Jan. 10, 2009
Box Score
Stockton, Calif. - Behind a season-high tying 23 points from senior Chad Troyer (Seattle, Wash.), the Pacific men's basketball team picked up a 76-53 victory over UC Riverside on Saturday, Jan. 10 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
The victory lifted the Tigers to 9-5 on the season and 2-1 in the Big West Conference, while UC Riverside fell to 9-6 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
Junior Lavar Neufville (Fairfield, Calif.) scored all five of his points in the first four minutes, as the teams were tied at 7-7 with 16:04 remaining in the first half. Trailing 12-10, the Tigers got the first of four first half three-pointers from senior Chad Troyer (Seattle, Wash.) in an 8-0 run to take an 18-12 lead with 12:04 left. The Highlanders then hit their next six shots from the field, using a 16-7 run to take a 28-25 lead with 8:07 to go in the half. Tied at 30-30 with 3:18 left in the half, the Tigers outscored UC Riverside 7-0 the rest of the way to take a 37-30 halftime lead.
Pacific started the second half hot as Troyer hit another pair of treys in the opening minutes. He sparked the Tigers to a 10-0 stretch over the first four minutes of the second half that extended the overall run to 17-0 as Pacific took a 47-30 lead with 16:52 remaining in the game. After a Javon Borum three-pointer on the next possession by UC Riverside, the Tigers used another 8-2 run with five points from senior James Doran (Cameron Park, Calif.) to take a 55-35 lead with 12:21 left in the game. The Tigers' lead would not fall below 17 the rest of the way, as they ended up with a season high 23-point victory.
Pacific hit a season-high 13 three-pointers in the game, led by Troyer with seven. Chad's seven treys tied for the sixth best single game performance in school history. Doran added 15 points, senior Bryan LeDuc (Corona, Calif.) scored 11 points and senior Anthony Brown (Sacramento, Calif.) added 10 points.
Pacific shot a season-best 65.2 percent in the second half, hitting 15 of 23 shots from the field. The Highlanders hit just eight of 26 shots in the second half (37.3 percent), as the Tigers outscored UC Riverside 39-23 in the final 20 minutes.
Kyle Austin led UC Riverside with 17 points.
Pacific returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 15 as Pacific travels to Irvine, Calif. to face the UC Irvine Anteaters at 7 p.m.
