Box Score Jan. 4, 2018 Final Stats
Box Score 
SPOKANE, Wash. " The Pepperdine women's basketball team fell on the road for the first time in West Coast Conference Play on Thursday, dropping a 73-51 decision to Gonzaga in what was a battle of two of the three remaining undefeated teams in WCC action.
The Waves fall to 6-7 overall, 2-1 WCC, while Gonzaga improves to 10-4 overall, 3-0 WCC. Pepperdine hung close through the first half, but the defending conference champion Bulldogs pulled away in the final two periods.
 | BIG WAVES |
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Peyton Langston finished with a team-high 11 points, going 2-for-4 from three.
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Paige Fecske scored 10 points, hitting 2-of-3 threes.
| KEY STATS |
• Gonzaga shot 46% from the field (30-for-65).
• The Waves hit 6-of-17 three-pointers (35%).
• The Bulldogs won the turnover (13-18) and rebounding (43-32) battles.
• Pepperdine got 38 points off the bench in the game.
| PLAY-BY-PLAY |
The Waves played close with the Bulldogs through the first two quarters, going into the halftime break down 34-28. Pepperdine was down by as much as seven in the first quarter, but Monique Andriuolo hit a three and Rose Pflug got a layup to cut it back to a two-point game. The Bulldogs went up by as much as 10 in the second quarter, but a late three by Feckse cut it back to a six-point game.
Gonzaga opened the second half on a 10-0 run to build a 44-28 lead early in the third quarter. The Waves would cut it back to a 10-point game once, but the Zags led 52-40 heading to the fourth. The home team pulled away from there, going up by as much as 24 in the final period.
| UP NEXT |
Pepperdine stays on the road this weekend, heading to San Francisco on Saturday for a 2 p.m. WCC contest. The Waves then host BYU and travel to Saint Mary's next week.
