside 92-57 2004-05 W Cal State Northridge 75-61 2005-06 W Cal Poly 75-53

TIGERS GET 20+ WINS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR: With Pacific's 70-66 victory at Cal State Northridge on Feb. 25, the Tigers won 20 or more games for the third straight season ... It is the first time in school history that the program has posted three consecutive 20 win seasons ... The Tigers are 76-19 in the last three seasons.

Pacific's consecutive 20 win seasons Year Record 2003-04 25-8 2004-05 27-4 2005-06 24-7

1965-66 22-6 1966-67 24-4

1996-97 24-6 1997-98 23-10

1969-70 21-6 1970-71 22-6

TIGERS HITTING STRIDE IN SECOND HALF: Pacific has shot over 60% from the field in the second half of seven games this year, all Tiger victories.

Pacific Second Half Field Goal Percentages over 60% Opponent (date) FGM-FGA Pct. UC Davis (12-29-05) 16-23 .696 USF (11-30-05) 13-19 .684 Western Kentucky (12-10-05) 14-22 .636 Cal State Northridge (2-22-06) 15-24 .625 UC Riverside (2-11-06) 19-31 .613 Fresno State (12-17-05) 21-35 .600 Long Beach State (3-11-06) 12-19 .632

WEBB HITS EIGHT THREE-POINTERS AGAINST CSUN: In Pacific's 79-51 victory against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 22, senior Mike Webb hit eight three-pointers ... He scored a career-high 24 points and tied for the second most three-pointers in a game in Pacific history ... The eight three-pointers tied for the 16th best game total in the nation this year.

3-Point Field Goals Made 1. Clay McKnight 9 vs. Fresno State (12-7-98) 2. Mike Webb 8 vs. Cal State Northridge (2-22-06) Adam Jacobsen 8 vs. UNLV (1-8-96) Adam Jacobsen 8 vs. Nevada (3-2-95) 5. 11 tied with... 7

Team Three Point Field Goals Made 1. 18 vs. Nevada (2-8-96) 2. 17 vs. New Mexico State (2-1-96) 3. 15 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks (12-8-00) 15 vs. Fresno State (12-7-98) 15 vs. Sacramento State (12-23-96) 15 vs. UNLV (1-8-96) 15 vs. San Jose State (2-8-92) 8. 14 vs. Cal State Northridge (2-22-06) 14 vs. Cal State Fullerton (1-24-98) 14 vs. Long Beach State (1-4-92) 14 vs. Rice (11-22-91)

THOMASON AND MARAKER EARN TOP 2005-06 HONORS FOR BIG WEST CONFERENCE FRO COLLEGEINSIDER.COM: Head coach Bob Thomason and senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) have earned top honors for the Big West Conference from CollegeInsider.com ... Thomason was named Coach of the Year, while Maraker earned Player of the Year honors ... Maraker leads the team in scoring and rebounding, and was first in those categories in the Big West in league games.

PACIFIC'S THOMASON NAMED FINALIST FOR HUGH DURHAM MID-MAJOR COACH OF THE YEAR: Head coach Bob Thomason has been named a finalist for the CollegeInsider.com Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year award ... Thomason is among 15 finalists for the award ... Thomason, the first-ever recipient of the award last year, has led the Tigers to a 20-7 overall record, 10-2 in the Big West Conference ... Previously known as simply the CollegeInsider.com mid-major coach of the year, the award was renamed in 2005 to recognize Hugh Durham who built national programs at Florida State and Georgia where he is the school's all-time winningest coach ... The 20-member panel, which is chaired by Durham, is headlined by division I head coaches Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Barry Collier (Nebraska), Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech), Dan Monson (Minnesota), Lute Olson (Arizona) and Kelvin Sampson ... The winner will be announced at the 2006 Final Four in Indianapolis, IN.

2006 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS Coach School Mike Adras Northern Arizona Ronnie Arrow Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Brad Brownell UNC-Wilmington Pat Flannery Bucknell Bobby Gonzalez Manhattan Jim Larranaga George Mason Jim Les Bradley Bob Marlin Sam Houston State Mike McConathy Northwestern State Tim Miles North Dakota State Jimmy Patsos Loyola (MD) Steve Payne Tennessee Tech Buzz Peterson Coastal Carolina Bob Thomason Pacific Mark Turgeon Wichita State

SEVEN TIGERS SCORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES AGAINST UC RIVERSIDE: In Pacific's 95-58 victory at UC Riverside on Feb. 11, seven Tigers scored in double figures for just the second time in school history ... Six players have netted double figures eight times in school annals.

