STOCKTON, Calif. — Elias Ralph's 30 points led Pacific over Division II William Jessup 92-65 on Monday.
Ralph also added five rebounds for the Tigers. Elijah Fisher scored 15 points, going 7 of 16 from the field. Seth Jones shot 3 for 7 from beyond the arc to finish with nine points.
Ja'Maris Blackmon led the way for the Warriors with 22 points and three steals. Wyatt Studer added 13 points for William Jessup. Aydan Janssan also had eight points and seven rebounds.
Pacific took the lead with 11:51 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 43-26 at halftime, with Ralph racking up 14 points. Pacific outscored William Jessup by 10 points in the second half, and Ralph scored a team-high 16 points in the second half to help their team secure the victory.
The win marked the first in the Dave Smart era for Pacific. The former Carleton Ravens coach left the U Sports powerhouse he built to become an assistant coach at Texas Tech University in 2023.
Then, this past March, he left that gig to take over the head coaching job at the University of the Pacific.
Smart got four Canadian transfers to join him in California: Andrew McKenna (Kingston, Ont.), Jefferson Koulibaly (Montreal), Fisher (Toronto) and Ralph (Okotoks, Alta.).
— With files from Sportsnet Staff.
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