Schedule & Results Day Date Opponent time/result Fri. 11/9 at Seattle W, Sun. 11/11 at Eastern Washington W, 64-51

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1 Pacific Tigers 3-6 overall 13-4 BIG WEST Schedule & Results Day Date Opponent time/result Fri. 11/9 at Seattle W, Sun. 11/11 at Eastern Washington W, Thur. 11/15 nevada W, 7-63 Tues. 11/0 Santa Clara W, 7-45 Fri. 11/3 Fordham W, 6-40 Wed. 11/8 Fresno State W, Mon. 1/3 at San Jose State W, Fri. 1/7 at Florida l, 8-89 Sat. 1/15 at #1 Stanford l, Thur. 1/0 at St. Mary s W, 75-7 Sat. 1/9 San Francisco W, Mon. 1/31 CSU Bakersfield W, Sat. 1/5 uc Davis* W, Thur. 1/10 at UC Santa Barbara* W, 64-5 Sat. 1/1 at Cal Poly* 3OT L, Thur. 1/17 hawai i* W, Sat. 1/19 Cal State Northridge* W, Thur. 1/4 at UC Riverside* W, Sat. 1/6 at Cal State Fullerton* W, Thur. 1/31 uc Irvine* W, Sat. / long Beach State* W, Thur. /7 Cal Poly* L, 59-6 Sat. /9 uc Santa Barbara* l, 47-5 Thur. /14 at Cal State Northridge* W, Sat. /16 at Hawai i* OT L, Thur. /1 Cal State Fullerton* W, Sat. /3 uc Riverside* W, Thur. /8 at Long Beach State* W, Sat. 3/ at UC Irvine* W, Sat. 3/9 at UC Davis* v 4:30 Big West Tournament - Bren Events Center, Irvine Wed. 3/13 Quarters (1st Rd winners vs 3,4 ) v TBD Big West Tournament - honda Center, anaheim Fri. 3/15 Semifinals (Q winners vs 1, ) v TBD Sat. 3/16 Final v TBD ALL TIMES PM AND PACIFIC. *-BIG WEST CONFERENCE GAME V - VIDEO ON BWCTV; - RADIO ON KWSX at UC Davis Aggies 1-16 overall 7-10 BIG WEST SATURDAY, MARCH 9 4:30 pm PT UCD PAVILION DAVIS, CALIF. Pronunciations (& style guide) #14 Sam Pettinger... Pettin-jerr #0 Brianna Johnson... Bree-ah-nah #3 Hailie Eackles... Hay-Lee Eck-ells #4 Gena Johnson... JEE-na (like Gina ) Coach Lynne Roberts... Lynn Coach Amy VanHollebeke...van holleh-beck Please Use: University of the Pacific, Pacific, Tigers Please Don t Use: UOP, Lady Tigers Conference Realignment: Last of 9 seasons in Big West Joining West Coast Conference for Probable Starters (subject to change; reserves sorted by minutes; roster on page ) Pos # Player ht Yr. PPG RPG Other Notes G 4 Gena Johnson 5-9 JR APG Season-high 6 points at Hawai i (/16) 44% FG Double-figure scoring in 17 of last games G Erica McKenzie 5-6 SR APG School-Record tying 8 treys vs Northridge (8-of-10) 38% 3p nd in Pacific/Big West history in career 3s (53) G 11 Ashley Wakefield 5-11 SR APG Double-doubles against Fordham and San Jose St. 43% FG Season-high 3 points at Cal Poly F 4 Kendall Rodriguez 6-0 SR APG Double-figure scoring in of 9 games 36% 3p 9th in points, 5th in rebounds all-time at Pacific C 10 Kendall Kenyon 6- SO blks Leads Big West in RPG, FG%, Double-Doubles 57% FG 19 pts, Car. High rebs/8 blocks vs CSN (1/9) G 14 Sam Pettinger 5-10 JR asst 7 assts vs UH (1/17); 7 pts vs LBSU (/), UH (1/16) G 3 Kristina Johnson 5-5 SO APG Shooting.500 (13-of-6) in last nine games F 5 Ashley Smith 6-1 SR blks 4 of PAC s 6 pts in nd OT vs CP; 6 pts in 9 min vs UCSB G 1 Claire Conricode 5-10 SO % 3Pt Led Big West in 3-point pct (17-of-43), now DNQ F 0 Brianna Johnson 5-10 SR stls Career-high 10 points at Saint Mary s (1/0) F 3 Shanice Butler 6- JR stls Career-high 15 points vs Fullerton (/1) G 3 Hailie Eackles 5-9 RFR mins Averaging 15.6 points per 40 minutes G Tabatha Anderson 5-3 FR 0/ min First career pts (- FT) vs CSUB (1/31) Head Coach - Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific, 1997, 000), Seventh Season Associate Head Coach: Bradley Davis (California, 1995) Assistant Coaches: Amy VanHollebeke (Pacific, 008), Davin Johnson (Grand Canyon). Basketball Operations: Director - Miranda Forry (UC Irvine, 008), Asst Dir. - Amanda Leland (Kansas, 005) Tigers At At Glance A WIN AWAY FROM FIRST BIG WEST TITLE The Tigers can clinch their first-ever Big West regular season title and earn a bye to the BWC tournament semifinals with a win over UC Davis in the regular season finale. Pacific has already secured a bye to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. GOING OUT ON A HIGH NOTE Saturday s game at UC Davis will be Pacific s final regular season Big West game, as the Tigers join the West Coast Conference next season. SETTING THE STANDARD Pacific added to the program record for wins in a season with their 3nd on Saturday against UC Irvine. The Tigers won 0 games in (0-7) and (0-15). The squad holds the Pacific best winning percentage mark (.741). The Tigers would secure that record as well by winning Saturday (no worse than 4-8,.750). ROAD WARRIORS The Tigers tied the program record for road wins in a season and can set a new school record with an 11th road win at UC Davis on Saturday. Pacific already set their program mark with 13 home wins this season. SHUTDOWN DEFENSE Pacific allowed UC Irvine to score just 17 points in the second half on March, holding the Anteaters to 19 percent shooting (6-of-31). The Tigers forced 16 straight UCI misses, and a -for-4 stretch as part of a 6-5 Pacific run. SO MUCH ROBBIN IN THE LBC Erica McKenzie tied her career-high with six steals against Long Beach on Feb. and then tied that mark again with another six steals agianst Long Beach on Feb. 8. McKenzie now ranks third all-time at Pacific with 0 career steals. KENDALL S RARE COMPANY Kendall Rodriguez became the first Tiger in 3 years to amass 100 career points and 700 career rebounds. She s one of just five players in school history to do so, joining Karen Peets ( ), Jane Romberg-Geiger ( ), Janet Whitney (198-86) and Julie Szukalski ( ). THE 500 CLUB Ashley Wakefield (535) reached 500 career points against Cal State Fullerton in less than two seasons. She needed just 48 games to hit the half-a-grand mark, after missing 10 games last season due to injury. She added 14 points against Riverside and ranks 3rd in Pacific history in scoring average with 10.5 points per game. Sophomore Kendall Kenyon (50) also reached 500 career points in her second season at Pacific. E FOR THREE, AGAIN. Erica McKenzie broke her own Pacific record for three-pointers made in a season, with 76 and counting. Last season, she hit 75. She also moved into second place in Big West & Pacific history in threes made with 53, passing Nancy Dinges (50). She s 18 behind the all-time mark of 71 (Selena Ho). McKenzie also tied the Tigers single-game mark this season (eight vs Northridge on /14) and holds the top two single-game percentage records (7-for-8 vs Florida last season, 8-for-10 vs Northridge). FAMILIAR SIGHT Kendall Rodriguez & Erica McKenzie broke the Tigers all-time mark for career games played (10) on Feb. 8, now at 11. DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE Kendall Kenyon has 1 double-doubles on the season, which ranks 9th in the nation. She turned in five-straight from Jan 19. to Feb.. Kenyon saw her rebounds per game dip below 10.0 for the first time all season after the UC Irvine game (when she finished with eight boards). She is on pace to set the Tigers single-season rebound mark, 19 behind Karen Peets record of 308 ( ). RODRIGUEZ EN FUEGO Kendall Rodriguez has scored in double-figures in 18 of her last 0 games, including 1 straight from Dec. 0 to Feb.. Rodriguez has now has hit double-figures in 6 of her 109 career starts. RPI WATCH Pacific sits at number 46 in the RPI (through games of Feb. 8). The Tigers are slotted as a 13-seed in ESPN.com s Bracketology Projection. UP NEXT The Big West tournament, entering in the semifinals or quarters. Pacific Women s Basketball 01-13