Seven Tigers in Double Figures 108-85 home win over UC San Diego 12-22-88 95-58 win at UC Riverside 2-11-06 Reggie Ricks - 17 Johnny Gray - 14 Chris Fox - 16 Christian Maraker - 14 Dan Embick - 11 Michael White - 14 Scott Hemsath - 11 Anthony Esparza - 13 Chris Cox - 10 Mike Webb - 13 Holger Fuerst - 10 Anthony Brown - 10 Daryl Wolfe - 10 Steffan Johnson 10

TIGERS GET 23 STEALS IN TWO GAMES: In the first 19 games of the year, the Tigers averaged 6.3 steals per game, but had a season-high 12 steals at UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 28 and followed with an 11 steal game against UC Irvine on Feb. 2.

THOMASON GETS 300TH WIN AT PACIFIC: With the victory at UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 28th, Pacific head coach Bob Thomason coached his 300th win with the Tigers ... Thomason is the winningest coach in Pacific history, and is second on the Big West wins list.

THOMASON COACHES 500TH GAME AT PACIFIC IN SEASON OPENER: Pacific head coach Bob Thomason is in his 18th year at Pacific, and coached the 500th game of his career with the Tigers' 74-55 victory in the season opener against Sonoma State on Nov. 18.

WEBB EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS (FEB. 27): Senior guard Mike Webb (Lancaster, Calif.) was named Big West Conference Player of the Week for his performances against Cal State Northridge ... Mike set a career high with 24 points in the win on Feb. 22 against CSUN, hitting a career-high and near school record eight three-pointers ... It was one away from the school record of nine hit in a game by Clay McKnight in 1998, and tied current assistant coach Adam Jacobsen ... Jacobsen hit eight in a game twice in his career ... Webb bested his previous career-high (18 points) by six points ... Webb followed that performance with five more three-pointers against CSUN on February 25, hitting seven of nine shots from the field, while adding four assists and two steals ... His career-second best effort of 23 points came in 37 minutes ... It is the first weekly honor of Webb's career and the fifth time a Tiger has earned the award this season.

ESPARZA EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS (FEB. 6): Junior forward Anthony Esparza (Bakersfield, Calif.) was named Big West Conference Player of the Week for his performances against UC Irvine and Long Beach State ... Anthony notched the first two double-doubles of his career last week ... He had 12 points and a then career-high 10 rebounds on Feb. 2 in Pacific's win over UC Irvine ... He then tied his career high with 21 points and set a new career high with 13 rebounds in the Tigers' win over Long Beach State on Feb. 4 ... In addition to averaging 16.5 points and 11.5 rebounds, he also added 4.0 assists per game ... It is the first weekly honor of Esparza's career and the fourth time a Tiger has earned the award this season.

MARAKER EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS YET AGAIN (DEC. 19): Pacific senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) was named Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 12-Dec. 18 ... It was his third straight honor ... Christian led the Tigers to a 99-63 victory on Dec. 17, scoring 24 points with eight rebounds and shot 70% from the field ... It was the fifth weekly honor of Maraker's career and the third this season (all in a row).

MARAKER EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS AGAIN (DEC. 12): Pacific senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) was named Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 5-Dec. 11 ... It was his second straight honor ... Christian set a career-high with 34 points against Western Kentucky on Saturday, hitting 14 of 20 shots from the field ... Maraker also had a career-high tying 12 rebounds to produce his second double-double of the week ... He scored 19 points in the first half, as the Tigers took an eight point halftime lead on the way to handing Western Kentucky just their third home loss in the last 21 games ... Against San Jose State on Wednesday, Christian scored 21 points, and had 10 rebounds ... He helped the Tigers pull away with 14 points in the second half ... For the week, Maraker shot 61.8% from the field and was a perfect 11 of 11 from the free throw line.

MARAKER EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS (DEC. 5): Pacific senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) was named Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4 ... In the Tigers' two games, Christian posted back-to-back double-doubles, tallying 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Tigers' win over San Francisco and 21 and 10 in the Tigers' loss to No. 20 Nevada ... The double-doubles give Christian 12 for his career ... Over the two games, Maraker shot 44% from the field, averaging 17.5 points per game.

TIGERS HAVE SECOND FEWEST LOSSES IN NATION SINCE JAN. 1, 2004: In quite a remarkable run, Pacific has lost just 13 times in the last 86 games, going back to Jan. 1, 2004 ... In that span, the Tigers have the second fewest losses in the nation.

