Saint Mary’s, USF Have To Run Table At West Coast Conference Tournament For NCAA Bid

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Feb 27, 2014; Stockton, CA, USA; Pacific Tigers guard Andrew Bock (12) dribbles the ball against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the first half at Alex G. Spanos Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

Pacific Tigers (15-14)

WCC: 6-12, tied for eighth (won tiebreaker with Santa Clara)

The Tigers had a strong non-conference slate, going 9-2 against a schedule that didn’t include a lot of major powers. The losses were a 23-point drubbing at Oregon on Nov. 29 and a 25-point beating at the hands of Princeton in Las Vegas on Dec. 20.

In their return to the West Coast Conference after a more than 40-year absence (the Tigers left the league after the 1970-71 season), things did not go well. They dropped their first four conference games and six of their first seven and closed the season with four losses in their last five games.

Andrew Bock (11.3 points per game), Tony Gill (11.2) and Sama Taku (10.8) lead a balanced offensive attack for Pacific under first-year coach Ron Verlin, who took over for Bob Thomason—who retired last spring after taking the Tigers to the NCAA tournament out of the Big West Conference.

Defense is where the Tigers struggle. They are ninth in the WCC, allowing 75.6 points per game in conference play and are last with 36 blocked shots. Throw in that eighth-best 45.7 percent shooting for Pacific and they can struggle to get back into games should they fall behind.

The Tigers split with their first-round opponent, beating the Broncos at home 80-68 on Jan. 11 and losing at Santa Clara 70-50 on Feb. 20.

Overall Stats

Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Andrew Bock	29	815	81	203	.399	23	70	.329	142	161	.882	61	86	11	1	45	60	327
Tony Gill	29	736	124	243	.510	32	84	.381	46	63	.730	168	27	21	8	48	84	326
Sama Taku	29	799	118	296	.399	12	54	.222	65	84	.774	116	62	17	1	45	71	313
Ross Rivera	29	553	79	186	.425	22	54	.407	58	66	.879	71	19	14	7	31	72	238
Trevin Harris	29	652	71	142	.500	32	78	.410	45	53	.849	106	55	16	4	26	64	219
T.J. Wallace	29	556	68	174	.391	33	90	.367	44	66	.667	55	33	28	1	43	69	213
Khalil Kelley	29	587	62	127	.488	0	0		51	86	.593	138	20	5	15	43	100	175
Aaron Short	28	473	44	95	.463	26	46	.565	17	19	.895	98	33	22	7	27	58	131
Tim Thomas	29	268	30	67	.448	0	0		11	20	.550	58	9	4	10	19	44	71
Gabriel Aguirre	23	189	14	25	.560	0	1	.000	21	29	.724	38	3	4	3	7	29	49
David Taylor	22	167	16	46	.348	8	29	.276	7	11	.636	10	8	9	0	18	16	47
Spencer Llewellyn	9	28	1	8	.125	0	7	.000	1	1	1.000	2	2	0	0	3	1	3
Thomas Peters	4	4	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Provided by Sports-Reference.com/CBB: View Original Table
Generated 3/5/2014.

WCC Stats

Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tony Gill	18	475	75	149	.503	20	55	.364	30	40	.750	113	18	7	3	28	54	200
Andrew Bock	18	514	50	131	.382	16	45	.356	83	96	.865	41	55	7	1	31	44	199
Sama Taku	18	482	74	172	.430	8	35	.229	32	43	.744	61	37	12	1	27	48	188
Trevin Harris	18	408	51	97	.526	24	54	.444	38	43	.884	70	33	15	3	16	45	164
Ross Rivera	18	349	43	110	.391	12	35	.343	30	35	.857	38	10	6	3	18	42	128
T.J. Wallace	18	342	37	110	.336	18	60	.300	32	46	.696	41	18	18	1	23	47	124
Aaron Short	17	292	28	64	.438	20	37	.541	8	8	1.000	61	22	10	5	18	34	84
Khalil Kelley	18	367	28	75	.373	0	0		26	46	.565	77	12	4	13	22	61	82
David Taylor	14	125	15	38	.395	8	25	.320	7	11	.636	8	5	8	0	14	14	45
Gabriel Aguirre	15	128	7	15	.467	0	0		19	25	.760	22	1	3	2	4	19	33
Tim Thomas	18	138	13	30	.433	0	0		4	8	.500	30	6	2	4	12	25	30
Spencer Llewellyn	3	7	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Provided by Sports-Reference.com/CBB: View Original Table
Generated 3/5/2014.

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