2 Starting Lineups Gm opp G G G F F 1 W SEA G. Johnson McKenzie Pettinger Rodriguez Kenyon W EWU G. Johnson McKenzie Pettinger Rodriguez Kenyon 3 W NEV G. Johnson McKenzie Pettinger Rodriguez Kenyon 4 W SCU G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 5 W FORD G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 6 W FRES G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 7 W SJSU G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 8 L FLA G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 9 L STAN G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 10 W SMC G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 11 W USF G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 1 W CSUB G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 13 W UCD G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 14 W UCSB G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 15 L CP G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 16 W HAW G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 17 W CSN G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 18 W UCR G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 19 W CSF G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 0 W UCI G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 1 W LBSU G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon L CP G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 3 L UCSB G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 4 W CSN G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 5 L UH G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 6 W CSF G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 7 W UCR G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 8 W LBSU G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 9 W UCI G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon 30 ucd 31 BWCQ 3 BWCS? 33 BWCF? By Lineups (01-13) Gms W-L G G G F F G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon G.Johnson McKenzie Pettinger Rodriguez Kenyon By Lineups (Career) Gms W-L G G G F F 30-8 G.Johnson McKenzie Wakefield Rodriguez Kenyon G.Johnson McKenzie Pettinger Rodriguez Kenyon Cal Poly CSU Bakersfield... - Cal State Fullerton Cal State Northridge Eastern Washington Florida Fordham Fresno State Hawai i Long Beach State Nevada Saint Mary s San Francisco San Jose State Santa Clara Seattle Stanford UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara Series Records By Conference (current mem.) Atlantic 10 (FOR)... - Big Sky (EWU) Big West Indep (CSUB)... - MWC (NEV, FSU) Pac-1 (STAN) SEC (FLA) WAC (SEA, SJSU) WCC (SMC, USF, SCU) Pacific Tigers Roster # Player ht. Pos. Yr Hometown/High School (Last College) Tabatha Anderson 5-3 G Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. / Pleasant Valley HS 3 Kristina Johnson 5-5 G So. Santa Monica, Calif. / Santa Monica HS 4 Kendall Rodriguez 6-0 F Sr. La Habra, Calif. / Brea Olinda HS 5 Ashley Smith 6-1 F Sr. Eugene, Ore. / Willamette (Lane Community) 10 Kendall Kenyon 6- F So. Stockton, Calif. / St. Mary s 11 Ashley Wakefield 5-11 G Sr. Santa Clarita, Calif. / Washington Prep (College of the Canyons) 1 Erin Butler 5-11 G RS Fr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. / Mission Viejo (Arizona*) 14 Sam Pettinger 5-10 G Jr. Everett, Wash. / Archbishop Murphy HS 0 Brianna Johnson 6-0 F Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. / Mitchell (Central Arizona) 1 Claire Conricode 5-9 G So. Bothell, Wash. / Holy Names Academy Erica McKenzie 5-6 G Sr. Sparks, Nev. / Reed HS 3 Hailie Eackles 5-9 G RS Fr. Sunnyvale, Calif. / Pinewood HS 4 Gena Johnson 5-9 G Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. / Franklin HS 3 Shanice Butler 6- F Jr. Sacramento, Calif. / Kennedy (Central Arizona) 4 Ande Lampert 6-4 C Fr. Boulder, Colo. / Boulder (* SITTING OUT PER NCAA TRANSFER RULES. Eligible ) Head Coach Lynne Roberts Seventh Season (9-119) - Seattle Pacific (1997, 000) Through six seasons at the helm of the women s basketball program, Head Coach Lynne Roberts has turned the Pacific Tigers into a post-season program and a Big West title contender. In 011-1, Roberts squad turned in the highest win total in 10 seasons and made a post-season tournament for the second time in program history. She led the Tigers to the Women s National Invitation Tournament, as Pacific advanced to the second round with the program s first-ever postseason victory, a 77-6 home win over Arizona State. Pacific also picked up a regular season win over NCAA Tournament participant Florida (who advanced to the second round). Roberts led the Tigers to 18 wins in and has 155 career coaching victories. With almost the entire roster returning for 01-13, it appears that the Tigers will be among the top teams in the Big West Conference and have lofty expectations for her seventh season. A fierce competitor, Roberts has instilled her team with a never-say-die mindset that has led to a number of big comebacks. In her fifth season at the helm (010-11) the Tigers erased 10-point deficits in 13 different games, including a Big West Quarterfinal win at UC Santa Barbara. The Tigers snapped a 4-game losing streak at the Thunderdome by ending the game on a run to topple regular season co-champion. While their number of double-digit comebacks decreased from the previous year, the Tigers had learned to close out games with authority: Pacific rallied from down 10 points in the final :1 to force overtime in a win at Nevada; slammed the door against Florida with seven points in the final 9 seconds; finished off Fullerton with a 6-0 game-ending run in a five-point win; and ran off a 1- run at UC Santa