Fewest Losses since Jan, 1, 2004 (thanks to ESPN.com's Marcus Vanderberg) 1. Gonzaga - 74-9 2. Pacific - 73-13 3. Illinois - 81-14 Duke - 81-14 5. Connecticut - 74-16 records through Mar. 11, 2006

MARAKER AND GRAY EARN ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS AT HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND CLASSIC: Pacific seniors Johnny Gray (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) were selected to the All- Tournament Team at the Hispanic College Fund Classic on Nov. 22... Gray averaged 9.7 points and 3.7 assists per game, while Maraker averaged 17.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

MARAKER AND DOUBLEY EARN COLLEGEINSIDER.COM 2004-05 MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA HONORS: Pacific senior guard David Doubley (Oakland, Calif.) and junior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) have been selected to the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America Team ... The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America team is one team consisting of 21 players, rather than a first, second, third and fourth team ... Division I head coaches and assistants are involved in the selection process.

PACIFIC'S MARAKER EARNS SELECTED TO ESPN THE MAGAZINE 2005-06 ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT EIGHT TEAM: University of the Pacific men's basketball senior forward Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) was selected to the 2005-06 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District EightTeam ... He earned Third Team honors ... Christian is a Sport Sciences major in his fifth year at Pacific and holds a 3.47 cumulative grade point average ... Last year Maraker was the first Tiger to earn Academic All-America honors since Steve Howard was an honorable mention selection in 1981-82.

PACIFIC MEN'S BASKETBALL RANKED FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1967 IN 2004-05; TIGERS RANKED AS HIGH AS No. 16: On Feb. 7, 2005 the Pacific men's basketball team was nationally ranked for the first time since the end of the 1966-67 season ... Pacific has been ranked as high as 16, equaling the Tigers best ranking at the end of the 1966-67 season ... The 27-4 Tigers finished the season ranked No. 22 in the final Associated Press poll... The last time prior to this season the Tigers were listed in a national poll was in the final poll of the 1966-67 season by United Press International ... Pacific was 24-4 in 1966-67, losing at the NCAA West Regional to eventual national champion UCLA after a 21 game winning streak.

2005-06 Rankings for Pacific Basketball Week AP Ranking ESPN/USA Today Ranking Mar. 13 unranked Receiving Votes

TIGERS NATIONALLY: Pacific was ranked as high as 19 among Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings from various sources around the country near the end of 2004-05 ... The RPI is a formula used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine the teams selected and seeding of those teams ... While some of the determining factors by the NCAA are known, there are portions of the formula that are not publicly known.

Tigers Among Current Polls and Ratings Services (as of Mar. 13): Associated Press Top 25 - unranked ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll - recieving votes CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll - 18th NCAA RPI - 104th Sagarin Ratings - 79th CollegeRPI.com - 100th TeamRankings.com Power Ratings - 94th RPIRatings.com RPI - 100th

Pacific Among NCAA Basketball Statistics (as of Mar. 6): Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual Scoring Offense 62 74.3 Long Beach St. 83.7 Scoring Defense 44 63.2 Air Force 53.8 Scoring Margin 16 11.1 Texas 17.7 Field-Goal Percentage 12 48.6 Florida 50.8 Field-Goal Percentage Defense 49 40.8 Kansas 36.6 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 133 6.6 Troy 11.9 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 26 38.9 Southern Utah 42.9 Free-Throw Percentage 34 74.2 St. Joseph's 79.3 Rebound Margin 50 4.0 Connecticut 10.6 Assists Per Game 28 16.2 Tex. A&M-CC 19.6 Blocked Shots Per Game 294 2.0 Connecticut 9.5 Steals Per Game 261 6.0 Houston 12.3 Won-Lost Percentage 30 75.9 George Washington 96.3 Turnovers Per Game 71 13.2 Temple 7.6 Personal Fouls Per Game 23 15.7 West Virginia 12.5

Category Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual Free-Throw Percentage Christian Maraker 40 85.0 Daniel Horton, Mich. 93.7 Rebounds Per Game Christian Maraker 38 9.0 Paul Millsap, LaTech 13.5

PACIFIC WINS 27 IN 2004-05 - NEW SCHOOL RECORD: Pacific's 27 wins were the most in school history ... The Tigers have won at least 23 in each of the last three years, setting a school record with 75 wins in the last three seasons.

