{"id":178530,"date":"2026-02-15T01:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178530\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:35:14","slug":"san-francisco-concludes-homestand-against-pepperdine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178530\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Concludes Homestand Against Pepperdine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. \u2013 The University of San Francisco women&#8217;s basketball team (14-10, 7-6) wraps up its homestand with a 5:00 p.m. showdown against Pepperdine (15-10, 6-7) on Saturday, Feb. 14, at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGAME 25 DETAILS:<br \/>\nOpponent:\u00a0Pepperdine (15-10, 6-7)<br \/>\nDate:\u00a0Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026<br \/>\nTime:\u00a05:00 p.m. PT<br \/>\nLocation:\u00a0San Francisco, Calif. \/ War Memorial at the Sobrato Center<br \/>\nWatch:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/6e3e3e00-441a-4dab-8f8b-3ab93da08915\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nLive Stats:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.statbroadcast.com\/events\/statbroadcast.php?t=1&amp;gid=sanf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">StatBroadcast<\/a><br \/>\nTickets:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=WBSINGLE&amp;linkID=twusfca&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase Here<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDONS AT A GLANCE:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSan Francisco eager to respond following a 72\u201355 setback against Saint Mary&#8217;s on Saturday, Feb. 7.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mara-neira\/6170\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6170\" target=\"_blank\">Mara Neira<\/a> provided an offensive spark for the Dons against the Gaels, leading all scorers with 18 points on 42.8 percent (six-for-14) shooting. She knocked down four three-pointers and added three rebounds and a steal in a confident, high-energy performance.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/candy-edokpaigbe\/6184\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6184\" target=\"_blank\">Candy Edokpaigbe<\/a> powered the offense with 17 points on six-for-13 shooting and two rebounds. Her consistent scoring presence continues to stand out, as she ranks second in the West Coast Conference with 17.0 points per game.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/noelia-mouri-ntilde-o\/6176\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6176\" target=\"_blank\">Noelia Mouri\u00f1o<\/a> delivered a dominant all-around performance, grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds and recording a near triple-double with six points and a career-high six assists. Reinforcing her strong presence on the glass, she ranks fourth in the WCC at 7.1 rebounds per game and is one of only two freshmen averaging seven or more boards per game.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>SCOUTING THE WAVES:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tPepperdine arrives on the Hilltop following a 72\u201362 loss to LMU on Thursday, Feb. 12, that snapped a four-game winning streak. The setback continued a season-long trend away from Malibu, as the program is 4\u20137 in road games this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tElli Guiney has emerged as a primary offensive option for Pepperdine, leading the team with 14.2 points per game in her first season playing significant minutes after transferring from UNLV, where she averaged 4.4 minutes per contest last year. The sophomore guard scored 22 points in the Waves&#8217; most recent game, including 16 in the fourth quarter, and ranks 11th in the WCC in scoring.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBella Green has been a key contributor off the bench for the Waves over the last five games, leading the team shooting 61.3 percent from the floor while averaging 8.8 points, the most among reserves during that stretch.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>SERIES HISTORY:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSaturday&#8217;s contest marks the 92nd time San Francisco and Pepperdine have faced off, with the Dons holding the all-time series lead over the Waves, 49\u201342.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSan Francisco is currently on a four-game winning streak and has defeated Pepperdine in nine of the last 10 contests dating back to the 2020-21 season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn their two meetings last season, San Francisco won 76\u201360 at home and 72\u201348 on the road. This week&#8217;s matchup is the only regular-season meeting between the teams.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW US:<br \/>\nFor updates and more information on the San Francisco\u00a0women&#8217;s basketball program, follow the Dons\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USFDonsWBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsWBB<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usfdonswbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsWBB<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usfdonswbb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USFDonsWBB<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMERCHANDISE:<br \/>\nWant to dress like the Dons? Get your official San Francisco Dons gear from the University of San Francisco bookstore today!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfca.spirit.bncollege.com\/?utm_campaign=bm-usfca-athletics&amp;utm_source=client_push&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SPONSOR US:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsor \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/common\/controls\/adhandler.aspx?ad_id=10&amp;target=https:\/\/providentcu.org\/usf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Provident Credit Union\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; for their continued support of University of San Francisco Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usfdons.com\/staff.aspx?staff=227\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Allocco<\/a>, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. \u2013 The University of San Francisco women&#8217;s basketball team (14-10, 7-6)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-178530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}