PCAA Games at a Glance

2 p.m.--No. 4 seed San Jose State (9-9, 16-11) vs. No. 5 University of the Pacific (9-9, 16-13)--Considering their play against each other this season, this game should go four or five overtimes. San Jose State beat the Tigers, 64-60, in the first game at Pacific and UOP won the second, 65-61, at San Jose. San Jose Coach Bill Berry has used 14 different starting lineups. All of them play pretty good defense. The Spartans have held their last 16 opponents below 50% from the field. UOP sophomore Domingo Rosario broke his leg in an auto accident Feb. 16, but the Tigers won three of their last four without him. Rich Anema, a 6-foot 8-inch forward, leads UOP in scoring, averaging 15 per game. Ricky Berry, the coach’s son, leads the Spartans at 19 a game.

4 p.m.--No. 3 New Mexico State (10-8, 16-11) vs. No. 6 Utah State (8-10, 12-15)--New Mexico State got off to a 14-4 start under first-year Coach Neil McCarthy and was 8-1 in conference, but has struggled lately. Six of those first nine PCAA games were at home in the Pan American Center. Utah State has won six of the last nine and got to the tournament on Jeff Anderson’s 35-footer at the buzzer that beat New Mexico State in Las Cruces Saturday. Utah State also beat New Mexico State in the first Aggie-Aggie matchup, 63-55. Utah State senior Greg Grant, the conference’s all-time top scorer, leads the PCAA in scoring this season (23). Last season’s most prolific scorer, New Mexico State’s Gilbert Wilburn, is down to 19 a game this year.

7 p.m.--No. 1 Nevada Las Vegas (16-2, 28-4) vs. No. 8 Fresno State (8-10, 15-14)--This one used to be for all the marbles. But Fresno State, which has the best record (11-5) in PCAA Tournament history, has fallen on lean times. And things got considerably worse Feb. 22 when senior forward Jos Kuipers injured his knee in the second regular-season loss to Las Vegas and was lost for the year. He was averaging 11 points and 6 rebound per game. No. 13 Las Vegas is 64-6 in regular-season play since joining the PCAA. Center Brian Salone leads Fresno State in scoring (13). Guard Freddie Banks (19) and forwards Anthony Jones (17) and Armon Gilliam (15) have combined to score 1,626 of UNLV’s 2,562 points (64%).