Pacific suffers 59-point loss in WCC tournament

PARADISE, Nev.– Pepperdine scored the first 26 points and travelled to a 102-43 rout of Pacific on Thursday night in the opening game of the West Coast Conference tournament.The 59-point win

is the fifth biggest in a conference tournament game in Division I history, according to ESPN Statistics & Information.The Waves opened leads

of 26-0 and 39-2 and led 56-9 at halftime after shooting 69%to 11 %for the Tigers. Pacific lost its 17th game in a row, with its last win coming in its final nonconference game, 80-66 over Cal Maritime on Dec. 30. Both programs will have new head coaches

next season. Pacific fired Leonard Perry after the Tigers completed the routine season. Pepperdine has actually revealed that Lorenzo Romar will not be back to lead the Waves after their season concludes.Jevon Porter led Pepperdine( 12-19)with 28 points and 11 rebounds.Judson Martindale led the Tigers(6-25)in scoring, finishing with 12 points and 2 blocks.The eighth-seeded

Waves advance to face fifth-seeded San Diego in the 2nd round Friday.Information from The Associated Press was utilized in this report.