STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific men's basketball closes the regular season at home, facing off against Portland at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
Pacific is currently in a tie with BYU for sixth place in the league standings with one last opportunity to claim a top-six seed and a first-round bye in the upcoming University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament.
A win over Portland this weekend and a BYU loss at home to San Francisco would push the Tigers (13-17, 6-9) ahead of the Cougars for the sixth seed in the tournament.
Jordan Ivy-Curry paced the Tigers offensively last Thursday at #15 Saint Mary's, posting a team-high 11 points. Coming off the bench for the 23rd straight game, Ivy-Curry led the second unit that recorded 27 bench points throughout the contest. The La Marque, Texas sophomore shot 42.8 percent (three-for-seven) from the field and went a perfect four-for-four from the free-throw line.
Portland enters Saturday's regular-season finale in eighth place after dropping a narrow 92-89 decision at San Francisco last Thursday. Trailing by seven, 80-73, with 8:04 left in the game, the Pilots (13-17, 5-10) used an 11-4 run to tie the game at 84. The Dons quickly recovered the advantage and fended off a late Pilot to solidify the three-point victory.
Moses Wood and Tyler Robertson lead the team offensively, averaging 15.1 points per game. Robertson and Wood reached the 20-point threshold in the loss to the Dons, with Wood tallying a team-high 28 points. Nearly recording a double-double, Wood added a game-high nine rebounds while shooting 66.6 percent (10-for-15) from the field.
Robertson added 22 points, six rebounds, and three assists in the loss.
Mike Meadows (11.7 points per game) and Kristian Sjolund (11.4 points per game) also average double figures and help propel the Pilots offensively.
Pacific leads the all-time series against Portland, 30-15, with the Tigers winning nine of the last 12 contests. The Pilots erased an 11-point deficit in the first half and defeated the Tigers, 81-73, in the first meeting this season at the Chiles Center.
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