FULLERTON, Calif. -- The Pacific men's basketball team dropped a 66-57 decision to Cal State Fullerton Saturday evening at Titan Gymnasium.
 
The Tigers (4-5) finished the game shooting 42.3 percent from the floor (22-for-52). The Titans (3-3) shot 45.1 percent (23-for-51) and won the rebounding battle, securing 35 rebounds, while the Tigers tallied 25.
 
Alphonso Anderson led the way for the Tigers, scoring a season-high 18 points, which included shooting 66.6 percent (two-for-three) from the three-point line. Anderson, who is second on the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game, has scored in double figures in seven of the nine games played this season.
 
Khaleb Wilson-Rouse was the other Tiger to score in double figures, recording a career-high 12 points off the bench.
 
Pacific faced an early 7-0 deficit in the first four minutes of the game before Jalen Brown, who earned his first career start, drained a three-point basket to get the Tigers on the board. Brown, who tallied the first six points of the game for the Tigers, recorded a season-high eight points.
 
"Good to Great teams don't start slow," head coach Leonard Perry stated regarding the early 7-0 deficit. "Right now, we're not a good to great team … Defensively, we're not where we're supposed to be, and other teams are running their offensives harder."
 
Facing multiple double-digit deficits throughout the second half, the Tigers were able to cut into the Titan's lead. Trailing 45-36 at the 14:06 mark of the second half, baskets from Wilson-Rouse and Nick Blake cut the deficit to five. The Titans, however, went on an 18-9 run in the next 10 minutes of action to pull away late.
 
Pacific returns to action on Saturday, December 11, traveling to San Jose State as the Tigers conclude their current road trip. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.