Most Single Season Wins in Pacific History Season Record 1. 2004-05 27-4 2. 2003-04 25-8 3. 2005-06 24-7 1996-97 24-6 1966-67 24-4 6. 1997-98 23-10 7. 1970-71 22-6 1965-66 22-6 9. 1969-70 21-6 10. 2001-02 20-10 11. 1950-51 19-11 12. 2000-01 18-12 1978-79 18-12 14. 1993-94 17-14 1985-86 17-14 1977-78 17-10 1971-72 17-9 1967-68 17-9 1968-69 17-9

TIGERS FINISH BIG WEST PLAY 18-0 IN 2004-05 - BEST EVER: Pacific finished the Big West schedule undefeated in 2004-05, with the 18-0 mark the best in school history ... The Tigers shared the regular season Big West Conference crown in 2003-04 with a record of 17-1, the best finish since the 1966-67 team went 14-0 in the West Coast Athletic Conference ... The 1997-98 team started 0-2, but recovered for a 14-2 Big West mark.

Conference Victories (by total number of conf. wins) Season Conf. Record Overall Record 1. 2004-05 18-0 27-4 2. 2003-04 17-1 25-8 3. 1997-98 14-2 23-10 1966-67 14-0 24-4 5. 1965-66 13-1 22-6 6. 2005-06 12-2 23-7 1996-97 12-4 24-6 1992-93 12-6 16-11 1970-71 12-2 22-6 10. 1969-70 11-3 21-6 1978-79 11-3 18-12 1995-96 11-7 15-12 2001-02 11-7 20-10 14. 1993-94 10-8 17-14 1946-47 10-0 16-8

PACIFIC ROAD RECORDS: Pacific is 9-4 on the road in 2005-06 ... Wrapping up the Big West Conference season 6-1 on the road, the Tigers are 23-2 over the last three years in league road games ... The Tigers finished 13-1 on the road in 2004-05, a school record for most road wins in a season ... The Tigers have won 28 of the last 33 road games (not including neutral site contests) ... With a 9-0 Big West road record last year, the 2004-05 Tigers won nine Big West games for the first time ever.

TIGERS WIN 22 STRAIGHT AND 31 STRAIGHT LEAGUE GAMES: Pacific set a school record with 22 consecutive victories in 2004-05, with the streak running from December to March 12 ...Pacific's 22 game winning streak was the second longest in the nation last year ... The Tigers` 31 game Big West Conference winning streak came to an end with the Jan. 7 loss to UC Riverside ... The 22 game streak is the longest winning streak in Head Coach Bob Thomason's career at Pacific, three times making it to the 16th game, but failing in the 17th attempt prior to last year ... The 31 straight league wins is the longest streak in school history ... The 1965-66 (8), 1966-67 (14) and 1967-68 (2) teams combined to win 24 straight ... The Tigers are 47-3 over the last three years in Big West games.

HOME NOTES: Pacific is 11-3 in the Spanos Center this season ... The Tigers finished 12-1 in the Spanos Center in 2004-05 ... Pacific is 35-5 in the Spanos Center over the last three years ... Pacific is 121-27 (.817) over the last 10 seasons at home ... Pacific has a Spanos Center record of 150-36 (.806) since the 1992-93 season, with all but seven of those losses decided by either overtime or less than eight points.

SPANOS FEVER: Pacific has lost just 13 times in the last 76 non-conference matchups in the Spanos Center (63-13), for a winning percentage of .829 since 1989 ... The Tigers are 4-2 this season against non-conference opponents at home ...Pacific has won 49 of its last 60 home games against non-conference foes.

SPANOS CENTER THE PLACE TO BE FOR BIG WEST BASKETBALL: Pacific averaged 4,231 fans per game this season, the highest attendance average in the Big West Conference ... In fact, the Tigers average nearly double the fans of the next highest ranked team in the league.

2005-06 BIG WEST HOME ATTENDANCE (through Team G Total Avg. High Pacific 14 59,692 4,264 4,813 UC Irvine 12 26,949 2,246 4,500 Cal Poly 13 26,727 2,056 2,911 UC Santa Barbara 13 23,784 1,830 3,572 Long Beach State 13 21,229 1,633 2,956 Cal State Northridge 11 12,186 1,108 1,495 Cal State Fullerton 11 11,708 1,064 2,551 UC Riverside 12 9,138 762 1,342

PACIFIC'S ATTENDANCE NEAR ALL-TIME HIGH: Pacific averaged 4,264 fans per game in 2005-06, the third best single season attendance in school history.

