Pepperdine-Hampton Box Score 
LARAMIE, Wyo. - Sophomore forward Dane Suttle Jr. scored a career-high 22 points and made all five of his three-pointers to help lead the Pepperdine men's basketball team to a 75-66 victory over Hampton on Friday at Wyoming's World Vision Challenge.
The Waves (2-3) also got 18 points from sophomore guard Keion Bell (Los Angeles, Calif./Pasadena HS), who narrowly missed his fifth straight 20-point game.
Suttle scored 18 of his points in the first half, including all five three-pointers, as Pepperdine rallied from an early eight-point deficit to take a 31-28 lead at halftime.
Hampton (0-5) tied the game just once in the second half at 42-42 with 10:56 left, but Bell scored the game's next seven points on a three-pointer, a steal and lay-up and another lay-up to put the Waves in front to stay. Bell scored 15 of his 18 in the second half.
Hampton got as close as three points at 53-50 with under seven minutes to play, but sophomore center Corbin Moore (Cypress, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) scored five quick points, helping the Waves go up by 10 for the first time when Bell hit a free throw with 4:25 left, making it 65-55.
The Waves shot a season-best 51.0% and held the Pirates to 30.9% shooting, a low this season by a Pepperdine opponent. The Waves' bench, led by Suttle, outscored Hampton's 39-10.
Pepperdine Coach Tom Asbury is making his first-ever appearance at his alma mater as a visiting coach.
This was the first of three games that Pepperdine will play in the World Vision Challenge. The Waves take on Monmouth on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. MT/3:30 p.m. PT, and host Wyoming on Sunday at 3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT. Fans can listen to Al Epstein's broadcasts at www.pepperdinesports.com with a subscription to Wave Casts.