By james art 
Item, California – A bucket for the ahead of a sophomore Jazz guard With the remaining five seconds and a stop in the last second, the Pacific man’s basketball program was driven to a 70-68 victory over Washington State on Thursday in downtown Alex G. Spanos.
The game was tied 68-68 with 34 seconds remaining when the Pacific Ocean (7-17, 2-8 WCC) took off the shot clock as far as you could before Junior Lamar Washington Find a Gardner for open laying. After leaving the floor and choosing the ball, WSU (15-8, 5-5 WCC) had a chance of 0.5 seconds to get the ball under his basket and score, but the tigers did not allow the shot to shoot until the zoometer sounded.
It was the second Pacific victory over the cougars this season after going on the road and raising a 95-94 overtime victory on January 9 at Trichkov Zumer from Washington. The two games were set by a total of three points.
Cugars and tigers returned back and forth most of the night, as the game has 11 connections and 10 changes in lead. None of the team leads more than 18 minutes.
The Gardner basket won in the game limited a great night as it was a perfect 7-from-7 on the ground for 14 points. It was his second highest result of his career, and his seven goals on the spot were high careers.
Matching 18 points was a senior Elias RalphS He was 7 out of 13 on the floor and recorded eight rebounds and two blocks.
Outside the bench, senior Petar Krivokapic I collected 14 points, five rebounds and four assists per season. Washington registers 13 points, eight assists and three thefts while junior Elijah Fisher Posted 10 points.
The Pacific ahead of the WSU 34-24. The tigers also held an edge of 32-24 at the point.
The cougars were led by 17 points by Dane Ericstrup. Nate Calsese ended with 13 points.
Relatively, even the first half was tied to 14-14 at the brand 11:09 after laid by Gardner. A pair of free throws from Ralph kept him tied 22-22 with 5:25 to go.
The Pacific lags 29-28, with Fisher hit a jumper and Ralph drained three to lead 33-29 in the last minute. WSU scored the last point of half-time at free throw, but the tigers were 33-30 in the advance.
The largest Pacific lead in the 36-30 game came to three from Washington at the first possession of the second half. The tigers still overtook 45-42 laying from Washington with 12:14 remained.
Cugars responded with a large 10-0 to get up to 52-45 with 9:02. Although the troops from Krivocapik and Ralph, followed by another crooked basket, nourish 8-0 to place the Pacific back in front of 53-52 at the 6:34 brand.
The battle for Seesaw continued as Washington pierced three to make a 68-65 game for the Pacific with 47 seconds. Calsese, however, answered three to the couges to regain 68-68 with 34 seconds before the final sequence happened.
The tigers will end the week with a road game on 16:00 Saturday in Santa Clara. This will be the first meeting between the two this season.
Notes
-The Ocean improved to 2-0 for all time against the cougars. It was the first WSU trip to a hundred, as teams never played each other before this season.
-The tyks are already 808-459 for all time at home and 345-226 in the center of Alex G. Spanos.
– The Pacific exceeded both his victory in the season and the overall victory of the conference a year ago.
– In all seven of the Pacific victories this year, the team surpassed the opposition in paint.
-Ralph poured into his 82nd dual figure in his career and 22nd this year. He drained a trio of three indicators, which coincided with the most season. Ralph blurred a pair of blocks for the fourth consecutive game.
– Washington has entered the game, ranked seventh in the country by general assistance and 21st assistants per match (6.0) and will improve after its sign after distributing eight. It was the fifth time this year he registered 40 minutes (or more). Washington cut off its 16th double figure game of the year and sixth in a row. He scored 40 points in the first match against WSU and continued to win the WCC player of the week.
– Gardner is ashamed of his 15 -point career against Illinois on December 7, 2024. He is the first player to go perfectly from the Pacific field with at least five attempts after Sam Freeman against Stanislav State in November.
– The two highest sums for the evaluation of the year of Krivokapic came against the WSU, as it had 18 at the first meeting and 14 tonight. It was his 30th double-figure game in his career and eighth this year.
-Fisher presented his 39th career two-digit performance of scoring and 23rd this year. It is in double digits in 23 of 24 games.
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