Pacific All-Time Spanos Center Attendance Year Games Total Att. Average 2005-06 14 59,692 4,264 (#3 all-time) 2004-05 13 60,907 4,685 (#2 all-time) 2003-04 13 49,419 3,801 2002-03 14 44,626 3,187 2001-02 14 45,741 3,284 2000-01 14 48,302 3,450 1999-2000 14 48,344 3,453 1998-99 13 55,104 4,238 (#4 all-time) 1997-98 14 69,237 4,946 (#1 all-time) 1996-97 12 49,929 4,161 (#5 all-time) 1995-96 13 45,235 3,479 1994-95 12 38,738 3,228 1993-94 13 49,841 3,834 1992-93 13 45,055 3,466 1991-92 12 38,470 3,206 1990-91 13 43,808 3,370 1989-90 11 32,455 2,950 1988-89 12 37,074 3,090 1987-88 12 24,438 2,037 1986-87 14 32,800 2,343 1985-86 14 32,951 2,354 1984-85 15 42,669 2,845 1983-84 14 32,223 2,302 1982-83 13 41,312 3,178 1981-82 14 38,856 2,775

SCORING AND REBOUNDING LEADERS: Junior Christian Maraker led the team in scoring eight times last year - the most by any returning Tiger.

Pacific Team Leaders in Single Game Scoring - 2005-06 Christian Maraker - 12.8 Johnny Gray - 9.8 Mike Webb - 3.0 Steffan Johnson - 2.0 Anthony Brown - 1.0 Anthony Esparza - 1.0 Michael White - 0.3 note - .5 given for sharing team-high honors - .3 given for three players sharing team-high honors

Pacific Team Leaders in Single Game Rebounding - 2005-06 Christian Maraker - 22.3 Anthony Brown - 5.8 Anthony Esparza - 1.3 Michael White - 0.5 note - .5 given for sharing team-high honors - .3 given for three players sharing team-high honors

PACIFIC GETS WINNING SEASON FOR 12TH TIME IN LAST 14 YEARS: Pacific has recorded a winning record in 2005-06 for the 12th time in the last 14 years.

Year Record Pct. Home Road Neu. Conf. Record Finish 1992-93 16-11 .593 10-3 6-5 0-3 Big West 12-6 3rd 1993-94 17-14 .548 11-2 4-8 2-4 Big West 10-8 5th 1994-95 15-12 .556 8-4 7-6 1-1 Big West 9-9 5th 1995-96 15-12 .556 11-2 4-7 0-3 Big West 11-7 T2nd 1996-97 24-6 .800 12-0 9-5 3-1 Big West 12-4 1st-W 1997-98 23-10 .697 13-1 8-6 2-3 Big West 14-2 1st-W 1998-99 14-13 .519 11-2 3-10 0-0 Big West 9-7 3rd-W 1999-2000 11-18 .379 8-6 2-11 1-2 Big West 6-10 4th-W 2000-01 18-12 .600 10-4 4-6 4-1 Big West 8-8 5th 2001-02 20-10 .667 12-2 6-7 1-0 Big West 11-7 T3rd 2002-03 12-16 .429 9-5 3-10 0-1 Big West 7-11 8th 2003-04 25-8 .783 12-1 9-4 4-3 Big West 17-1 T1st 2004-05 27-3 .900 12-1 13-1 2-1 Big West 18-0 1st 2005-06 23-7 .770 11-3 9-4 3-0 Big West 12-2 1st last 14 yrs. 261-151 .630

TIGER WINNING TRENDS HOME AND OVERALL: Not since the 1960s has men's basketball at Pacific had such a successful run ... 18th-year head coach Bob Thomason has engineered the Tiger program back to success.

Including this season: • Pacific is averaging 19.7 wins per season over the last ten seasons (197). • The Tigers' 261 wins in the last 14 seasons mark the second-best 14-year figure in Pacific history. • Over the last 11 years, Pacific boasts a 121-27 record at home. • Pacific's 121 home wins over the last 11 years is the best stretch at home since the late 1960's-early 1970's. • Pacific has averaged 11.0 wins at the Spanos Center over the past 11 seasons.

PACIFIC GETS 1,000TH VICTORY: Pacific is in its 96th intercollegiate basketball season, with 45 winning seasons and six NCAA Tournament appearances ... The Tigers have a 1,088-1,057 all-time record, getting the 1,000th win against Lamar on Nov. 24, 2003.

TIGERS PICKED TO FINISH SECOND AT BIG WEST MEDIA DAY: Pacific was picked to finish first by the coaches and media at Big West Conference Basketball Media Day on Nov. 2 ... Additionally, Christian Maraker was selected to the 2005-06 Big West Men's Preseason All-Conference Team.

