UC Davis opens the month of December in the midst of a welcome three-game home stand at University Credit Union Center.
The Aggies will be trying to snap a three-game losing streak since opening the season 2-0 with wins over Utah State and Eastern Washington.
WHO: Pacific Tigers
WHEN: 6 P.M.
WHERE: Davis, Calif.
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TWITTER: UC Davis Men's Basketball
PACIFIC AT A GLANCE
The Tigers enter Wednesday at 4-3 and will have gone four days between games when they walk into University Credit Union Center on Wednesday.
Pacific own wins over University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Stanislaus State, Chicago State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff but have fallen to Northern Colorado, Hawai'i and UTEP.
Jeremiah Bailey leads the Tigers at 12.6 points per game while Alphonso Anderson is averaging 11.3 points and 8.3 rebounds, including a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds in Pacific's last game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
The Tigers are led by head coach Leonard Perry in his first year at the helm of the program but sixth year at Pacific as he spent the previous five as an associate head coach.
A SEASON OF FIRSTS
With the Aggies' non-conference schedule quickly winding down, it's also been a preseason of firsts for UC Davis in terms of their opponents.
The Aggies started the season with an exhibition at William Jessup in Rocklin, Calif., the first NCAA Division I team to visit the NAIA school's campus due to the teams playing for charity to benefit the Red Cross and Dixie fire victims.
Two games later, UC Davis played Pepperdine for the first time in school history. After Sunday against Academy of Art, the Aggies will also see UC Merced for the first time ever on Dec. 4.
On Dec. 14, UC Davis will travel to Portland State for just the second meeting all-time with the Beavers.
BEST OF THE WEST
The season may be young but the Aggies are making their case for becoming one of the more dangerous teams in the Big West Conference.
UC Davis continues to lead the conference in steals and steals per game with 43 and 8.6 respectively and are combining that with a +.8 turnover margin.
Pepper and Manjon are tied for the conference lead in steals with 11 apiece and 2.2 per game.
DOUBLE DOUBLE, ANIGWE STYLE
Through five games, forward
Christian Anigwe has one double with 19 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Eastern Washington but is averaging 15 points and nine rebounds per game to lead UC Davis. He's one of just 17 players in the Big West to achieve a double-double this season and three with multiple 10 rebound performances
He ranks tied for third in rebounds per game, tied for 10th in scoring, third in field goal percentage and third in blocks.
Only nine Aggies have ever averaged over 10 rebounds per game with none since the 2017-18 season.
300
With Nov. 12's win over Eastern Washington, head coach
Jim Les earned the 300th win of his collegiate career.
Les also coached in his 600th career game at Utah State.
Les compiled the first 154 wins of his career at Bradley, his alma mater. He has 146 wins at UC Davis since 2011.
