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Dunkley leads Nicholls State against Pacific after 23-point outing

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

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

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

The Tigers have gone 4-0 in home games. Pacific ranks second in the WCC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 66.3 points while holding opponents to 40.2% shooting.

The Colonels have gone 0-7 away from home. Nicholls State ranks eighth in the Southland shooting 33.3% from 3-point range.

Pacific is shooting 47.6% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 47.3% Nicholls State allows to opponents. Nicholls State averages 8.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 6.7 per game Pacific gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Elias Ralph is scoring 16.4 points per game with 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Tigers. TJ Wainwright is averaging 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 42.4% over the last 10 games.

Jaylen Searles averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Colonels, scoring 12.2 points while shooting 37.8% from beyond the arc. Dunkley is averaging 13.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals.

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

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