Barbara for a four-point win. Pacific finished tied for third in the Big West in 011-1, the highest BWC finish since 004. Roberts has guided Pacific to three top four finishes in the BWC in her six seasons. With 69 victories entering her seventh season, she ranks second on the Tigers all=time win list (69-113). In her six seasons, the Tigers have racked up 0 All-Big West team honors, five All-Freshman Team honors, and the Sixth Woman of the Year award, won by center Christina Thompson (008-01). The Tigers finished second in offense (69. PPG) in the Big West, and led the conference in offensive rebounds (15.3/Game) in The fast-paced Tigers have hit the 90-point mark seven times in Roberts tenure, as each game ranks in the top 0 point totals in Tiger history. Against Cal State Bakersfield, the Tigers scored 38 fast-break points, set a school record with 74 points in the paint, and handing out a school record-tying 34 assists. Defensively, the Tigers held opponents under 50 three times, including a win over UC Santa Barbara. Roberts led the Tigers to a overall mark and an 8-8 conference record in Additionally, Roberts helped guide her squad to the best home record in program history, when the Tigers went 1- in the Spanos Center. Additionally, the Tigers finished No. 1 in rebounding, averaging 40.3 rebounds per game. Before coming to Pacific, Roberts spent four seasons at Chico State, building the Wildcats into a national power at the NCAA Division II level. During her final season, the Wildcats were 8-4 in , advancing to the NCAA Final Four. She compiled a record of in her four years at Chico State, leading the team to a school record for wins in each of her last two seasons. She earned California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year honors in both and , leading the Wildcats to first place finishes. In Roberts led the club to a 4-6 record and the first CCAA title in school history. Additionally, the Wildcats advanced to the NCAA Tournament West Region title game. Roberts was named the WBCA West Region Coach of the Year. After an outstanding playing career at Seattle Pacific, she became an assistant coach for the Falcons in She helped lead the team to a Pacific West Conference title, an NCAA Tournament West Regional Championship, and a trip to the Elite Eight.During her five years as an assistant coach at Seattle Pacific, the Falcons compiled an impressive record and made five straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. During Roberts playing career at Seattle Pacific, she received numerous honors. As a co-captain her senior year, she was named to the NCAA West Regional All-Tournament team and was selected second team all-conference her junior year. She holds six school records for three-point field goals, including most threes made in a season (8) and career (196), which are also Pacific West Conference records. Roberts graduated in the spring of 1997 with a degree in history from Seattle Pacific and added a master s degree in athletic administration in the spring of 000. A native of Northern California, she attended Enterprise High School in Redding, where she earned 1 varsity letters and was named the 1993 Northern Section Player of the Year. P a g e

3 LAST TIME VERSUS UC DAVIS The Tigers are 10-1 all-time against UC Davis, and have won the last two meetings. Pacific won the first meeting this year, a victory in the Spanos Center in the conference opener. The Tigers also posted a win in the BWC quarterfinals last season in Davis after the two teams tied for third in the conference standings. HOME SWEET HOME Pacific set the program record for home wins in a season with a 13- record in The Tigers toppped the squad (1-). Pacific is out-scoring opponents at home. The Tigers had won 1 straight home games, the second-longest home win streak in program history, two back of the program mark before a home loss to Cal Poly on Feb. 7. ROAD SWEET ROAD Pacific tied the program record for road wins in a season Saturday at UC Irvine. The Tigers are 10-4 on the road this season, tied with the 10-4 mark turned in by the Tigers. Four road losses is the fewest by a Pacific team in a single-season. WINTER OF 69 Pacific is now 7-4 in the last 31 games when scoring 69 or more points in regulation, including 13- this season. The two losses this year were an 8-89 loss at Florida, and the triple overtime loss at Cal Poly (tied after regulation. Pacific is since the start of last season when being held to 68 points or less in regulation. BALANCED ATTACK The Tigers have had ten different players score 10 or more points in a game this season: Kendall Rodriguez () Kendall Kenyon (1), Gena Johnson (1), Erica McKenzie (15), Ashley Wakefield (11), Shanice Butler (3), Brianna Johnson, Sam Pettinger, Claire Conricode and Hailie Eackles. Last season, the Tigers also had 10 different players hit double-figures in at least one contest. Pacific has had all five starters score in double-figures three times this season, against CSU Bakersfield (when seven Tigers hit double-digits) at Florida and at Cal Poly (in three overtimes). The loss to the Gators was the first time the Tigers have had five players score in double-figures in a loss since Dec. 4, 007 at Colorado State, a feat duplicated a Cal Poly and that has now happened only 14 times in Pacific history. Kenyon First To Grab 0+ boards in years Kendall Kenyon s rebounds against CS Northridge (1/19) was the sixth most in a game this season and tied for the fifth-most in a Division I game this season. She was the first Tiger to grab 0 since Natasha Norris in 1991, and the first to grab since Janet Otto grabbed 7 in December of Against Long Beach State, she grabbed 19 rebounds - eight offensive, 11 defensive - to give her five-straight double-doubles and 7 rebounds in a five-game stretch. MISS JOHNSON S NEIGHBORHOOD With 99 career rejections, Gena Johnson ranks third all-time in blocked shots at Pacific. She is one shy of 100 and a tie for second. She is nine blocks back of Julie Szukalski s all-time mark of 108 blocks. Last season, Johnson was second in the country in blocked shots by guards, and tops among point guards. She ranks 1th among guards in the NCAA in blocks per game this season. RECORD-SETTING PACE Kendall Kenyon s field goal percentage of.57 this season is on pace for the second-best in a single-season mark in Tiger history, behind Larelle Hendon s top mark of.608 (104-of-171; ). Kenyon is also on pace for Pacific s single-season rebounding record (308 by Karen Peets, ) as she has 