STOCKTON, Calif. – A mid-week home match-up features the Pacific men's basketball program hosting Long Beach State at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
It's the Beach's (0-2) first trip to Stockton since the Tigers (1-1) won 74-68 on Dec. 10, 2018. The two teams used to compete against each other in the Big West Conference before Pacific departed for the West Coast Conference at the end of 2012-13.
 
Senior TJ Wainwright transferred from LBSU where he was second on the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game last season. Wainwright currently averages 15.5 points per outing so far for the Tigers.
 
Pacific is looking to shake-off a tough 78-77 nail-biting defeat at Nevada over the weekend. The Tigers had two looks at the rim in closing seconds but couldn't get one to go as the buzzer sounded.
 
Senior Elias Ralph, who was named to the WCC Preseason All-Conference Team, has stood out for the Tigers through two games. He's averaging 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting .520 (13-25) from the floor and .643 (9-14) from three-point range. Ralph has started the year with back-to-back 20-plus scoring games.
 
Through two games, senior Jaden Clayton ranks top-five in the nation in assists per game with 9.5. He dished out 11 Saturday at Nevada, which matched his career-high from Maine where he transferred from.
 
The Beach are looking to snap a 17-game skid dating back to last season. They are playing their third of a three-game road swing to begin the season and fell 77-45 to San Diego State and 82-62 to Fresno State. Petar Majstorovic leads the team with 11.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
 
Wednesday's game can be watched on ESPN+ with Zack Bayrouty and Kat Tudor on the call. It can be heard for free on Fox Sports AM 1280 with Dennis Ackerman as the voice.
 
NOTES
- It's the first meeting between Pacific and Long Beach State since the Tigers won 65-46 on the road on Dec. 7, 2019. The Tigers are 24-18 all-time at home against LBSU.
 
- Pacific will play its second home game of the season after opening with an 83-56 win over Life Pacific. The Tigers are 810-462 all-time at home and 347-229 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
- Pacific won its season and home opener by exactly 27 points for the second year in a row. Last year, in head coach Dave Smart's debut, the Tigers beat Jessup 92-65.
 
- Ralph was named to the WCC Preseason All-Conference Team after averaging 14.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last year. Pacific was picked to finish 10th in the WCC Preseason Poll.
 
- The new-look Tigers reloaded with 15 newcomers this year, which included 10 transfers and five freshmen. They have Division I transfers from Binghamton, Dayton, Florida, Lamar, Long Beach State, Maine, UC San Diego and Washington. Most notably, junior Kajus Kublickas was part of a national championship team last season with the Gators.
 
- Pacific has developed an international pipeline from Canada with six Canadians on the roster under Canadian head coach Dave Smart. Additionally, four of the seven men's basketball staff members are Canadian.
 
- More than half of Pacific's roster is international. The Tigers are represented with six from Canada, two from Lithuania and one from each the Dominican Republic and Israel. At the same time, Pacific has been able to recruit locally with five California natives on the team.
                       
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