Pepperdine-San Diego Box Score 
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Pepperdine men's basketball team stayed even with San Diego for a while, but the host Toreros eventually pulled away in the second half for a 65-48 victory in the West Coast Conference regular-season finale for both schools on Saturday.
Pepperdine fell to 7-23 overall and 3-11 in the WCC, while San Diego improved to 10-20, 3-11. With the win, the Toreros edged the Waves for seeding placement at the upcoming Zappos.com West Coast Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. Pepperdine will be the #8 seed and will play rival Loyola Marymount in the first round at the Orleans Arena on Friday (March 5) at 6 p.m.
Sophomore guard Lorne Jackson (Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley HS) had his best game in a few weeks, as he came off the bench to score a game-high 15 points. Junior forward Jonathan Dupre' (Houston, Texas/Collin County CC) and sophomore center Corbin Moore (Cypress, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) each scored nine points. Moore tied his season-high scoring total and also had a game-high eight rebounds. Freshman guard Caleb Willis (Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge HS) had a season-high five assists.
The Waves trailed by as many as seven in the first half, but rallied to take a 25-24 lead with three minutes left after a basket by Jackson. USD scored the final four points and went into halftime with a 28-25 advantage, however. Dupre' sank a three-pointer to tie the game at 28 one minute into the second half, but the Toreros outscored the Waves 37-23 after halftime.
USD was led by Roberto Mafra's 13 points, Brandon Johnson's 11 points and Chris Lewis' 10 points. The Toreros had a 46.3%-42.2% shooting edge from the field and made nine three-pointers to Pepperdine's three.
Pepperdine, which has no seniors and has a roster where 11 of the 15 players are underclassmen, was led in scoring by its sophomore class for the 28th time in 30 games.
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