88 and is on pace for 317 or more. She is also two back of the single-season offensive rebound record (96, set last year by Kendall Rodriguez). Kenyon is also on pace to challenge for Pacific s single-season blocks record, with 48 now and a pace for 54 (Leslie Cox, recorded 55 in ). SPEAKING OF PACE It might be an early projection, but with 44 career rebounds in 57 games, Kendall Kenyon is on pace for the Tigers career rebounding record. She already ranks 4th on Pacific s all-time rebounding list as a sophomore. At her current season average, she d be the fourth-fastest Tiger to reach 500 career boards (63 games), which would slot her 18th in career rebounding already. At her current career clip (7.75 per game), she d be on pace for 949 boards, which would challenge Julie Szukalski s all-time mark of 958 ( ). At her current season average (9.9) over 65 more games, Kenyon would finish with 1086 boards. The Tigers have never had a player with 1000 career points and 1000 career rebounds. Kenyon would need to average 8.58 rebounds and 7.66 points in 65 games to achieve the feet. At The Line, On The Line Tracking the Tigers performances at the free throw line with under 4:00 remaining in regulation (or in overtime) and the score within eight points Career Player FT FTA Pct FT FTA Pct Gena Johnson Kristina Johnson Kendall Kenyon Erica McKenzie Sam Pettinger Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Smith Ashley Wakefield TEAM TOTAL Front Ends The Tigers on front-end of one-and-one opportunites Career Player FT FTA Pct FT FTA Pct Shanice Butler Brianna Johnson Gena Johnson Kristina Johnson Kendall Kenyon Erica McKenzie Sam Pettinger Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Smith Ashley Wakefield Kendall Kenyon TEAM TOTAL And-One! Tracking the number of times the Tigers get to the line, and how they fare, when they get - as Bill Raftery would say - The Hoop And The Harm Career Player FTM _Fouled Pct FT F Pct Ashley Wakefield * Gena Johnson Hallie Eackles Kendall Kenyon Sam Pettinger Shanice Butler Claire Conricode Erica McKenzie Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Smith TEAM TOTAL *- Wakefield earned a free throw not taken (injury) KENDALL IN CRUNCH TIME We weren t going to say anything until she missed, but Kendall Rodriguez hit 14 of her first 14 crunch-time free throws this season before a miss at Long Beach State. In the final four minutes of regulation (plus any overtime periods) with the game within eight points or less, Rodriguez is now 15-for-17 on the year (.88) and 48-of-57 (84) in her career. P a g e 3

4 Double-Doubles Player Career Streak Long Kendall Kenyon Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Wakefield Erica McKenzie Double-Doubles List Player O opp (Date) Pts Reb Kendall Kenyon E. Washington (11/9) Kendall Kenyon Fordham (11/3) Kendall Kenyon San Jose St (1/3) Kendall Kenyon Florida (1/7) Kendall Kenyon usf (1/9) Kendall Kenyon at Cal Poly (1/1) 13 1 Kendall Kenyon vs Northridge (1/19) 19 Kendall Kenyon at Riverside (1/4) 1 10 Kendall Kenyon at Fullerton (1/6) 1 10 Kendall Kenyon UC Irvine (1/31) 1 10 Kendall Kenyon Long Beach St (/) Kendall Kenyon at Hawaii (/16) Kendall Rodriguez Fresno St (11/8) Kendall Rodriguez at Cal Poly (1/1) Kendall Rodriguez UC Riverside (/3) Ashley Wakefield Fordham (11/3) 1 10 Ashley Wakefield San Jose St (1/3) Double-Digit Scoring Player Career Streak Long Kendall Rodriguez Erica McKenzie Gena Johnson Kendall Kenyon Ashley Wakefield Sam Pettinger Ashley Smith Shanice Butler Kristina Johnson Claire Conricode Brianna Johnson Hailie Eackles Point Games Player Career Streak Long Erica McKenzie Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Wakefield Gena Johnson Kendall Kenyon Point Game List Player O opp (Date) Pts FG Kendall Rodriguez usf (1/9) 9-16 Ashley Wakefield Cal Poly(1/1) Erica McKenzie uc Irvine (1/19) Erica McKenzie at Northridge (/14) Gena Johnson at Hawaii (/16) Double-Digit Rebounding Player Career Streak Long Kendall Kenyon Kendall Rodriguez Ashley Wakefield Gena Johnson Erica McKenzie Ashley Smith* Rebound Game List Player O opp (Date) Reb Off-Def Kendall Kenyon Northridge (1/19) 7-15 Double-Digit Assists Player Career Streak Long Erica McKenzie MCKENZIE NETS 1,000 Senior Erica McKenzie reached the 1,000 career point mark against Cal State Northridge (Jan. 19), becoming the 18th player in Pacific history to do so. Fittingly, her 1,000th point came on a three-pointer. Less than a minute into the game, McKenzie connected on her 15th career three pointer to hit 1,000 exactly. She sits 14th on Pacific s all-time scoring list with 1164 points. KENDALL HITS ONE-K Senior Kendall Rodriguez became the 17th member of Pacific s 1000-point club with a first-half three-pointer against USF on Dec. 9. She finished the game with points and now sits ninth on Pacific s all-time scoring list with 1,40 points. At her season scoring average, she s on pace to crack the top eight, and could hit the top five with 74 points in Pacific s remaining games (minimum of three remaining). G MAKES THREE? Junior Gena Johnson has moved into 1st on Pacific s all-time scoring list with 96 points. She s 74 shy of joining Rodriguez and McKenzie in the 1000 point club. With one regular season games remaining, the Tigers would likely need to advance in the Big West tournament and make a post-season tournament for her to get there this season. Johnson would need to average 18.5 points per game in four games, or 14.8 in five games to hit the century mark this season. PRORATED, IT S ALL FIVE With four-year seniors Kendall Rodriguez (140) and Erica McKenzie (1164) already members of the 1000 point club, junior Gena Johnson (96) on the cusp of joining, the Tigers starting lineup has five players who average over 50 points a season. Sophomore center Kendall Kenyon has tallied 50 career points, while two-year senior Ashley Wakefield has 535 in 51 games. INSIDE-OUT The Tigers 15-of-3 three-point shooting against Cal State Northrige was a season-high 65. percent, and is tied with UConn for the sixth-best percentage in a game in the NCAA this season. The Tigers shot eight-of-1 from two-point range (.381). The Tigers season three-point percentage rose 16 points to.349. ESPN.COM RECOGNIZES PACIFIC ESPN.com listed Pacific No. 9 in February 5th s Mid-Major report (accompanied by a picture of Kendall Kenyon). The Tigers cracked the top 10 for the first time this season, after back-to-back listings at 14th in Graham Hayes biweekly list of 15 programs outside the ACC, Big 10, Big 1, Big