STOCKTON, Calif. – The offense was out of sync Saturday for the Pacific men's basketball program as it fell 72-61 to San Francisco on Senior Day at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
Senior
Jaden Clayton broke the school record for assists in a season at Pacific (17-14, 8-10 WCC). With 10 in the game, he's up to 195 assists on the year and topped
Lamar Washington's mark of 190 last season.
Additionally, Clayton was one of two student-athletes to surpass 1,000 career points in the game along with senior
Elias Ralph. With eight points, Clayton is up to 1,001 in four Division I seasons, and with 19 points, Ralph is up to 1,001 points in two seasons at Pacific.
The Tigers couldn't buy a bucket in the second half where they shot .333 from the field and 1-of-11 (.091) from three. For the game, Pacific shot .400 from the floor and 2-of-17 (.118) from long range.
Conversely, San Francisco (16-15, 8-10 WCC) posted a .511 shooting mark and was 10-of-23 (.435) from beyond-the-arc.
Pacific outrebounded the Dons 43-29 and registered a 42-22 advantage in points in the paint. The Tigers also ended with a plus-five turnover margin.
Ralph tallied a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds. Senior
Isaac Jack finished with 13 points and senior
Justin Rochelin etched 10 points and eight rebounds. Clayton's 10 assists went along with eight points.
The Dons were paced by David Fuchs who put up 29 points and seven rebounds. He was 10-of-12 shooting.
Pacific led 11-10 after an old-fashion three-point play by Rochelin at the 14:53 mark. A lay-in by Ralph made it a 23-23 game with 7:37 to go.
The Dons went on a 10-1 run to leap ahead 33-24 with 4:53 remaining. A jumper by Ralph trimmed it to 35-30, but USF scored the final bucket of the half to take a 42-35 lead into the intermission.
The Tigers cut it to 47-43 at the 16:08 mark of the second half on a lay-in by Jack, but never came closer. The Dons got their lead back up to 56-46 with 12:48 left, and increased it to 65-49 with 8:26 remaining.
Prior to the game, Pacific honored six student-athletes in a special Senior Day ceremony. It included
KC Ibekwe,
TJ Wainwright, Clayton, Jack, Ralph and Rochelin.
The Tigers will now await their seeding and match-up for the WCC Tournament, held March 5-10 in Las Vegas.
NOTES
- The Tigers are now 11-3 at home this season, 820-465 all-time at home and 257-232 in the Alex G. Spanos Center.
- Pacific outrebounded 16 of 18 teams in conference. It entered the game ranked top-15 in the nation in rebounding margin with a +8.7 mark and outrebounded the Dons by 14.
- Ralph needed 18 points in the game to reach 1,000 and poured in 19. He submitted his 30th career double-double, 19th at Pacific and ninth this season. Ralph averaged 21.0 points in two games against the Dons this year.
- Clayton needed seven points for 1,000 in his career and five assists to match the school record for single-season assists, and totaled eight points and 10 assists. It was the fourth time in his career and third time this season that he dished out at least 10 assists. Since the beginning of January, Clayton has had nine games of two or fewer turnovers.
- Jack turned in his 22nd career double-digit scoring performance and 15th this season. He was 6-of-8 from the floor.
- Rochelin recorded his 23rd career double-figure scoring outing and 14th this season. He was 4-of-8 from the field.
- Pacific doubled its conference win total from last year. The Tigers have more overall and conference wins than the last two years combined. Pacific has clinched its first winning season since 2019-20 and third since rejoining the league in 2013-14.
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