Pacific fends off Coppin St. for its third consecutive win

Nov 20, 2019, 09:53 am

STOCKTON, Calif. -- Jahlil Tripp scored 21 points with 13 rebounds and Pacific held off a furious second-half rally by Coppin State for a 64-60 victory on Tuesday night.

The Tigers improved to 5-2 with their third straight win.

Pacific led 25-15 at intermission before the Eagles proceeded to outscore the Tigers 26-17 in an 11 1/2-minute span and trailed 42-41 on Koby Thomas' layup with 8:21 remaining. Dejuan Clayton's layup for Coppin State reduced its deficit to 62-59 with 37 seconds to go. Thomas made 1 of 2 free throws with 14 second left, but Justin Moore sealed it when he threw down a dunk with 10 seconds left for the game's final margin.

Justin Moore scored 16 points for Pacific and Amari McCray scored 10 with nine rebounds.

Clayton lead Coppin State (1-5) with 21 points and Thomas and Andrew Robinson each scored 10. The Eagles now have dropped three straight.

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This story has been corrected to show that Pacific is in Stockton, California, not Forest Grove, Oregon.

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