East, Pac-1 or SEC conferences. Monday s edition of Bracketology projects the Tigers as a 13 seed in the NCAA Tournament. THE LOST WEEKEND The Tigers lost leads of 1 vs Cal Poly (3:11 1st) and 14 vs UC Santa Barbara (17:11 second) to drop its first two home games of the year on Feb. 7 and Feb. 9. Pacific started the season 11-0 at home (one of last 13 undefeated teams at home), and had won 1-straight home games. Pacific entered the week at 15-0 when leading at the half, 14-0 when shooting a higher field goal percentage, and 14-0 when out-scoring its opponent in the paint; All undefeated marks that went by the wayside against Cal Poly and UCSB. The Tigers were outscored in the final nine minutes of the two games (aided by a foul count of 1- against Pacific. The Tigers were called for the final five fouls in each game, only the last of which was intentional). ON THE LINE The Tigers hit a season-best 15-of-16 (.938) from the free throw line to hold on for a 1-point victory at Cal State Fullerton (1/6). Pacific also hit 13-of-16 on the road against Cal State Northridge (/14). The Tigers are shooting 31 points higher from the free throw line in road games, but get to the line far less often. ERICA FOR 5 Erica McKenzie sprung for a then-season-high 5 points against UC Irvine, draining six-of-11 from behind the three-point line. She finished one three-pointer away from tying her career high in points (8, vs Sacramento State in 010). Her six threes were two off the program record of eight -- which she went on to tie against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 14. McKenzie is one of just five players to hit six or more three-pointers in a game at Pacific. CATCH-1 The Tigers erased a 1-point deficit to force overtime at Cal Poly, the largest deficit overcome to tie or take the lead in program history. Over 18:41, Pacific outscored Cal Poly to bring a 47-6 game back to all square at 65. The Tigers trailed by 18 at halftime, and outscored the Mustangs 44-6 in the second half. TRIPLE THE HEARTBREAK Pacific and Cal Poly both played the first triple-overtime game in their program s history on Jan. 1, with the Mustangs taking a one-point win. The Tigers fell to 5- in multi-overtime games. Neither team held a lead of more than one possession at any time in the extra sessions. The Tigers trailed for only 5 seconds of the 15 overtime minutes, but the last 8.8 seconds of the game. P a g e 4

5 THAT S NOT BAD EITHER Kendall Rodriguez hit five-of-seven from three-point range for 16 points against Northridge (/14), only 15 times has a Pacific player connected on more treys in a game but one of them happened to be Erica McKenzie s 8-for-10 performance in the same game. As a team, Pacific hit 15-of-3 from behind the arc against the Matadors, with Gena Johnson and Kristina Johnson each adding a trey. OH NO-VERTIME One-third of Pacific s losses have come in overtime this season, as the Tigers are 0- in games that go to extra time. The Tigers fell by one at Cal Poly in three OTs, and at Hawai i by three in a single extra frame. WHAT KEEPS US UP AT NIGHT Pacific s four conference losses have come down to the final possession (or just about). At Cal Poly, the Tigers held a three-point lead with eight seconds remaining in regulation, but an and-one putback tied the game and forced overtime. Pacific had the ball with a chance to win twice in the triple overtime game before falling by one. At home against Cal Poly, the Tigers trailed by one with the ball and 10 seconds remaining, but turned it over in the backcourt, leading to a pair of Poly free throws and Pacific s game-tying attempt missed its mark amid contact. Against UC Santa Barbara, the Gauchos hit a pair of free throws for the lead with 33 seconds to go, and added another two from the stripe before Pacific s game-tying three attempt was off the mark. Officials added time to the clock for UCSB to hit another pair of free throws for a five-point margin. At Hawai i, the Tigers tied the game with eight seconds left on Gena Johnson s free throws, and held off a lastsecond shot from Kamiliah Martin (with Ashley Smith bodying her up in the post). The Rainbow Wahine took the lead in overtime on a three-pointer with 13 seconds left and the Tigers game-tying three attempt rimmed out. LEFT IN HER WAKE Ashley Wakefield set season highs in back-to-back games at UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly. She tallied 19 points in the Tigers win at UC Santa Barbara on January 10, converting 7-of-1 from the field. Against Cal Poly, she finished with 3 points, one off her career-high (set twice). She had scored 16 twice this season, in a win at Saint Mary s and at Florida. She s scored in double-figures in eight of her 1 starts this season. She grabbed eight offensive rebounds against San Jose State as part of her first double-double of the season. She finished with 10 boards to go with 11 points. Against UC Irvine, Wakefield finished just shy of a double-double with nine points and eight boards while handing out four assists. In the home contest against Cal Poly, she led the Tigers in scoring with 14 points while adding seven rebounds. D BY THE RIVERSIDE Pacific held UC Riverside s Tre Shonti Nottingham to a season-low seven points on Jan. 4. She entered the game leading the Big West in scoring at 19.7 points per game. It was just the second time on the seas year she d be held under double-digits. She also didn t tally an assist after entering the game with a 3.8 assist average. PACIFIC HANGS A HUNDRED With the win over Cal State Bakersfield on Dec. 31, the Tigers scored 100 points in a game for the eighth time in program history, and first since Feb. 0, 1991 (a win over New Mexico State). The 10 points tied for the third-most in school history and tied for the most against a Division I opponent. SEVEN HIT DOUBLE-FIGURES For the first time in school history, seven Tigers scored in double-figures in the same game, as Kendall Rodriguez (16), Gena Johnson (14), Ashley Wakefield (13), Erica McKenzie (13), Kendall Kenyon (11), Hailie Eackles (10) and Shanice Butler (10) hit double-digits against Cal State Bakersfield. Ten different Tigers have hit double-figures in a game this season (Claire Conricode, Brianna Johnson and Sam Pettinger being the others). RUNNING AWAY Tied 1-1 against UC Riverside with 5:34 to go in the first half, Pacific embarked on a 6-4 run over the next 10:10 to seize control and never look back en route to a win. The Tigers hit 11/1 three-pointers led by Erica McKenzie s four-of-six