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MALIBU, California " The Pepperdine men's basketball team couldn't get it going on either end of the floor on Saturday afternoon and the result was a 73-59 Santa Clara victory in West Coast Conference play.

The Waves (4-18, 1-9) shot just 37.7% from the field while the Broncos (8-14, 5-5) were at 55.3% for the game.

BIG WAVES

• Sophomore forward Kameron Edwards (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS) led the Waves in scoring for the third straight game and had 19 points.
• Freshman guard Trae Berhow (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS) matched his season high of 15 points, sank four three-pointers (including a four-point play) and had a team-best seven rebounds.
• Freshman guard Colbey Ross (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS) had six points, seven assists and three steals.

KEY STATS

• Santa Clara shot better than 50% in both halves, while the Waves were in the 30s in both ends.
• In addition to the overall shooting, Santa Clara went 10-for-21 from distance (47.6%), while Pepperdine was at 6-for-19 (31.6%).
• Though Santa Clara had a 33-26 advantage in rebounding, the Waves had 11 offensive boards and a 15-4 edge in second-chance points.
• The Waves only committed seven turnovers to the Broncos' 11 but SCU had a 9-4 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Santa Clara had three players score in double-figures, led by Henry Caruso's 23.

PLAY BY PLAY

The Waves trailed early, but got hot for one stretch and went ahead 14-11 after back-to-back three-pointers by Darnell Dunn and Berhow. But a 10-0 Santa Clara run would later put the Broncos ahead 23-16, and they pushed the lead to 11 at 33-22 before going into halftime with a 35-28 advantage.

Though the Waves rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat LMU on Thursday, there was no comeback this time. Santa Clara kept its lead in double-figures for the final 18 minutes with a high of 20 points at 71-51.

NOTABLES

• Nolan Taylor (shoulder) and Jade' Smith (concussion) were out for their seventh and sixth games in a row, respectively. The Waves' total number of player-games missed due to injury or illness is up to 54 this season.

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UP NEXT

Pepperdine visits Portland next Thursday (Feb. 1) at 7 p.m. It will be shown on TheW.tv and there will also be an audio-only WaveCasts with Al Epstein.