STOCKTON, Calif. – Wrapping up its non-conference portion of the schedule, the Pacific men's basketball program will host Idaho at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
The Tigers (5-8) have held leads in each of their last four games. Most recently, they came back from a 14-point halftime deficit to grab a two-point lead against Portland State before falling. Before that, Pacific led Colorado 48-38 with 13:55 left in the second half, the Tigers were up 20-7 at Illinois State and were ahead of UNLV 42-38 with 13:06 remaining.
 
Pacific has been guided senior Elias Ralph, who leads the team both in scoring and rebounding with 17.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Ralph ranks top-five in the West Coast Conference in scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks. He's scored in double-figures in every game.
 
Three of Pacific's top-four leading scorers are Canadian. It includes sophomore Elijah Fisher who is second on the team in scoring and also top-five in the conference with 16.4 points per game.
 
Junior Jefferson Koulibaly, from Montreal, Canada, is coming off a career-high 15 points against Portland State. He hit a trio of three-pointers and logged a career-high 39:35 minutes. Koulibaly shoots a team-high .426 from three-point range.
 
Junior Lamar Washington ranks top-5 in the nation in assists with 6.7 per game. Washington also scores in double-figures with 11.2 points per game.
 
Idaho (4-8) has Division I wins this year over UC Riverside and UMKC. The Vandals most recently fell on the road 74-66 at UC Davis on Wednesday.
 
Idaho makes 9.3 three-pointers per game. Tyler Mrus averages a team-high 11.8 points per game, has attempted a team-high 68 threes and makes them at a .426 clip.
 
The game can be watched on ESPN+ with Zack Bayrouty and Don Gubbins on the call, and can be heard on Fox Sports AM 1280 as Dennis Ackerman as the voice.
 
NOTES
- The Tigers are 16-4 all-time against Idaho and 8-1 at home.
 
- Pacific is 807-454 all-time at home, 344-221 in the Alex G. Spanos Center and 3-2 this season.
 
- Ralph has six double-doubles on the year, which ranks sixth in the country. He's tallied back-to-back double-doubles on two separate occasions this year.
 
- As a team, the Tigers rank third in the WCC in rebounding with 39.6 per game. Pacific is 46th in the country in defensive rebounds with 27.9 per game.
 
- Pacific made a recent addition to its roster with the signing of freshman Amare Campbell, who is eligible to play. Campbell was a two-time All-Conference selection at Etiwanda HS.
 
- The Tigers are 4-0 this year when they score at least 80 points.
 
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