Pacific’s 3s Bury Vandals In Second Half

Once Pacific went deep, the Idaho Vandals were in deep trouble.

The streaking Tigers broke open a close game with a second-half 3-point barrage for a 64-54 Big West victory over Idaho Thursday night.

It was the 12th consecutive victory for the Tigers, who are 3-0 in the Big West and 12-1 overall for the best start in school history.

Guard Mark Boelter, the Big West 3-point field goal leader, connected on a pair to spark a 10-2 run for a 31-22 lead early in the second half. Boelter finished with four 3-pointers.

Rayne Mahaffey had a 3-pointer among his seven points in a 13-5 spree that created a 44-31 Pacific lead.

Boelter led Pacific with 18 points and Mahaffey added 16.

Senior center Jason Jackman scored 17 points for Idaho (7-9, 0-3), including 11 in the second half.

The sluggish Tigers fell behind 6-0 and didn’t score for the first 5:21, matching their least productive half of the season. Still, four consecutive points by Mahaffey produced a 21-18 lead at halftime.

Pacific was without 7-foot center Michael Olowokandi, its scoring and rebounding leader, who suffered a sprained left knee in the previous game and is listed as questionable this week.

Pacific 64, Idaho 54

Idaho (7-9) - Harris 1-4 0-0 2, Thompson 1-7 5-6 7, Jackman 6-12 5-7 17, Baumann 4-11 1-2 12, Turner 6-1101-3 13, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Wendt 1-4 0-0 3, Byrne 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-49 12-18 54.

Pacific (12-1) - Mahaffey 4-10 7-8 16, Anders 5-11 0-1 10, Trierweiler 3-6 4-5 10, Boelter 6-11 2-2 18, Owens 1-4 4-4 7, Bowman 0-2 0-0 0, Woliczko 0-2 0-0 0, Nordahl 1-1 1-3 3. Totals 20-47 18-23 64.

Halftime-Pacific 21, Idaho 18. 3-Point goals-Idaho 4-11 (Baumann 3-7, Wendt 1-3, Harris 0-1), Pacific 6-20 (Boelter 4-9, Owens 1-2, Mahaffey 1-4, Anders 0-2, Woliczko 0-2, Bowman 0-1). Fouled out- Mahaffey. Rebounds-Idaho 35 (Jackman 10), Pacific 28 (Trierweiler 7). Assists-Idaho 5 (Turner 2), Pacific 13 (Owens 7). Total Fouls-Idaho 17, Pacific 16. Attendance-4,122.

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