2005-06 BIG WEST MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL RESULTS 1. Cal State Fullerton (7) 49 2. Pacific (1) 40 3. UC Santa Barbara 34 4. Cal State Northridge 33 5. UC Irvine 24 6. Long Beach State 23 7. Cal Poly 12 8. UC Riverside 9 ( ) First-place votes

2005-06 BIG WEST MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA POLL RESULTS 1. Cal State Fullerton (14) 171 2. Pacific (6) 161 T3. UC Santa Barbara (2) 120 T3. Cal State Northridge (1) 120 5. Long Beach State 97 6. UC Irvine 85 7. UC Riverside 42 8. Cal Poly 33 ( ) First-place votes

2005-06 BIG WEST MEN'S PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Name Pos. Yr. Christian Maraker, Pacific F Sr. Bobby Brown, Cal State Fullerton G Jr. Ross Schraeder, UC Irvine G Sr. Jibril Hodges, Long Beach State G Sr. Jamaal Brown, Cal State Fullerton F Sr. Aaron Fitzgerald, UC Irvine G Sr.

THOMASON WINS 300TH NCAA GAME: In the Feb. 5, 2004 win over UC Irvine, Pacific head coach Bob Thomason coached the 300th victory of his NCAA coaching career ... After beginning his NCAA career at Cal State Stanislaus with a 52-27 record in 79 games over three years, he came to Pacific in 1988.

MARAKER BECOMES 24TH TIGER TO SCORE 1,000 POINTS: With 12 points against Utah State on Feb. 12, 2005, junior Christian Maraker (Varberg, Sweden) became the 24th player in Pacific history to score 1,000 points, and has moved into fifth place ... He is the first Tiger to reach the milestone since both Corey Anders and Michael Olowokandi cracked the 1,000 mark in 1998.

Points Scored Player Pts. Avg. 1. Ron Cornelius (1978-81) 2,065 17.95 2. Dell Demps (1988-92) 1,742 15.15 3. John Gianelli (1970-72) 1,659 20.48 4. Keith Swagerty (1965-67) 1,650 20.12 5. Christian Maraker (2001-) 1,637 13.30 6. Adam Jacobsen (1993-98) 1,513 12.61 7. Ken Stanley (1960-62) 1,444 18.51 8. Don Lyttle (1987-91) 1,411 12.37 9. Bob Krulish (1965-67) 1,333 16.66 10. Matt Waldron (1978-82) 1,326 13.83 11. Jim McCargo (1971-73) 1,308 16.35 12. Bill Stricker (1968-70) 1,270 17.16 13. Brent Counts (1983-87) 1,224 10.60 14. Christian Gray (1984-88) 1,203 10.50 15. John Thomas (1955-57) 1,178 15.50 16. John Errecart (1972-74) 1,167 14.96 17. Rich Anema (1983-86) 1,137 13.87 18. Leo Middleton (1962-64) 1,044 13.38 19. Dave Klurman (1957-59) 1,040 14.65 20. Michael Olowokandi (1995-98) 1,039 13.49 21. Vic Baker (1974-77) 1,033 10.23 22. Andy Franklin (1982-85) 1,015 11.80 23. Corey Anders (1994-98) 1,011 10.11 24. Glenn Griffin (1990-94) 1,001 8.70

CURRENT TIGERS AMONG CAREER LISTS AT PACIFIC:

Career Free Throw Percentage (Min. 100 Att.) Player FTM-A Pct. 1. Clay McKnight (1997-2000) 129-139 .928 2. David Doubley (2003-) 166-185 .897 3. Fred Carpenter (1967-68) 96-109 .881 4. Miah Davis (2002-) 204-238 .857 5. Demetrius Jackson (2001-) 190-227 .837 6. Bob Thomason (1969-71) 180-217 .829 7. Norm Edwards (1979-82) 85-104 .817 8. Dave Balsley (1962-63) 93-115 .809 9. Ben Rishwain (1991-94) 90-112 .804 10. Matt McGuire (1977-80) 98-123 .797 11. Christian Maraker (2001-) 359-451 .796 12. Ron Cornelius (1978-81) 449-569 .789

