STOCKTON, Calif. – Both the men's and women's basketball team will face ranked opponents this week as the men head to No. 10 BYU on Tuesday before the women host No. 20 Washington on Sunday at the Alex G. Spanos Center. Sunday's game is part of a doubleheader as the men will follow the women with a game against Nicholls. The men's and women's swim teams will compete at the UNLV Invite over three days beginning today.

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Home Event Summary:
Friday, Dec. 19 - Women's Basketball hosts Simpson University, 11 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 - Women's Basketball hosts No. 20 Washington, 1 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 - Men's Basketball hosts Nicholls, 4 p.m.
 

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Monday, Dec. 15 - Wednesday, Dec. 17 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving at UNLV Invite - The Tigers head to Las Vegas for the three-day UNLV Invite, competing in this invitational for the fourth time in the last five seasons. Pacific is coming off a three-week break where the men and women last competed at the Trailblazer Invitational.

Tuesday, Dec. 16 - Men's Basketball (8-3) at No. 10 BYU (9-1), 6 p.m. (PT) - Pacific and BYU will meet for the first time since the Cougars departed the West Coast Conference at the end of the 2022-23 season. The two teams played each other twice annually from the time the Tigers joined the WCC in 2013-14 until BYU's departure. Pacific's last win in Provo came on Feb. 6, 2016, but that 77-72 victory was later vacated. Prior to that, Pacific's only other road win at BYU was 80-58 on Nov. 30, 1996. The Tigers beat the Cougars at home 76-73 on Jan. 29, 2022.

Friday, Dec. 19 - Women's Basketball (4-5) hosts Simpson (5-4), 11 a.m. - For its education day game, the Pacific women's basketball program hosts Simpson out of the NAIA ranks. The last time Pacific welcomed an NAIA school to Stockton was the 2023-24 season where the Tigers beat Cal Maritime 108-45. Officially the Tigers have not played since December 7 due to a power outage in Reno canceling the game with Nevada. Up until the cancellation, junior Nyah Lowery had tallied both a career-high in points (14) and her first career double-double (14 pts, 10 reb). 

Sunday, Dec. 21 - Women's Basketball (4-5) hosts No. 20 Washington (9-1), 1 p.m. - The Tigers welcome a ranked opponent to the Alex G. Spanos Center for the first time since 2023 and the first ranked non-conference foe since 2022. Washington and Pacific have played one time in Stockton in the series history in 1983, a game in which Pacific won. This time Pacific will need a big contribution from sophomore leading scorer Winner Bartholomew, who is averaging 13 points per game this season and had scored 17 against Nevada prior to the cancelation. If Pacific emerges over the Huskies, it would be the program's first win over a ranked team since 2003 against UC Santa Barbara.

Sunday, Dec. 21 - Men's Basketball (8-3) hosts Nicholls (2-7), 4 p.m. - The Tigers will wrap-up non-conference play at home against Nicholls. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Pacific last hosted a Southland Conference team on Nov. 18, 2023 in a 77-76 win over Lamar. Pacific's conference opener will be on the road Sunday, Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. against San Diego.

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