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LAS VEGAS, Nev.. \u2013 Pepperdine women’s basketball (17-11, 8-8 WCC) will play San Francisco Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the third round of the West Coast Conference tournament.
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\nLAST TIME OUT
\n\u2022 The Waves closed out the regular season with a pair of wins on the road at Portland and Seattle.
\n\u2022 Lina Falk<\/a> combined for 42 points throughout the week, averaging 21 a game.
\n\u2022 Pepperdine has gone 8-2 in the last ten games.
\n\u2022 Finishing the season with a WCC record of 10-8, it is the program’s best since the 2018-19 season.
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\nGAME NOTES
\n\u2022 Securing ten conference wins in the regular season, it is the most for the program in seven years, last doing so when posting a 10-1 conference record in the 2018-19 season.
\n\u2022 With nine nonconference wins, it is the most for a second-year head coach since DeLisha Milton-Jones in 2018.
\n\u2022 Closing out the regular season the Waves were second in the conference in field goal percentage (.445), opponent field goal percentage (.379), 3-point field goal percentage (.344) and defensive rebounds (29.0).
\n\u2022 Nationally, Pepperdine is 16th in defensive rebounds at 29.0 per game.
\n\u2022 Elli Guiney<\/a>, the sole sophomore on the Waves squad, has emerged as the team’s leading scorer this season, averaging 14.4 per game.
\n\u2022 Although a sophomore, this season is Guiney’s first playing significant minutes, transferring in from UNLV averaging just 4.4 minutes a game last year.
\n\u2022 Tenth in the WCC in scoring, Guiney has set four new career-highs in her sophomore year, dropping at least twenty in seven different games this year.
\n\u2022 With a three-point percentage of .399, Guiney currently sits tied for 5th in the record book for threes in a single season with 59.
\n\u2022 Through the past five games, junior Lina Falk<\/a> leads the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg as well as field goal percentage with .444.
\n\u2022 Overall on the season, leads in accuracy from deep, shooting .400 from three.
\n\u2022 Athletically and academically a junior, Lina Falk<\/a> comes to Malibu from Sacramento State.
\n\u2022 In the last five games, graduate Bella Green<\/a> is shooting .389 from the field, including .429 from deep.
\n\u2022 Green is averaging 8.2 points through the last five, the most off the bench.
\n\u2022 This season, Green grabbed her 1,000th career rebound when the Waves were at LMU Feb. 12.\u00a0
\n\u2022 Green, a transfer from West Florida, logged her first division I minutes with the Waves this season, finding her stride as Pepperdine looks to extend their season in March.
\n\u2022 Graduate Meghan Fiso<\/a> comes to Pepperdine from San Diego State, second on the team with an average of 11.1 points per game and 4.8 rebounds.
\n\u2022 Fiso’s younger sister, Katie, is a sophomore at the University of Oregon leading her team with 15.1 points per game.
\n\u2022 Being just one of two teams at the DI level without a single player returning for the 2025-26 season, Coach Faulkner and her staff hit the transfer portal to build a team from scratch.
\n\u2022 Four freshmen are joined by eight transfers to make up the squad of 12.
\n\u2022 Five transfers come from Division one schools with a DII guard as well as a forward from a junior college in Dodge City, Kan.
\n\u2022 Outside of the United States, the Waves represent five different countries in Canada, Romania, Germany, Australia, and Spain.
\n\u2022 Irune Orio<\/a>, a transfer from Xavier, is the Spanish representative while Ilinca Belegante<\/a> comes from Romania. Lina Falk<\/a> is the sole German and Taija St. Maria represents the north as the Canadian on the Waves.
\n\u2022 The three Australians all come from different areas with one from Perth, one from Melbourne, and the final from the Gold Coast.
\n\u2022 Makena Mastora<\/a>, a graduate transfer into the Pepperdine women’s basketball program last year, is now on the other side as an assistant coach.
\n\u2022 In her second year at the helm, this season will be Faulkner’s first curated of players originating from her and her staff.
\n\u2022 Last season, the Waves were undefeated in nonconference play at home for the first time in five years.\u00a0
\n\u2022 Having her third child and second girl Feb. 2, Faulkner returned to coaching just 10 days after the birth of Cali Jo.
\n\u2022 Last season, the Waves were undefeated in nonconference play at home for the first time in five years.\u00a0
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\nSERIES HISTORY WITH SAN FRANCISCO
\n\u2022 All-time, Pepperdine is 42-50 against the Dons.
\n\u2022 Earlier this season, the Waves dropped the sole contest against San Francisco 70-81 on the road.
\n\u2022 The two squads have not met on a neutral court since 2013, resulting in a 48-80 loss.
\n\u2022 Pepperdine has not beat San Francisco on any court since the latter half of the 2022-23 season.
\n\u2022 The last time the Waves beat the Dons on a neutral court was 2002.
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\nSCOUTING THE DONS
\n\u2022 Sitting at 17-13, including 9-9 through the regular season in conference play, the Dons earned a seven seed in the conference tournament.\u00a0
\n\u2022 Most recently, San Francisco defeated San Diego in the second round of the tournament yesterday.\u00a0
\n\u2022 Offensively, Candy Edokpaigbe is the only Don averaging double-digits with 18.0 a game.
\n\u2022 Defensively, Noelia Mourino leads San Francisco in rebounds with an average of 6.9 boards per game.\u00a0
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\nPepperdine will play the Dons tomorrow at 2:30 p.m in the Orleans Arena tomorrow afternoon. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription required) with live stats available on www.pepperdinewaves.com<\/a>.
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\nABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
\nPepperdine women’s basketball has made four NCAA postseason appearances in its history, having won the WCC regular-season four times and the WCC Tournament on three occasions. With six All-American selections in program history, the Waves have also seen success in the WNIT Tournament which included a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2019.
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\nTICKETS
\nFor more information and to purchase tickets to upcoming home events, visit here<\/a>.
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\nFOLLOW
\nTo stay up-to-date on the latest Pepperdine women’s basketball news, follow the Waves on social media @PepperdineWBB.
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