3-Point Field Goals Made Player No. 1. Adam Jacobsen (1993-98) 311 2. Dell Demps (1988-92) 230 3. Clay McKnight (1997-2000) 198 4. Mark Boelter (1993-97) 170 5. Tony Amundsen (1991-93) 158 6. Reggie Ricks (1988-90) 124 7. Tom Cockle (1999-2004) 102 8. Jono Metzger-Jones (2000-02) 101 Mike Webb (2004-) 101 10. Christian Maraker (2001-) 100 11. Miah Davis (2002-04) 99 12. Demetrius Jackson (2001-03) 95

Career 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (Min. 100 Att.) Player FGM-A Pct. 1. Scott Thomason (1995-99) 89-190 .468 2. Johnny Gray (2004-) 83-191 .435 3. Mark Boelter (1993-97) 170-405 .420 4. Clay McKnight (1997-2000) 198-477 .415 5. Mike Webb (2004-) 101-252 .401 6. Dell Demps (1988-92) 230-584 .393 7. David Doubley (2003-05) 80-206 .388 8. Adam Jacobsen (1993-98) 311-809 .384 9. Aaron Woliczko (1996-98) 69-181 .381 10. Rayne Mahaffey (1993-98) 82-219 .374 11. Reggie Ricks (1988-90) 124-219 .373 12. Monty Owens (1995-97) 54-146 .370 13. Miah Davis (2002-04) 99-275 .360

Rebounds Player Reb Avg. 1. Keith Swagerty (1965-67) 1,505 18.35 2. Leroy Wright (1958-60) 1,442 21.52 3. John Gianelli (1970-72) 1,339 16.53 4. Ron Cornelius (1978-81) 973 8.46 5. Jim McCargo (1971-73) 934 11.68 6. Leo Middleton (1962-64) 844 10.82 7. Christian Maraker (2001-) 813 6.61 8. John Thomas (1955-57) 809 10.64 9. Don Lyttle (1987-91) 796 6.98 10. Charles Strambler (1962-64) 696 8.92

Career Blocks Player No. 1. Michael Olowokandi (1995-98) 160 2. Don Lyttle (1987-91) 124 3. Vic Trierweiler (1993-97) 122 4. George Fowler (1976-78) 101 5. Tim Johnson (1998-03) 90 6. Glenn Griffin (1990-94) 80 7. Guillaume Yango (2003-05) 66 8. Christian Maraker (2001-) 64 9. Ron Cornelius (1977-81) 51 10. Brent Counts (1983-87) 46

Games Played Player No. 1. Christian Maraker (2001-) 123 2. Adam Jacobsen (1993-98) 120 3. Rayne Mahaffey (1994-98) 117 4. Tom Cockle (1999-2004) 116 Brent Counts (1983-87) 116 6. Glenn Griffin (1990-94) 115 Christian Gray (1984-88) 115 Ron Cornelius (1978-81) 115 Dell Demps (1988-92) 115 10. Don Lyttle (1987-91) 114

CURRENT TIGERS AMONG SINGLE SEASON LISTS AT PACIFIC:

Points Scored Player Pts. 1. Michael Olowokandi (1997-98) 732 2. Ron Cornelius (1979-80) 670 3. Ken Stanley (1960-61) 624 4. Keith Swagerty (1965-66) 612 5. Ron Cornelius (1980-81) 603 6. John Gianelli (1970-71) 600 7. Bill Stricker (1969-70) 582 8. Dell Demps (1991-92) 569 9. Dave Klurman (1958-59) 564 10. John Gianelli (1971-72) 560 11. Michael Jackson (1993-94) 556 12. Matt Waldron (1981-82) 543 13. Christian Maraker (2005-06) 534 14. Keith Swagerty (1966-67) 528 15. Dell Demps (1990-91) 526 16. Keith Swagerty (1964-65) 510 17. John Gianelli (1969-70) 499 18. Bob Krulish (1964-65) 492 19. Bill Stricker (1968-69) 490 20. Charles Jones (1994-95) 487 21. Rick Anema (1983-86) 485

3-Point Field Goal Percentage (Min. 50 Att.) Player FGM-A Pct. 1. Ben Rishwain (1992-93) 26-52 .500 2. Scott Thomason (1998-99) 54-111 .486 3. Tony Amundsen (1991-92) 93-198 .470 4. Anthony Woods (1990-91) 40-87 .460 5. Mark Boelter (1996-97) 98-218 .450 6. Clay McKnight (1997-98) 31-69 .449 7. Dan Embick (1987-88) 22-50 .440 8. Clay McKnight (1998-99) 90-207 .435 9. David Bunts (2001-02) 44-102 .431 10. David Doubley (2004-05) 47-111 .423 11. Johnny Gray (2005-06) 63-149 .423 12. Mike Webb (2005-06) 66-157 .420

