Box Score SPOKANE, Wash. – Making the trip to the McCarthey Athletic Center to face the nation's top team on Saturday night, the Pacific men's basketball team (5-3, 2-2) fell to No. 1 Gonzaga (15-0, 6-0) as the Tigers could not find their rhythm on the offensive end.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
- Gonzaga took advantage of Pacific's offensive woes early and opened the game on a 12-2 run.
- After sophomore Daniss Jenkins made a jumper at the 15:22 mark to cut the Gonzaga lead to 12-4, the Bulldogs went on another 8-0 run to extend their lead to 20-4. At the 9:49 mark, Corey Kispert sank a three-pointer that ballooned the Bulldogs lead to 34-8. Gonzaga built a 52-21 halftime lead as the Tigers shot just 9-for-33 in the first half while the Bulldogs went 18-for-34 from the floor, including 7-for-15 from beyond the arc where Pacific went only 1-for-8.
- The Tigers continued to struggle on the offensive end in the second half despite Jenkins coming alive and scoring 10 of his 17 total points in the period.
- Defending their homecourt to remain undefeated this season, Gonzaga would defeat Pacific by a final score of 95-49.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Jenkins was tabbed the Hardworking Player of the Game after finishing with a game-high 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting. The Dallas native also pulled down four rebounds and added one steal for the Tigers.
- Scoring in double digits for the second straight contest and the fourth time this season, sophomore Pierre Crockrell II notched 11 points on 4-of-13 from the field.
UP NEXT:
Pacific will look to snap a two-game skid on Thursday when they take on the Santa Clara Broncos for the second time in as many weeks, this time in Santa Cruz at the Kaiser Permanente Arena. Tip-off for Thursday's game is set for 6:00 p.m. PST. Live stream, live stats and radio links will be available via pacifictigers.com.
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