and Claire Conricode s two-of-three. PRIZED POSSESSIONS The Tigers forced 1 first half turnovers on 48 Hawai i possessions in the first half of the January meeting. Pacific created four-straight turnovers on two separate occasions. The Tigers defense created 16 turnovers of the first 31 offensive opportunities for the Rainbow Wahine. NEVER IN DOUBT Pacific s 4-point win over CSU Bakersfield tied for the Tigers eighth-highest margin of victory, the 14th time Pacific has beaten an opponent by 40 or more points. It also tied for the fifth-highest margin of victory against a Division I opponent. The Tigers never trailed and held the lead for 39:44 of the game, taking their largest lead of the season at 44 points late in the second half. Tiger Trends W-L At Spanos Center On the Road At a Neutral Site Conference Non-Conference vs Atlantic 10 (Fordham) vs Big Sky (EWU) vs Independent (CSUB) vs Mountain West (FSU, NEV) vs Pac-1 (STAN) vs SEC (FLA) vs Western Athletic (SJSU, SEA) vs West Coast (SMC, USF, SCU) vs Ranked After a Win After a Loss Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Wearing Black (at SEA, FLA, SMC, CP, CSF, UH) Wearing Orange (at EWU, SJ, STAN, UCSB, UCR, CSN, H-UCR) Wearing White (most home games) Wearing Pink (Home vs LBSU) Game Decided by 1-5 points Game Decided by 6-9 points Game Decided by 10+ points Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Scores: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Pacific Allows: Leading at the Half Trailing at the Half Tied at the Half Higher FG% than Opponent Lower FG% than Opponent Equal FG% as Opponent More than Opponent Fewer than Opponent Same as Opponent More Points in the Paint than Opponent Fewer Points in the Paint than Opponent Same Points in the Paint as Opponent More Free Throw Att. than Opponent Fewer Free Throw Att. than Opponent Same Free Throw Att. as Opponent More Turnovers than Opponent Fewer Turnovers than Opponent Same Turnovers as Opponent Under 0 turnovers turnovers player in double figures player in double figures players in double figures players in double figures players in double figures players in double figures (Seven: 1-0) P a g e 5

6 NCAA Team Ranks Through Games of March 3 Category...No...NCAA Rk Winning Percentage Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Pct Field Goal Pct Field Goal Pct Def Three-Pt FG Made Three-Pt Pct Three-Pt Pct Def Rebounding Margin Assists Steals Blocks Turnover Margin Assist/TO Ratio NCAA Player Ranks Through Games of March 3 Cat... Player... No.... NCAA Rk. Reb... Kendall Kenyon FG%... Kendall Kenyon NQ Stls... Erica McKenzie P%... Erica McKenzie P%... Kendall Rodriguez PM... Erica McKenzie PM... Kendall Rodriguez Blks... Kendall Kenyon Blks... Gena Johnson A/TO... Erica McKenzie Big West Team Ranks Through Games of March 6 Category... No... BWC Rk. Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Pct Field Goal Pct Field Goal Pct Def Three-Pt FG Made Three-Pt Pct Three-Pt Pct Def Rebounding Off Rebounding Def Rebounding Margin Rebounding Pct Off Rebounding Pct Def Off Def Blocks Assists Steals Turnover Margin Assist/TO Ratio Big West Player Ranks Through Games of March 6 Cat... Player... No...BWC Rk. PPG... Kendall Rodriguez PPG... Gena Johnson PPG... Kendall Kenyon PPG... Erica McKenzie Reb... Kendall Kenyon OReb... Kendall Kenyon DReb... Kendall Kenyon FG%... Kendall Kenyon FG%... Gena Johnson FT%... Kendall Rodriguez Asst... Erica McKenzie Stls... Erica McKenzie P%... Erica McKenzie P%... Kendall Rodriguez PM... Erica McKenzie PM... Kendall Rodriguez Blks... Kendall Kenyon Blks... Gena Johnson A/TO... Erica McKenzie Min... Erica McKenzie NON-CONFERENCE NOTES At 10-, the Tigers won 10 non-conference games for the first time since joining the Big West in Prior to the BWC, playing a limited NorPac schedule that allowed up to 19 non-conference games, the Tigers went 10-9 in , 1-3 in 79-80, and 13- in Only s.867 squad posted a better non-conference win percentage than this season s.833. Pacific also topped the squad (8) for the most wins in a season before the New Year, tallying 10. RODRIGUEZ DROPS K-BOMB ON SAINT MARY S Down eight with nine minutes to go at Saint Mary s, Kendall Rodriguez delivered a 9-0 run with three-consecutive three-pointers over a span of 1:33. She wasn t done, as she hit two more, 31 seconds apart. All told, Rodriguez scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting over 4:56. During that span, the Tigers turned a deficit into a 69-6 lead with a 0-5 run. It was the fourth time in Rodriguez career she s hit five treys in a game. THE FIVE-FOOT ASSASSIN WITH THE REBOUND BUSINESS Pacific point guard Kristina Johnson grabbed a career-high five rebounds against USF. Listed at 5-5, Johnson was the shortest player to see action in the game, but equaled or exceeded the rebounding totals of 15 taller players. Of the three players to out-rebound KJ, all exceeded her 14 minutes of play. Johnson tallied a season-high eight points in Pacific s win at UC Riverside and matched it with eight against Long Beach State. Against the 49ers, she hit a pair of three-pointers on two attempts and added a drive to the basket. MAD BOMBERS The Tigers struck for a season-high 13 three-pointers at Saint Mary s on Dec. 0, and tied the program record with 15 against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 14. POINTS ON THE TAB Tabatha Anderson scored her first career points against CSU Bakersfield, hitting a pair of free throws (for points 99 and 100 in the game). It was the second appearance of the year for the walk-on. She grabbed her first career rebound at UC Riverside. BEST START IN 30 YEARS The Tigers started 7-0 for the second time in program history and first since the Pacific squad started a program-best 9-0 mark. The streak was also the fourth-longest win streak in school history. PACIFIC TRANSITIONS TO WCC The Tigers went a perfect 3-0 against future West Coast Conference opponents this season. Pacific downed Santa Clara, 7-45, won at Saint Mary s,75-7, and posted a win over San Francisco. The Tigers will join the WCC next year after 9 women s basketball seasons in the Big West. BRI BRINGS IT Brianna Johnson tallied a career-high 10 points at Saint Mary s, keeping Pacific within striking distance in the first half by hitting three shots from behind the three-point arc. She finished 3-of-5 from long distance and 3-of-6 from the field with four rebounds. Against CSU Bakersfield, she tied her career-high with six rebounds, a mark she matched at UC Riverside. PAINT LEADS TO MASTERPIECES The Tigers outscored their opponents in paint in 18 of 9 games this season. Pacific is 9-5 in the last 34 games when not allowing an opponent to outscore them in the paint. The Tigers three losses when posting more points in the paint this season were at home to Cal Poly and UCSB, and at Hawai i. Last season, the second round of the WNIT against San Diego and a home loss to Cal State Northridge. The Tigers and Cal Poly each scored 50 points in the paint in Pacific s triple-overtime loss this season. 