Waves Head North for Two WCC Matchups

Thursday, February 6

San Francisco, Calif.

5:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

San Francisco

Barbara Sitanggan

Photo by: Sarah Otteman

2/4/2020 3:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. –The Pepperdine women's basketball team looks to extend its two-game win streak this week, heading up to Northern California for West Coast Conference matchups with San Francisco and Santa Clara. The Waves have that two-game win streak thanks in part to Monique Andriuolo's 18.5 ppg and 13.5 rpg performance, netting the first WCC Player of the Week honors for any Wave this year. Barbara Sitanggan is just six assists away from the Pepperdine all-time record, and will likely claim that record for herself this weekend.

GAME #22: Thursday (February 6) at War Memorial Gym in San Francisco, Calif.: Pepperdine (11-10, 5-6 WCC) vs. San Francisco (8-14, 1-9 WCC) at 5 p.m.

GAME #23: Saturday (February 8) at Leavey Center in Santa Clara, Calif.: Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara (8-13, 2-8 WCC) at 2 p.m.

COVERAGE: Both games this week will be live broadcast through the WCC Network, with links to live stats and broadcasts available on the women's basketball schedule page at PepperdineWaves.com. Fans can also follow @WavesHoops on Twitter for live, in-game updates.

SERIES VS. SAN FRANCISCO: The Waves and Dons have each won 40 games in the all-time series between the two teams. Pepperdine won the first meeting this season, defeating the Dons 82-70 in Malibu.

SERIES VS. SANTA CLARA: The Waves have a 40-38 all-time series lead, including the Waves' 79-71 overtime win in Malibu earlier this season.

LAST TIME OUT: The Waves got two victories at home this past weekend. On Thursday, Pepperdine defeated Pacific 59-54. Barbara Sitanggan led all scorers with 15 points.

On Saturday, the Waves hosted Saint Mary's, defeating the Gaels 73-64 in overtime. Monique Andriuolo had a career-high 30 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Waves to victory.

RECORD CHASING: Barbara Sitanggan is steadily climbing her way to the top of the all-time Pepperdine assists record. She currently sits in second with 446 assists, just six behind the all-time mark. Sitanggan is also eighth all-time in free throws made with 350 ... Paige Fecske became the program's 24th member of the 1,000 point club on Jan. 23 at Gonzaga. She hit a three-pointer in the corner to reach the 1,000 point mark. She also has made 157 3-pointers in her career, fourth all-time at Pepperdine.

WCC LEADERS: Paige Fecske is near the top of the West Coast Conference in a scoring. She is 23rd in the conference, putting up 10.8 points per game.

Monique Andriuolo is also at the top of the conference thus far. She is ninth in the conference in rebounding, bringing 7.2 boards down per game. Andriuolo also has 35 blocked shots, good for second in the WCC.

Barbara Sitanggan is currently fourth in the conference in assists with 87, fifth in steals with 43, and sixth in free throw percentage at 83.8%. She also leads the conference in assist/turnover radio, netting 3.5 assists per turnover.

LAST YEAR: Last year was Pepperdine women's basketball's best season in a long time. The Waves posted their first winning season since 2012. Pepperdine had its best WCC finish (third) and WCC seeding (third) since 2011. The Waves also won 20 games for the first time since 2010, the 12th such season in program history. The Waves lost one of the all-time great women's basketball players in Yasmine Robinson-Bacote, who graduated as the fourth-leading scorer in Pepperdine history with 1,772 points as well as having the fourth highest scoring average, scoring 15.3 points per game.

RETURNERS: The Waves bring back the West Coast Conference's assist leader from last year in senior Barbara Sitanggan. Sitanggan had 176 assists last year, compared to just 46 turnovers, which was good for the third best assist-turnover ratio in the nation. She also scored 11.1 points per game, good for second on the team.

Also returning for the Waves is redshirt-senior Paige Fecske. Fecske was named an All-WCC honorable mention as a junior in 2018 and had a promising start last year, scoring 9.5 points per game in five games before suffering a season-ending injury.

Pepperdine also brings back senior Deezha Battle, who scored 8.5 points per game last year, mainly coming off the bench. She led the team with 47 made three-pointers, making just under 37% of her shots from beyond the arc. Battle was second on the team in assists, dishing out 68.

Malia Bambrick returns for her sophomore season as a Wave coming off a WCC All-Freshman team designation last year. She scored 8.0 points per game and brought down 109 rebounds in 2018-19.

THE ROSTER: The Waves return a total of eight players from last year's squad: three seniors (Deezha Battle, Barbara Sitanggan, Paige Fecske), two juniors (Monique Andriuolo, Mia Satie) and three sophomores (Malia Bambrick, Jayda Ruffus-Milner, Jayla Ruffus-Milner). Joining the team this year are freshman Destiny McAllister, sophomore transfer Cheyenne Givens, and graduate transfers Danijela Milisic, Hannah Friend and Tara Dusharm.

PRESEASON RANKINGS: The Waves were picked to tie for sixth with Loyola Marymount in the annual WCC preseason poll. The entire poll is as follows: 1. Gonzaga, 2. BYU, 3. Pacific, 4. Saint Mary's, 5. Santa Clara, T6. Pepperdine, T6. Loyola Marymount, 8 San Diego, 9. San Francisco, 10. Portland.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports – one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat – and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment and is the only school not affiliated with a BCS-level conference. The Waves have earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, Calif., the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #50 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.