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Pacific fends off Pepperdine with an 89-84 WCC tourney win | |
LAS VEGAS (AP) Ray Bowles scored 26 points and made 11 for 12 foul shots and Pacific withstood a career-high 41 points from Pepperdine's Lamond Murray Jr. for an 89-84 win Friday night in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament. Pacific advanced to play WCC top seed and No. 4-ranked Gonzaga in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Nolan Taylor's layup brought the Waves to within 71-70 with 6:05 left before Bowles converted a 3-point play off a layup and drew the foul on Taylor. Anthony Townes made 1 of 2 foul shots for a 75-70 lead and Pacific (11-21) held on from there. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | L. Murray Jr. | 21.4 | |||
| Rebounds: | L. Murray Jr. | 5.7 | |||
| Assists: | J. Major | 3.9 | |||
| FG%: | L. Murray Jr. | 47.5% | |||
| FT%: | L. Murray Jr. | 77.9% | |||
| 3P%: | L. Murray Jr. | 38.1% | |||
| Steals: | A. Udenyi | 1.7 | |||
| Blocks: | C. Reyes | 1.4 | |||
| AP Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Villanova | 32-4 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 37-2 | |
| 3 | Kansas | 31-5 | |
| 4 | Arizona | 32-5 | |
| 5 | North Carolina | 33-7 | |
| 6 | Kentucky | 32-6 | |
| 7 | Duke | 28-9 | |
| 8 | UCLA | 31-5 | |
| 9 | Oregon | 33-6 | |
| 10 | Louisville | 25-9 | |
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| Coaches Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | North Carolina | 33-7 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 37-2 | |
| 3 | Oregon | 33-6 | |
| 4 | Kansas | 31-5 | |
| 5 | Kentucky | 32-6 | |
| 6 | South Carolina | 26-11 | |
| 7 | Arizona | 32-5 | |
| 8 | Villanova | 32-4 | |
| 9 | UCLA | 31-5 | |
| 10 | Florida | 27-9 | |
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| West Coast Standings | ||
| Conference | Overall | |
| W-L | W-L | |
| Gonzaga | 17-1 | 37-2 |
| Saint Mary's | 16-2 | 29-5 |
| BYU | 12-6 | 22-12 |
| San Francisco | 10-8 | 20-13 |
| Santa Clara | 10-8 | 17-16 |
| Loyola Marymount | 8-10 | 15-15 |
| San Diego | 6-12 | 13-18 |
| Pepperdine | 5-13 | 9-22 |
| Pacific | 4-14 | 11-22 |
| Portland | 2-16 | 11-22 |
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