100 GameS AND COUNTING for Rodriguez and McKenzie Erica McKenzie and Kendall Rodriguez have played 11 games, the all-time most at Pacific. McKenize has started 115 games, while Rodriguez has started 109. McKenzie has chance to reach the program mark of 119 games started, held by Cathy Lauritzen. For Rodriguez to get to 119, the Tigers would need to finish third in the Big West, make the Big West tournament finals, and then the finals of the NCAA Tournament or WNIT (and she d still trail McKenzie). BIG SECOND HALF The Tigers 53 second-half points at Florida was tied for the highest scoring half under coach Lynne Roberts. The Tigers exploded for 3 points in 5:0 from the 5:59 mark to the 0:57 mark of the second half, a pace of 183 points per 40 minutes. One of five 50+ point-halves in the Roberts era, Pacific also scored 53 in the second half against UC Irvine last season (Feb. 11, 01) and in the second half against Cal State Stanislaus (Nov. 13, 007). Pacific s hit 50 in a half six times in the last 15 seasons. The Tigers hit 53 points in the second half again against Cal State Bakersfield on Dec. 31, 01. Pacific also tallied 47 points in the second half against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 14, after tallying 7 in the first half. P a g e 6

7 Season & Career Highs Season Career (Division I Only) # - Tabatha Anderson (FR) Points CSU Bakersfield (1/31) CSU Bakersfield (1/31/1) Steals Assists #3 - Kristina Johnson (SO) Points 8 UC Riverside (1/4); LBSU (/) 11 Fullerton (/4/1) 5 Fresno St (11/8); USF (1/9); CP (1/1) 5 5x, (left and) LBSU (1/1/1); UCSB (1/8/1) Assists 4 E.Wash (11/11); UC Irvine (3/) 6 LBSU (1/1/1); UCI (/11/1) #4 - Kendall Rodriguez (SR) Points USF (1/9) 5 UC Irvine (/11/1) 10 Fresno St (11/8); UC Riverside (/3) 15 Sac St (11/1/10) Assists 7 UC Davis (1/5) 8 CSUB (11//11) Steals 4 Santa Clara (11/10); LBSU (/) 6 Florida (1/9/11) #5 - Ashley Smith (SR) Points 6 Santa Clara (11/0) ; UCSB (/9) 14 CSUB (11//11) 6 UC Riverside (1/4) 9 UC Riverside (/9/1) Assists 1 E.Wash (11/11); UCD (1/5) St. Mary s (11/19/11) #10 - Kendall Kenyon (SO) Points 19 UC Davis (1/5); CS Northridge (1/19) UC Irvine (/11/1) CS Northridge (1/19) CS Northridge (1/19/13) Blocks 8 CS Northridge (1/19) (School Record) 8 CS Northridge (1/19/13) (School Record) #11 - Ashley Wakefield (SR) Points 3 Cal Poly (1/1) 4 San Diego (1/11/11 and 3/18/1) 10 Fordham (11/3); San Jose St (1/3) 13 San Diego (1/11/11) Assists 4 CP (1/1); UCI (1/31); LB (/); CSN (/14) 6 CSUB (11//11) Steals 3 SJSU (1/3); CSUB (1/31); CSN (/14); 5 SIUE (11/6/11), CSN (1/14/1) CSF (/1); LBSU (/8) #14 - Sam Pettinger (JR) Points 11 E.Wash (11/11) 11 E. Wash (11/11/1) 4 Nevada (11/15) 7 Cal Poly (1/6/1) Assists 7 Hawai i (1/17) 7 Hawai i (1/17/13) Steals 4 USF (1/9) 4 USF (1/9/1) #0 - Brianna Johnson (SR) Points 10 St. Mary s (1/0) 10 St. Mary s (1/0/1) 6 CSUB (1/31); UC Riverside (1/4) 6 CSF (/4/1); CSUB (1/31/1), UCR (1/4/13) Assists SJSU (1/3); CSUB (1/31); UCR (1/4; /3) 5x, left plus CSUB (11//11); Blocks 1 CSUB (1/31); UC Riverside (1/4) 3 at Fullerton (/4/1) #1 - Claire Conricode (SO) Points 10 at Seattle (11/9) 10 at Seattle (11/9/1) 4 San Jose St (1/3) 4 San Jose St (1/3) Assists 1 Northridge (1/19); LBSU (/8) 1 5x # - Erica McKenzie (SR) Points 6 Northridge (/14) 8 Sac St (/13/10) 9 UCSB (1/10) 9 UCSB (3/8/11); UCSB (1/10/1) Assists 7 Santa Clara (11/0) 10 UC Davis (/9/11) Steals 6 Long Beach (/ & /8) 6 SMC (11/19/11); LBSU (//13 & /8/13) #3 - Hallie Eackles (RS FR) Points 10 CSUB (1/31) 10 CSUB (1/31/1) 6 CSUB (1/31) 6 CSUB (1/31/1) Assists Santa Clara (11/0) Santa Clara (11/0) #4 - Gena Johnson (JR) Points 6 at Hawaii (/14) 8 Cal State Fullerton (1/9/11) 9 Seattle (11/9) 9 UC Davis (/9/11), CSN (1/14/1); SEA (11/9/1) Assists 6 SEA (11/9); NEV (11/15); UCD (1/5) 9 Air Force (1/1/11) Steals 4 UC Davis (1/5) 6 Air Force (1/1/11) #3 - Shanice Butler (JR) Points 15 Fullerton (/1) 15 Fullerton (/1/13) 4 St. Mary s (1/0); UCR (/3) 4 St. Mary s (1/0/1); Riverside (/3/13) Steals Seattle (11/9); CSUB (1/31) Seattle (11/9/1); CSUB (1/31/1) Leads & Runs Largest Lead:...44, vs CSUB (96-5, nd, 4:36) Largest Deficit:... 36, at #1 Stanford (39-75, nd,:0) Largest Deficit Overcome: at Cal Poly (L, 3OT) (6-47) 1st,1:59 Largest Deficit Overcome in Win: at EWU (W) (14-4) 1st,13:0 Largest nd-half Deficit Overcome: at Cal Poly (L, 3OT) (31-49) nd,0:00 Largest Lead Lost: vs UCSB (L) (33-19) nd, 17:11 Largest Lead Lost, in a Loss vs UCSB (L) (33-19) nd, 17:11 Largest Run (within 8:00 span) at UCR (W) (from 7-3 to 49-5 over 7:53 Largest nd-half Run at UCR (W) (From 36-3 to over 7:38; nd) Ties...9 AVG (Most 1, at Cal Poly 3OT) Lead Changes...90 AVG (Most: 14 at Cal Poly 3OT) Time Leading, Tied, Trailing total ND HALF/OT (of 1180) (of 600) Time Leading : :51 Regulation AVG... (73.9%) 9:33...(79.3%) 15:5 Time Tied...71: :11 Regulation AVG...(6.0%) :5... (3.0%) 0:36 Time Trailing... 37: :58 Regulation AVG... (0.1%) 8:0... (17.7%) 3:3 Specialty Stats PAC... OPP Points in Paint AVG Pacific High CSUB Opponent Low SCU; FOR Points Off Turnovers AVG Pacific High CSUB Opponent Low UCSB Second Chance Points AVG Pacific High SMC Opponent Low FOR Fast Break AVG Pacific High...CSUB Opponent Low x Bench AVG Pacific High CSUB Opponent Low UCSB SCORING BY PERIOD...PAC... OPP First Half AVG Pacific High CSUB Pacific Low STAN; CSN Opponent Low UCSB Opponent High CP1 Second Half AVG Pacific High FLA, CSUB Pacific Low STAN Opponent Low UCI Opponent High FLA OTs (1st: 14/17; nd: 6/6, 3rd: 6/7) P a g e 7

