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Wainwright leads Pacific against No. 10 BYU after 22-point game

Pacific Tigers (8-3) at BYU Cougars (9-1)

Provo, Utah; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Pacific visits No. 10 BYU after TJ Wainwright scored 22 points in Pacific’s 104-50 win against the Simpson (CA) Red Hawks.

The Cougars are 3-0 in home games. BYU has a 1-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Tigers are 2-3 in road games. Pacific has a 1-1 record in one-possession games.

BYU makes 49.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.1 percentage points higher than Pacific has allowed to its opponents (39.5%). Pacific averages 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 fewer makes per game than BYU allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: AJ Dybantsa is scoring 20.9 points per game and averaging 6.7 rebounds for the Cougars. Richie Saunders is averaging 17.7 points and 5.4 rebounds while shooting 50.4%.

Elias Ralph is averaging 16.8 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Tigers. Wainwright is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.

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

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