Pacific owns at least a three-game lead over every team in the Big West men's basketball standings, except for second place UC Santa Barbara.  The Gauchos are in hot pursuit of the league-leading Tigers, just one-half game back.  Both teams have only one conference game on the ledger this week.

Orlando Johnson (Seaside, Calif./Loyola Marymount) spearheaded UC Santa Barbara's efforts in a key road sweep of northern California opponents Pacific and UC Davis to garner Big West Men's Basketball Player of the Week honors.

Kyle Austin put on an offensive clinic Saturday evening at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Gym pouring in a career-high 35 points as the Highlanders ended a three-game losing streak with a 76-59 win over the Titans.

Before Thursday night, the last time the University of the Pacific lost a basketball game at the A.G. Spanos Center was on Feb. 22, 2008. The team that defeated them that night? UC Santa Barbara. On Thursday night, the Gauchos did it again. A 3-pointer by James Powell with 12:39 left in the first half completed an 11-0 run and gave UCSB a 14-2...

Trent Blakley scored 20 points and Santwon Latunde added 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Cal State Bakersfield past UC Irvine, 68-55, in a non-conference game at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield Wednesday night.