PROVO, Utah – The Pacific men's basketball program was topped 93-57 by No. 10 BYU on Tuesday at the Marriott Center.
 
After starting the game slow, the Tigers (8-4) cut a 21-point halftime deficit down to 47-38 at the 14:29 mark after a 12-0 run, and still trailed 49-40 with 14:00 to go. Though, the Cougars (10-1) answered with an 18-0 spurt to pull away near the midway point.
 
A career night came from junior Kajus Kublickas with his best performance of 14 points. He was 5-of-6 from the field and 4-of-5 from three-point range.
 
Senior Elias Ralph reached double-figures with 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Senior Isaac Jack netted eight points.
 
BYU garnered a trio of 20-plus scorers including Richie Sanders with 24 points, AJ Dybantsa with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Robert Wright III with 22 points.

The shots weren't falling for the Tigers in the first half as they went 0-for-11 from long range. Kublickas snapped the streak with a three with 18:42 remaining in the second half.
 
Down 47-26, Kublickas hit back-to-back threes to spark Pacific's 12-0 run. It included field goals by Ralph and senior Justin Rochelin, and a lay-in by Jack trimmed it to 47-38 with 14:29 left.
 
Pacific returns home Sunday for its non-conference finale at 4 p.m. against Nicholls at the Alex G. Spanos Center. The Tigers are 4-0 at home this year.
 
NOTES
- Pacific and BYU met 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.
 
- The Tigers shot 7-of-14 (.500) from long range in the second half.
 
- Pacific carried a 34-32 edge in points in the paint.
 
- Kublickas surpassed his previous his career-high of 13 points at Air Force on Dec. 3. His four three-pointers were also a career-most. It was his fourth double-figure scoring game of the year.

- Ralph tallied his 98th career double-digit scoring game, 38th at Pacific and 10th this season.
 
- Senior Jaden Clayton entered the night ranked top-45 in the nation in assists per game (5.5) and dished out six.
 
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