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58
Canisius CAN 3-4
80
Winner Pacific PAC 3-4
Canisius CAN
3-4
58
Final
80
Pacific PAC
3-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Canisius CAN 28 30 58
Pacific PAC 47 33 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Pacific Runs Past Men’s Basketball

STOCKTON, CALIF. – Pacific had five players scored in double-figures and the host Tigers outscored Canisius 46-26 in the paint en route to an 80-58 victory over Canisius Sunday afternoon in the final game of the Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase in the Spanos Center. The win moves Pacific to 3-4 on the year, while the Golden Griffins slipped to 3-4 with the loss.
 
Canisius senior Jermaine Crumpton scored a game-high 21 points in the loss for Canisius, while fellow senior Selvedin Planincic came off the bench to add nine points and five rebounds. Sophomore guard Malik Johnson added nine points and a career-high nine assists against zero turnovers in 36 minutes of action for the Blue and Gold, which shot 40.7 percent from the field, 25.9 percent from 3-point land and 75 percent from the free-throw line in the loss.
 
Pacific junior Anthony Townes scored a team-high 14 points to lead the way for the Tigers, who finished the day shot 51.7 percent from the floor, 46.2 percent from 3-point land and 87.5 percent from the free-throw line. Roberto Gallinat and Jack Williams each added a dozen points to the Tigers' efforts on Sunday, while sophomore Jahlil Tripp chipped in nine points, nine boards and 11 assists. Pacific held a 36-29 advantage on the glass and turned 18 Canisius turnovers into 18 points.
 
The Tigers took control of the game from the start, hitting on three-straight 3-point attempts in the game's first 1:25 to take a 9-3 lead. Pacific led by as many as 22 in the first half and saw its lead balloon to 26 with 16:38 left in regulation time. Canisius mounted a comeback attempt and got within a dozen at 61-49 thanks to an 18-4 run over the span of 6:25. In that scoring run, Crumpton accounted for 10 of the Griffs' points, but Pacific squashed any comeback attempt by scoring six-straight points in the span of 48 seconds to make the score 67-49 in favor of the Tigers with 8:13 left on the clock.
 
For their efforts in the four-game Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase, Crumpton and sophomore Isaiah Reese were named to the All-Tournament Team, with Reese earning co-MVP accolades. Crumpton averaged 16.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 53.3 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from 3-point land and 92.9 percent from the free-throw line. Reese earned co-MVP honors after he averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per games in contests against Air Force, Texas State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Pacific.
 
Head Coach Reggie Witherspoon's Postgame Comments
"When you lose the rebounding battle and you turn it over more than your opponent, you more than likely going to struggle to win the game. We came in with a good game plan to try and slow [Pacific] down, but they got some quick threes to start and our guys tried to force it offensively. Pacific is looking to put stress on your transition defense, and ours wasn't very good today. They moved a lot faster than we did and it ended up forcing us to play a style we are not comfortable with yet."
 
Game Notes
• This was the third meeting between these two programs, and Sunday's game was the first played at Pacific. Canisius leads the series 2-1.
• Canisius ends the Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase with a 2-2 record.
• Crumpton's 21 points matches a season high, and it marks the 16th time in his career where he's scored 20-or more points in a game.
• Johnson's nine assists Sunday gives him 40 for the season, and 188 in his career in just 41 games.
• Sophomore Spencer Foley had six points on the power of two makes from 3-point land, giving him multiple 3-point field goals in five games this season.
 
Up Next
Canisius will return to home on Saturday, Dec. 2, when the Golden Griffins play host to Dartmouth in the Koessler Athletic Center. Game time is set for 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3, with the radio call available on Buffalo's WECK 1230-AM and 102.9-FM, GoGriffs.com and the TUNEIN app.
 
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