STOCKTON, Calif. – Looking to secure its first winning season in six years, the Pacific men's basketball program hosts LMU at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Spanos Center.
 
Pacific (16-10, 7-6 WCC) has five regular season games remaining in addition to at least one in the conference tournament and a possible postseason opportunity. A win would lock-up the program's first winning campaign since 2019-20 and the third since the Tigers rejoined the West Coast Conference in 2013-14.
 
The Tigers are 10-1 at home this season. Their .909 home winning percentage is their highest since 2004-05 when the team went 12-1 (.923). Pacific is 819-463 all-time at home and 356-230 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
 
Pacific sits alone in fourth-place in the conference standings and is one game ahead of Oregon State, San Francisco and Washington State. The No. 3-4 seeds earn byes to the fourth round / quarterfinals of the conference tournament on Sunday, March 7.
 
The Tigers are coming off a 92-59 win over Pepperdine, their largest margin of victory in a conference game since rejoining the league in 2013-14. The last time Pacific won a conference road game by 33 was Jan. 22, 2011 against UC Davis on the road as a member of the Big West.
 
Senior TJ Wainwright caught fire as the Los Angeles product netted a season-high 27 points in front of his home crowd. Wainwright was 6-of-10 from three. He's averaging 14.0 points per game and is shooting .404 from long range and .924 from the free throw line on the year.
 
It was the second season sweep of the year for Pacific after winning both games against Oregon State.
 
Senior Elias Ralph, a WCC Preseason All-Conference Team selection, leads the team in both scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg). In two seasons at Pacific, he's scored 915 points and recorded 17 double-doubles. Ralph ranks top-five in the WCC in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and minutes.
 
Senior Jaden Clayton ranks top-20 in the nation and second in the WCC in assists with 6.1 per game.
 
Senior Isaac Jack leads the team in field goal percentage with a .696 mark. He averages 9.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per outing.
 
In conference games, senior Justin Rochelin is averaging 13.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while shooting .462 from beyond the arc. He's tallied 10 consecutive double-figure scoring games.
 
LMU (13-13, 4-9 WCC) is coming off back-to-back wins with an 84-75 road victory at San Francisco, followed by an 83-63 home win over San Diego.
 
In the current NCAA NET Rankings, Pacific is No. 102 out of 365, while the Lions are No. 160. Since the NCAA NET Rankings came out in 2019-20, Pacific's highest ever finish was No. 110 in 2019-20.
 
Wednesday's game can be watched on ESPN+ with Zack Bayrouty and Kat Tudor on the call, and can be heard live for free on Fox Sports AM 1280 with Dennis Ackerman as the voice.
 
NOTES
- Pacific is 16-14 all-time at home against LMU. The Lions won the first meeting this season 80-71 as the Tigers couldn't hang on to a 41-37 halftime lead. Ralph recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds in the game.
 
- The Tigers have outrebounded all 13 conference opponents this season. Pacific ranks 11th in the nation in rebounding margin with a +9.7 clip.
 
- Pacific has surpassed its overall win total by seven games and its conference win total by three games from last season. It's the second year in a row under head coach Dave Smart that the Tigers have increased their win total from the year prior. The Tigers are one win away from doubling their conference win total.
 
- The Tigers are 12-0 this year when they have more fast break points and 13-1 when leading at half.
 
- Pacific is 12-0 under Dave Smart in two seasons when holding the opposition to under 60 points and 9-0 this year.
 
- Four different Tigers have recorded a double-double in a game this year including seniors Jack, Wainwright, Rochelin and Ralph.
 
- Pacific has only used two starting lineups this season. Clayton and junior Kajus Kublickas have flipped at the point guard position.
 
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