STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific men's basketball team dropped a 73-69 decision to Northern Arizona Tuesday evening in a non-conference contest at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
"We don't have a defensive base where we can stop teams when we are behind," Head Coach Leonard Perry said after the game. "We're trying to search for it, and it's tough to win games when you don't have it."
 
Nick Blake led the Tigers (3-7) offensively, scoring a team-high 13 points. After scoring nine points in the first five minutes of the game, Blake shot 37.5 percent (three-for-eight) from the floor and connected on all seven free-throw attempts.
 
Keylan Boone scored 11 points off the bench for the Tigers as the team outscored the Lumberjacks (4-7) in bench points, 34-10. Boone also shot well from the free-throw line as he went two-for-two from the charity stripe.
 
Trailing 32-31 at the halftime break, the Tigers continued to search for an edge throughout the final 20 minutes of play. Keeping the game close, the Tigers took their first lead of the second half, 67-66, with 58 seconds left on the clock. The Lumberjacks used free throws to pull away to secure the four-point win.
 
Pacific returns to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, as the Tigers host Fresno State at the Alex G. Spanos Center.