Pepperdine-Georgia Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. - Junior forward Jonathan Dupre' scored a team-best 14 points but the Pepperdine men's basketball team's cross-country trip resulted in a 64-47 loss at Georgia on Wednesday.

The Waves (4-11) had a cold night from the field and that resulted in a season-low point total. They shot 34.6% overall and 26.3% on three-pointers.

Dupre' (Houston, Texas/Collin County CC), who made six of his 10 shots after coming off the bench, was the only Pepperdine player to score in double-figures.

Georgia (7-4), which shot 46.4% from the field and had a 43-28 rebounding edge, got a team-best 14 points from Travis Leslie.

The Waves took their only lead of the game at 6-5 with 16:26 to play in the first half after junior forward Mychel Thompson (Portland, Ore./Stoneridge Prep) hit a three-pointer and sophomore forward Taylor Darby (San Marcos, Calif./Mission Hills HS) made one of two free throws.

Pepperdine pulled within five at 24-19 after a three-pointer by sophomore forward Dane Suttle Jr. (Los Angeles, Calif./Summit College Prep), but Georgia closed out the first half on a 9-2 run to build a 33-21 lead at halftime. The Bulldogs then led by as many as 23 in the second half.

The Waves were playing their first game in a week after beating Utah, a 2009 NCAA Tournament team, 76-64 at home last Wednesday. This was just the third time Pepperdine and Georgia had met (the Bulldogs won both previous meetings earlier this decade). Georgia Coach Mark Fox was an assistant coach to Pepperdine's Tom Asbury when Asbury was the head coach at Kansas State.

Pepperdine finishes non-conference play with its first game of 2010 this Sunday (Jan. 3) against Miami (Fla.) at 4 p.m. in Firestone Fieldhouse. Fans can watch the webcast and listen to Al Epstein's broadcast at www.pepperdinesports.com with a subscription to Wave Casts.