8 Big West Standings As Of Mar. 8 Big West Overall Rk Team W L Pct. W L Pct. 1 Pacific * Cal Poly * Hawai i * UC Santa Barbara* Long Beach State* Cal State Northridge* UC Davis* Cal State Fullerton UC Irvine UC Riverside Top eight qualify for BWC Tournament (* clinched) Saturday, March 9 UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara Long Beach State at Cal Poly UC Riverside at Cal State Northridge Pacific at UC Davis Cal State Fullerton at Hawai i :00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 9:00 PM Tuesday, March 1 - (at UC Irvine Bren Events Center) Big West First Round No. 5 seed vs. No. 8 seed 6:00 PM No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed 30 min after Wednesday, March 13 - (at UC Irvine Bren Events Center) Big West Quarterfinals No. 3 seed vs. Lowest seed remaining 6:00 PM No. 4 seed vs. Highest seed remaining 30 min after Friday, March 15 - (at Honda Center, Anaheim) Big West Semiinals No. 1 seed vs. Lowest seed remaining No. seed vs. Second lowest seed remaining Saturday, March 16 - (at Honda Center, Anaheim) Big West Final Semifinal Winners noon 30 min after 1:00 PM BETTER CONNECTIONS Pacific had posted a higher shooting percentage than their opponents in the Tigers first six games this season, and 0 of 9 games this year. The Tigers are 18- this season when shooting at a higher clip, and 30-5 when connecting at a higher percentage than their opponents dating back to the start of last season. The losses this season were Feb. 7 s 6-59 loss to Cal Poly, in which the Tigers shot 38.3 percent to the Mustangs 36. percent.the Mustangs shot 48.6 percent in the second half and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds to squeak out a win. And against UC Santa Barbara, when the Tigers shot 35.1 percent to the Gauchos 31.4, but UCSB hit 16-of-17 from the free throw line to Pacific s six free throw attempts. STILL IN FIRST / BIG WEST RACE The Tigers remain in first place in the Big West, a half game ahead of Cal Poly (1-4) and a game in front of Hawai i (10-5) entering Thursday s action. Cal Poly owns the tie-breaker over Pacific, and Hawai i would hold the tie-breaker over Pacific if the two teams tie. The Top eight qualify for the Big West Tournament (Pacific has already clinched), with the first two rounds taking place in Irvine, Calif. at the Bren Events Center. The first round will feature the No. 5 seeds vs the No. 8 seed, and the No. 6 seed vs the No. 7 seed. The winners will face the third and fourth seeds, which earn byes to the quarterfinals (also in Irvine). The Tigers have clinched at least the third seed and a bye to the quarterfinals with a win at Long Beach on Feb 8. The top two seeds earn byes to the semifinals, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and will face the quarterfinal winners. Pacific can clinch the bye with a win at UC Davis in their season finale. The Big West tournament is re-seeded after each round, with the winner earning the conference s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. KENYON RACKS UP FIVE WEEKLY AWARDS Kendall Kenyon was named Big West Player Of the Week on Monday, Feb. 4 after running her streak of doubledoubles to five straight games with two in the previous week. Kenyon tallied 16 points and 19 rebounds in pacific s win over Long Beach State. It was the fifth player of the week award she earned this season, three coming from College Sports Madness and two by the Big West Conference. Both the BWC and CSM named Kenyon their player of the week on Feb. 4. The BWC named her Player of the Week on Jan. 1 after she set career highs with rebounds and 8 blocks against CS Northridge on Jan. 19, to go with 19 points. In two games on the week, Kenyon blocked 1 shots and hit 13-of 4- field goal attempts for a 15.5 points per game average. Kenyon was named College Sports Madness Big West Player of the Week on Nov. 6 after turning in a doubledouble against Fordham with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Against Santa Clara, Kenyon posted 14 points on six-of-nine shooting with three steals. She also earned the award on Monday, Nov. 1, after lead the Tigers in scoring in both games with 14 points and nine rebounds at Seattle and 11 points and 10 rebounds against Eastern Washington. She set a career-high with five blocks at Seattle. Pacific In The Polls After receiving votes in the WBCA/USA Today Women s Basketball Coaches Poll for three straight weeks, Pacific fell off the ballot following back-to-back losses prior to the Feb. 1 polls. The Tigers were slotted 31st with six votes in their last appearance in the coaches poll. Pacific broke into the also receiving votes column of the AP Top 5, earning a pair of votes in the Feb. 5 poll, 36th among vote-getters, before dropping off the board on Feb. 11. Pacific has never been ranked in the Top 5 in either the Coaches or AP polls. Pacific s vote in the Jan. poll may be the first time Pacific has garnered votes in either poll. Neither the AP nor the WBCA archives the also receiving votes category. Pacific may have received votes in the AP Top 0 on January 5, 1981 after defeating No. 18 Clemson on January 3 to improve to 9-0. Week By Week AP COAChes Week R rank Votes Rank Votes Jan /3 (Wk 1) th 1 Jan 9/30 (Wk 13) th 1 Feb. 4/5 (Wk 14) 36th 31st 6 TIGERS ONE OF 15 TEAMS TO OPEN 7-0 Pacific was one of the last 18 teams to suffer a loss this season. Of the 345 Division I teams (including two reclassifying schools), only 15 opened the season 7-0. Pacific was one of three schools without a BCS football program to go through November undefeated, one of the last five private schools to suffer a loss. FORDHAM AT FORTY Pacific held Fordham to 40 points, the 4th time the Tigers have held a team to 40 or under in program history. It was the 1th Division I program held to 40 or less in the Tigers 36 years of women s basketball. Last season, the Tigers held UC Santa Barbara to 40 in a win on March 1. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO HOME AGAIN AND SCORE CAREER HIGHS Washington natives Claire Conricode (Bothel) and Sam Pettinger (Everett) made their first visit as Tigers to their home state and each posted career highs on the road trip. Conricode topped her previous high of six with 10 points at Seattle (11/9), and followed that up with eight at Eastern Washington. Pettinger, who had hit 10 previously as her career best, turned in an 11-point effort at Eastern Washington. VIVA LA FRANCE Pacific got a head start on the season with a 10-day exhibition tour of France. The Tigers played four games in France, going - against an assortment of professional teams. The Tigers spent 10 days in Paris, Lyon and Nice, Posting a 7-59 win over BC Franconville, a over Villeurbanne, while falling to top division squad BBC Lyon and second division side Cavigal Nice. Ashley Wakefield led the Tigers with 10.8 points per game, while Erica McKenzie added 9.9 points, and Kendall Kenyon averaged 9.0. Shanice Butler chipped in 5.3 points per contest in her first action with the Tigers. P a g e 8