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MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men’s basketball (6-17, 1-9 WCC) will play on the road at Seattle (14-9, 3-7 WCC) Wednesday night at 7 p.m., before hosting Pacific (15-9, 6-5 WCC) Saturday at 5 p.m.

Pepperdine at Seattle

Wednesday, Feb. 4 – 7 p.m.

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Pepperdine vs. Pacific

Saturday, Feb. 7 – 5 p.m.

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Saturday’s game marks Willie’s Birthday Bash & Jr. Waves Day at Firestone Fieldhouse. The first 50 fans will receive Willie the Wave bobbleheads, with cotton candy pregame for Jr. Waves members and cake at halftime.

LAST TIME OUT


The Waves fell in overtime at home against San Diego by a score of 92-88 this past Wednesday.
Aaron Clark scored a career-high 31 points while shooting 12-for-19 from the field.
Clark matched a career-high with five three-pointers made.
Styles Phipps posted 21 points to go along with nine assists and seven rebounds.
Phipps shot 10-for-11 from the free throw line in the contest.
Danilo Dozic registered 17 points and a matched career-best eight rebounds.

GAME NOTES


The Waves are one of two teams in the West Coast Conference to have four players averaging 11 points per game or more (Aaron Clark, Javon Cooley, Styles Phipps, Danilo Dozic).
Seven players have finished as the leading scorer in a game for Pepperdine this season, the most in the WCC, with only six teams in the country having more.
Pepperdine currently ranks 50th in the country in free throw percentage at .762.
This mark ranks fifth in the WCC, as the Waves have converted 337 of 442 attempts from the charity stripe this season.
The Waves have secured double-digit offensive boards in 13 of 23 games this season.
Styles Phipps is one of four players in the country averaging over 13 points, six rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.
Phipps is currently fourth in the WCC in assists per game at 4.9.
Phipps ranks eighth in the conference with 6.1 rebounds per game, as the Pepperdine point guard has also corralled 45 offensive rebounds through 23 games this campaign (1.9 per game).
He has shot 51-for-57 (.895) from the free-throw line across the past seven games, and has led the Waves in conference play at 14.8 points per game.
Javon Cooley comes in as the Waves third-leading scorer at 11.7 points per game while being second on the squad with 4.7 rebounds per game.
Cooley and Phipps each rank within the top-25 of the conference in both scoring and rebounding.
Cooley ranks seventh in the WCC in free throw percentage (.851), and had a streak of 44 consecutive made free throws this season, snapped at Long Beach State.
Aaron Clark is one of two Waves averaging over 13 points per game this season.
Clark has posted 25 points or more in four games this season,
Clark posted a career-high 31 points last time out against San Diego, also having a 30-point effort against Stephen F. Austin earlier this season.
Clark currently ranks seventh in the WCC with 1.5 steals per game on the season.
Clark is one of three players in the WCC to be averaging at least 13 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.5 steals per game.
Danilo Dozic has scored in double figures 12 times this season and leads the team in three-pointers made with 36 (36-for-107).
Dozic recorded a season-high eight rebounds last time out against San Diego.

SERIES HISTORY


Seattle holds a 21-12 lead in the all-time series.
Pepperdine is 3-15 in road games at Seattle.
The most recent meeting saw a 62-45 home win for Seattle in the CBI on Mar. 18, 2015.
The two sides have played just four contests since 1980.
Pacific holds a 43-38 lead in the all-time series with the Waves.
Pepperdine is 20-15 at home in the fixture.
The Waves have won five of six meetings over the past three seasons, including a 60-44 win in Malibu in 2024-25.
Pacific earned a 74-69 victory at home this past month against the Waves.


SCOUTING THE OPPONENT


Seattle enters play with a 3-7 mark in WCC play, dropping its most recent two contests at Pacific and Washington State.
The Redhawks are led by Brayden Maldonado, who averages 15 points per game which ranks ninth in the WCC.
Will Heimbrodt leads the conference with 2.5 blocks per game as the defensive anchor for Seattle.
Seattle boasts the second-best turnover-margin in the conference at +3.57.
Pacific has posted a 6-5 record in WCC play this season, most recently falling at San Francisco this past Saturday.
The Tigers are led by Elias Ralph who ranks in the top-7 in the conference in both scoring (16.7 points per game) and rebounding (6.6 rebounds per game).
TJ Wainwright ranks fifth in the conference with 2.3 three-pointers made per game.
Pacific is the third-best rebounding side in the WCC with 38.3 per game.


Next up, the Waves will head to Moraga, Calif., taking on Saint Mary’s (19-4, 8-2 WCC) next Wednesday at 7 p.m.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pepperdine men’s basketball has made 13 NCAA postseason appearances while earning 12 WCC Regular-Season Championships and three WCC Tournament Championships in its history. This success has spanned multiple decades, with the Waves most recently winning the 2021 CBI Tournament. The program has also seen 19 All-Americans along with 19 NBA players, which included a streak of 34 consecutive seasons with at least one alum on an NBA roster from 1976-2011.

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