Free Throw Percentage (Min. 50 Att.) Player FTM-A Pct. 1. Clay McKnight (1999-2000) 74-78 .949 2. Clay McKnight (1998-99) 49-52 .942 3. David Doubley (2003-04) 74-82 .902 Miah Davis (2002-03) 65-72 .902 5. David Doubley (2004-05) 94-105 .895 6. Johnny Gray (2005-06) 68-77 .883 7. Fred Carpenter (1967-68) 96-109 .881 8. Anthony Esparza (2005-06) 62-71 .873 9. Ben Rishwain (1993-94) 57-66 .864 10. Bob Thomason (1970-71) 118-138 .855 11. Christian Maraker (2005-06) 112-132 .848 12. Demetrius Jackson (2001-02) 117-138 .848 13. Miah Davis (2003-04) 141-168 .839

STREAKS: Pacific has won 73 out of the last 86 games, stretching back to Dec. 30, 2003 ... Over the last three years, Pacific is 38-7 in games decided by nine points or less ... The Tigers have recorded winning marks in 12 of the last 14 seasons (including 2005-06).

SCORING MARGINS: A look at scoring margins this season for games won and lost:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25+ 30+ 40+ Won 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 Lost 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Largest Victory: 45, vs. Savannah State (82-37), Nov. 21 Largest Loss: 22, vs. Oregon (62-84), Nov. 22

PACIFIC SIGNS FOUR FOR 2006-07: University of the Pacific Head Men's Basketball Coach Bob Thomason announced today the signing of four student-athletes to letters of intent for the 2006-07 season. Igor Fishbeyn, DeAngelo Garrett, Solomon HorseChief and C.J. Morgan will all enter Pacific in the fall of 2006. Fishbeyn is a 6-9 center from San Francisco, Calif. He is a sophomore at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz after spending his freshman season at Great Falls University in Montana. Last year at Great Falls, Igor averaged 7.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 50% from the field and 57% from the free throw line. "Igor is a big, strong and skilled post player," said Thomason. "He has the ability to make three-pointers, as well as score on the block." Garrett comes to Pacific from Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. A 6-8 forward/center, Garrett averaged 8.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game for the Jets last year as a freshman. The team captain, he shot 52% from the field and averaged a steal per game. "DeAngelo is a power forward who will be able to play center for us as well," said Thomason. "He will bring an excellent inside presence to the team. He is a great young man with a tremendous upside." HorseChief is a 6-3 guard from Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma. He averaged 8.2 points, 5.1 steals and 2.7 steals per game in his first year at Redlands. He was an All-Bi State League Honorable Mention selection after leading his team to a 27-4 record and undefeated mark in conference games. He graduated in 2004 from Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He averaged 14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.0 steals per game while as a senior in 2004. "Solomon is a very versatile guard and can play both guard spots," said Thomason. "He is a very smart, heady player, with an excellent feel for the game." Morgan is a 6-0 guard from Elk Grove, Calif. He is a senior at Franklin High School in Elk Grove, where he was an Sacramento Bee All-Metro selection after leading the team to a 25-7 record. Morgan set a Sac-Joaquin Section playoff record last season with 52 points in a semifinal victory over Modesto. He averaged 18.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game last season at Franklin HS, earning all-leauge honors and team MVP accolades. He was chosen as a 2005-06 All-America Honorable Mention by Street and Smith's College Basketball 2005-06 Yearbook. "C.J. is a tremendous shooter who has range to 25 feet," said Thomason. "We feel he can come in and help us be successful at both guard positions."

NEIMEYER TO REDSHIRT: Tiger freshman Casey Neimeyer is redshirting the 2005-06 season ... He came to Pacific from Woodland Christian High School, where he was the Central Valley Christian League MVP his senior season ... He helped lead the Cardinals to a 13-1 league record in 2004-05 under coach Doug Brown ... He will also pitch for Pacific on the Tiger baseball team.

FLORES SUSPENDED: Senior center Miguel Flores has been suspended from the team indefinitely for academic reasons ... He averaged 2.9 points and 2.0 rebounds over the first 11 games.

HURLEY LEAVES TEAM: Freshman guard Kevin Hurley (Fresno, Calif.) has left the team for personal reasons ... Hurley appeared in just two games for the Tigers, scoring three points.

TIGERS FREE THROWS IN FINAL TWO MINUTES: Pacific is shooting 84.7% (72-85) from the free throw line over the final two minutes of games this season.