STOCKTON, Calif. – At the midway point of West Coast Conference play, the Pacific men's basketball program will play its second consecutive home-and-away weekend as it hosts Washington State at 7 p.m. at the Alex G. Spanos Center before heading to Santa Clara for a 4 p.m. Saturday tip at the Leavey Center.

The first 500 fans in the Alex G. Spanos Center on Thursday will receive a free stressball courtesy of Boudin Bakery.
 
Pacific (6-17, 1-8 WCC) is going for the season sweep over Washington State (15-7, 5-4 WCC) after winning the first meeting 95-94 in overtime on the road on Jan. 9. Thursday will be WSU's first-ever trip to Stockton as the teams had never played each other prior to this season.
 
In the first meeting, junior Lamar Washington turned in a heroic 40-point effort which included a game-winning three at the buzzer in overtime. Washington played all 45 minutes and was a whopping 16-of-22 from the field and 4-of-6 from three.
 
He went on to win WCC Player of the Week honors, the first for Pacific since Keylan Boone on Jan. 9, 2023, over two years prior. Washington averaged 26.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game on the week which also included a double-figure outing against Oregon State.
 
On the season, Pacific has been led by the Canadian duo of senior Elias Ralph and junior Elijah Fisher, who both score over 16 points per game. Fisher leads the way with 16.6 points per game and 17.6 points per outing in conference where he's shooting .554 from the field.
 
Fisher ranks eighth in the nation in free throw attempts with 157 and 13th in free throws made with 116. He was 7-of-10 in the team's last outing at Pepperdine. Fisher has scored in double-figures in 22 of 23 games on the year. He's played 40 minutes four times.
 
Ralph is the team's leading rebounder with 7.5 per game and has tallied eight double-doubles, which ranks 22nd in the country. Ralph ranks top-five in the WCC in offensive rebounding (2.7 orpg), field goal percentage (.489) and blocks (1.2 bpg).
 
Washington State's entire starting lineup scores at least 12.5 points per game as the Cougars average over 80 points per outing as a team. WSU ranks 12th in the country in field goal percentage with a .495 clip. The Tigers held the Cougars to a .452 mark in the first meeting this year despite WSU shooting 11-of-26 (.423) from three.
 
Pacific will square off with Santa Clara (14-8, 6-3 WCC) for the first time this year. The Tigers are 1-1 in their last two road games at Santa Clara after winning 95-89 in 2022-23.
 
The Broncos currently rank top-25 in the nation in both three-point attempts per game (28.7) and threes made per game (10.1). They shoot .353 from long range as a team as Adama-Alpha Bal scores a team-high 14.0 points per game and is 52-of-144 (.361) from distance.
 
Both games can be watched live on ESPN+ and can be heard on Fox Sports 1280 AM.
 
NOTES
- The Tigers are 807-459 all-time at home and 344-226 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
- Pacific has matched its season win total from last year and surpassed its conference win total.
 
- In all six of Pacific's wins this year, the team has outscored the opposition in the paint.
 
- Washington ranks seventh in the nation in total assists (139) and 21st in assists per game (6.0). He also scores in double-figures with 12.6 points per game.
 
- In Pacific's second overtime game this year at Portland on Jan. 16, Washington came one rebound away from the program's first-ever triple-double with 14 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. Washington played 45 minutes in both overtime games this season.
 
- Twice this year Ralph and Washington posted double-doubles in the same game. The first was in an 80-67 win over San Jose State where Ralph tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Washington recorded 14 points and 10 assists. Most recently, Ralph notched 26 points and 11 rebounds at Portland and Washington registered 14 points and 12 assists. Prior to this year, the Tigers had not garnered two double-doubles in the same game since Jan. 12, 2017.
 
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