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Dunkley leads Nicholls State against Pacific after 23-point showing

Nicholls State Colonels (3-7, 2-0 Southland) at Pacific Tigers (8-4)

Stockton, California; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -9.5; over/under is 141.5

BOTTOM LINE: Nicholls State visits Pacific after Jalik Dunkley scored 23 points in Nicholls State’s 79-64 victory against the Houston Christian Huskies.

The Tigers are 4-0 on their home court. Pacific is third in the WCC with 25.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Elias Ralph averaging 4.3.

The Colonels are 0-7 in road games. Nicholls State is 1-6 against opponents with a winning record.

Pacific averages 74.8 points per game, 1.4 fewer points than the 76.2 Nicholls State gives up. Nicholls State has shot at a 42.7% rate from the field this season, 2.5 percentage points greater than the 40.2% shooting opponents of Pacific have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Isaac Jack is averaging 9.3 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Tigers. TJ Wainwright is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Dunkley is scoring 13.3 points per game and averaging 6.7 rebounds for the Colonels. Trae English is averaging 12.6 points and 3.1 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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