IRVINE, California – The Pepperdine men's basketball team fell at UC Irvine, 82-48, on Saturday night.
 
The Waves (2-3) had their five-game winning streak against the Anteaters (3-1) snapped.
 
BIG WAVES

• Graduate transfer forward Keith Fisher III (Los Angeles, Calif./Illinois State) had a team-high 13 points.
• Senior guard Jade' Smith (Oakland, Calif./St. Joseph Notre Dame HS) had 11 points.

PLAY BY PLAY
 
Pepperdine led a couple of times early in the game but the Waves' last lead came at 8-7 after a basket by freshman guard Mike Mitchell Jr. (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS). The Anteaters led 14-12 after a Mitchell lay-up, but UCI then went on 10-0 run to double up the Waves at 24-12 with eight minutes left. The biggest lead of the half was 17 at 34-17. Pepperdine ended the half on a 7-2 run to make it 36-24.
 
The Waves couldn't close the gap any in the second half, as UCI went up 58-37 with 10 minutes to go and 76-46 with 3 1/2 minutes left.
 
KEY STATS 

• Pepperdine was outshot 50.0% to 33.3%.
• UCI enjoyed a 21-5 edge in points off turnovers, as the Waves committed 17 to the Anteaters' eight.
• UC Irvine was credited with 11 steals to Pepperdine's zero.
• UCI was led by 19 points from Dawson Baker and 18 by Collin Welp.

NOTABLES 

• Braun Hartfield made his Pepperdine debut and had seven points and five rebounds in 28 minutes.
• Newcomers scored 32 of the Waves' 48 points.

UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine stays in Orange County for the inaugural SoCal Challenge. The Waves face Fresno State on Monday (Nov. 22) at 10 p.m. and TCU on Wednesday (Nov. 24) at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be televised by the CBS Sports Network and there will be audio-only WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com.