{"id":94068,"date":"2025-12-14T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/94068\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:47:14","slug":"pepperdine-secures-70-62-win-against-cal-state-bakersfield-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/94068\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepperdine secures 70-62 win against Cal State Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/aaron-clark-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Clark<\/a> scored 25 points as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/pepperdine-waves-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pepperdine<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/bakersfield-roadrunners-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal State Bakersfield<\/a> 70-62.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">Clark added four steals for the Waves (4-7). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/javon-cooley-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javon Cooley<\/a> scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 9, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc and added five rebounds. Styles Phipps shot 5 of 9 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line to finish with 13 points. The Waves stopped a five-game slide with the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">The Roadrunners (4-8) were led in scoring by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/cj-hardy-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CJ Hardy<\/a>, who finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/jaden-alexander-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Alexander<\/a> added 16 points and eight rebounds for Cal State Bakersfield. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/dailin-smith-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dailin Smith<\/a> also had 15 points and two steals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">Pepperdine took the lead for good with 5:50 to go in the first half and led 33-26 at halftime, with Clark racking up 14 first-half points. Pepperdine outscored Cal State Bakersfield by one point in the final half, while Cooley led the way with a team-high 14 second-half points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-7f81ca7a=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Aaron Clark scored 25 points as Pepperdine beat Cal State Bakersfield 70-62. 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