Moderate pace, substantial perimeter opportunity and scoring beyond the starting units give the combined total several routes past the posted number.
Fundamental Case (3 Drivers)
Pacific's early-season adjusted tempo is 69.8 and Bradley's is 70.2. Those inputs support a game with enough possessions to score without requiring another blowout-level shooting performance. The scoring pathway is a steady supply of attempts rather than dependence on an extreme transition game.
Pacific attempted 28 threes in its opener and Bradley attempted 34. The significance is the willingness to create perimeter opportunities, not an expectation that Pacific repeats its opening accuracy. Ordinary conversion can contribute meaningfully when both sides continue finding those attempts.
Both benches contributed 33 points in their opening games. Thornbrue supplies a scoring option for Bradley, while Jones, Harris and McFarland give Pacific different ways to finish possessions. Those options provide a full-game scoring route during the stretches when the starters rest.
Red Team Counter-Case & Risk Factors
Pacific can spend long stretches organizing its new offense rather than attacking early, reducing the number of scoring chances. Bradley can keep the ball in the half court and force contested attempts without allowing second chances. Missed threes at both ends would make ordinary finishing inside insufficient. A decisive lead could also remove late intentional fouling and leave the closing possessions to less productive combinations.