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Barbara Sitanggan sets single-season free throw record
Morgan Davenport
Barbara Sitanggan
48
Pepperdine PEP 0-1,0-0 WCC
85
Winner Washington St. WSU 1-0,0-0 Pac-12
Pepperdine PEP
0-1,0-0 WCC
48
Final
85
Washington St. WSU
1-0,0-0 Pac-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Pepperdine PEP 14 13 15 6 48
Washington St. WSU 25 17 27 16 85

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | by Athletic Communications

Waves Fall in Opener Against Washington State

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Pepperdine women's basketball team opened its season on Tuesday, falling to Washington State 85-48. Barbara Sitanggan led the Waves with nine points.  
The Cougars (1-0) got ahead of the Waves (0-1) early and did not let up on the back of a 23-point performance from Borislava Hristova.

BIG WAVES
  • Barbara Sitanggan (Fullerton, Calif./Troy HS) led the Waves with nine points. She shot 3-8 from the field and made the only three-pointer she shot. Sitanggan also tacked on two assists.
  • Malia Bambrick (Santa Clarita, Calif./Bishop Alemany HS) had eight points, one assist and one rebound.
  • Jayla Ruffus-Milner (North Hills, Calif./Harvard Westlake HS) had seven points off the bench.
 
GAME RECAP
Tara Dusharm (Foley, Minn./Foley HS/St. Louis) scored the Waves' first points of the season in the first quarter. After five straight points from the Cougars, Paige Fecske (Studio City, Calif./Chaminade HS) brought the Waves back to within four. Later in the quarter, Washington State went on a 9-2 run to take a 25-14 lead after 10 minutes of play. The Cougars started the second quarter on an 8-2 run, pushing their lead to 16 points before Sitanggan hit her lone three-pointer to get the Waves back to within 13. Pepperdine scored seven unanswered points at the end of the half before a buzzer-beater three-pointer from the Cougars gave Washington State a 42-27 lead at the half.
The second half was all Cougars. After trading baskets to start the third, Washington State went on a 13-4 run, taking a 59-36 lead halfway through the third quarter. Pepperdine got buckets from Ruffus-Milner at the end of the quarter and trailed 69-47 going into the final 10 minutes of play. Washington State outscored the Waves 16-6 in the final quarter, cementing their 85-48 victory.

KEY STATS
  • Washington State out-rebounded the Waves 43-27 and 33-10 on defensive rebounds alone.
  • The Cougars shot 53.4% from the field as opposed to the Waves' 32.7%.
  • Washington State made double the amount of three-pointers (6) as the Waves (3), in nearly the same amount of shots (15 vs. 14).
UP NEXT
The Waves take on Cal Poly on Sunday, Nov. 10 in Malibu for the year's first home game. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
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