Steffan Johnson News

The Pacific men's basketball team will be getting a little northern exposure this weekend.

Suspended Pacific basketball player Michael Nunnally spoke publicly Friday for the first time since being removed from the team following a sexual assault investigation.

Brandon Hawkins, a 6-foot, 2-inch, 175-pound guard from Estrella Foothills High School in Phoenix, has signed a financial aid agreement to join the Pacific men's basketball program.

Brandon Hawkins, a 6-foot, 2-inch, 175-pound guard from Estrella Foothills High School in Phoenix, has signed a financial aid agreement to join the Pacific men's basketball program.

Three key players from last season's University of the Pacific men's basketball team were missing from the 2008-09 roster released Friday.

Royal Edwards III has signed to play for Pacific next season, which means a player currently under scholarship will be leaving the men's basketball program. via RecordNET

“He told us he's not going to smile until (Saturday)”

Bob Thomason tried to be patient. Not always, heavens, no, but certainly over the past 18 months. via RecordNET

“It shows that all the hard work I've done over the past summer and during practice has paid off.”

Top honors went to individuals who led their teams to championships, but four Pacific players and a former St. via RecordNET

“That will be something that will help us.”

Chad Troyer has a basketball in his hands almost everywhere he goes - a ritual he picked up as a child. via Stockton Record

“After three games in a row of not turning the ball over, we'd like to think we had this problem solved. But it's probably good that we have this night so we can get back to work and be more aware.”

Pacific basketball coach Bob Thomason was not happy following a first half that ended with his team trailing by five points. via RecordNET

RIVERSIDE, Calif. : Steffan Johnson scored 11 points and Bryan LeDuc added 10 off the bench as visiting Pacific used a 41-point second half to outlast feisty UC Riverside, 65-58, on Wednesday night. via International Herald Tribune

“He had back-to-back good shooting nights, and I think he can shoot like that”

Inconsistency might be the only thing keeping Pacific basketball player Chad Troyer from becoming one of the premier scorers in the Big West Conference. via RecordNET

“The first eight minutes of the game, it was just like when we played Cal Poly at home”

There was a familiar sense of lethargy for a while Saturday in San Luis Obispo, but Pacific used a strong second-half effort to beat Cal Poly 68-47 before a crowd of 2,158 at Mott Gym. via RecordNET

In a Big West Conference mismatch at the Alex G. Spanos Center, the Pacific Tigers cruised to a 95-50 victory over the UC Davis Aggies behind Chad Troyer's eight three-pointers and game-high 27 points. via SanLuisObispo.com

Troyer finished 8 of 11 from beyond the 3-point arc as the Tigers made 52 percent of their 3-point shots and 67 percent of their field-goal attempts on the way to their highest scoring total of the season. via Fox Sports

Chad Troyer scored a game-high 19 points to lead Pacific to an 84-75 victory over San Jose State in a ESPNU BracketBusters game Saturday night. via Tuscaloosa News

“But the thing is that he is a big-game player. He is a step-up guy, and he really felt it tonight. I could see it.”

Someone finally came forward to provide a steady hand and consistent scoring with a little under six minutes remaining in the game, but by then there was only so much James Doran could do. via Stockton Record

“We're going to have to play really good, and if we don't play really good, we won't win”

A season filled with emotional highs and lows took another turn for the worse Thursday night in Irvine. via Stockton Record

The victory gave coach Pat Douglass his 164th victory as the Anteaters coach, passing Bill Mulligan for the most in school history. via Fox Sports

STOCKTON, Calif. : Michael Kirby came off the bench to score 12 points, and Steffan Johnson had 11 points and a game-high nine assists to lead Pacific to a 70-55 victory over Long Beach State in a Big West ... via International Herald Tribune