UPCOMING — The Pepperdine women’s basketball team (5-4) begins a 10-day road trip on Dec. 26.

GAME #10 — Friday (Dec. 28) at the Coppin Center, in Baltimore, Maryland, at 6 p.m. ET.

GAME #11— Sunday, (Dec. 30) at the Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, in Washington D.C., at 4:30 p.m. ET.

GAME #12 — Wednesday, (Jan. 2) at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, in New Brunswick, N.J,. at 7:30 p.m. ET.

GAME #13 — Friday, (Jan. 4) at the Coors Events / Conference Center, in Boulder, Colo., at 5:30 p.m. CT.

ON THE WEB — Pepperdine fans can catch all home women’s basketball games on the internet at www.pepperdinesports.com. Live video, audio and statistics will be provided. Go to the Pepperdine Athletics website and look for the WaveCasts button.

COPPIN STATE — The Waves have a 1-0 record against Coppin State. The teams last met in Jan. of 1997 when Pepperdine defeated the Eagles 18-44 in the Firestone Fieldhouse.

The Eagles are 4-7 for the 2007-08 season with a recent loss to Texas Christian (61-58) on Dec. 8. Adrianne Ross was the leading scorer with 21 points and four other players recorded double figures for Coppin State.

GEORGE WASHINGTON — Pepperdine’s record with George Washington is 1-0. The team last met in Dec. of 2001 when the Waves defeated the Colonials 74-72 in the Firestone Fieldhouse.

George Washington is ranked No. 22 this season and currently holds an 8-3 record. The Colonials are coming off of an 85-46 victory against Loyola Marymount Dec. 17. Jessica Adair led the offense with 23 points and Kimberly Beck posted 16 points, all in the second half.

RUTGERS — Pepperdine’s only meeting with Rutgers took place last season (Nov. 17) when the Waves defeated the Scarlet Knights 75-73 in overtime at the Firestone Filedhouse. The win marked the first time the Waves have ever defeated a team ranked in the top 25.

Rutgers is ranked No. 6 and has a 8-2 record this season. The Scarlet Knights defeated Princeton on Dec. 12 (53-48). The win was the third straight victory for Rutgers. Epiphanny Prince had a game-high eight rebounds.

COLORADO — The Waves last played Colorado in Jan. 1981, in Malibu. The team suffered a 71-67 loss against the Buffaloes.

Colorado (7-2) defeated Texas Southern on Dec. 14, 64-29 at the Coors Events/ Conference Center. The win marks the sixth straight victory for the Buffaloes this season.

PEPPERDINE VS. UCSB RECAP — The Pepperdine women’s basketball suffered a loss to UCSB on Dec. 17, in an emotionally charged game that had the Waves up by five points with 1:20 left in the second half. A foul called against Daphanie Kennedy (Oakland, Calif. / Kearny HS) and a Pepperdine turnover in the final minute of the game, gave the Gauchos the advantage (65-63).

DAPHANIE KENNEDY HITS 1,091 AND COUNTING — Senior guard Daphanie Kennedy broke the 1,000 point mark for her career (Nov. 28,) against UCLA.. She becomes the 16th player in Pepperdine history to surpass the 1,000-point level. Kennedy scored a total of 915 points in her first three seasons.

ROSTER — All five starters and 10 letterwinners return from last year’s team, which went 14-17 overall and fifth in the WCC with a 6-8 record. The Waves added three new players (two true freshmen and one transfer) this year. The roster breakdown is as follows: four seniors, four juniors, three sophomores and two freshmen.

TOP SIX — The WCC’s coaches released a preseason "top six" of the best players in the conference, and senior guard Daphanie Kennedy and sophomore forward/center Teena Wickett earned two of the six slots. Kennedy earned All-WCC first team honors as a sophomore and honorable mention as a junior. Wickett was an All-WCC first teamer as a freshman.

WCC PRESEASON POLL — Pepperdine was picked to finish third in the West Coast Conference in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches. The predicted order is as follows: San Diego, Gonzaga, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Portland.

JULIE ROUSSEAU — The fifth head coach in Pepperdine women’s basketball history, Julie Rousseau is now in her fourth season with the Waves. She is a former head coach of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and was an assistant coach at Stanford before joining the Waves. In just her second season,