PROVO, Utah – The Pepperdine women's basketball team gave BYU a tough first half on Thursday, but ultimately fell 75-61 in a West Coast Conference matchup. Monique Andriuolo led the Waves with 17 points and five rebounds.

The Waves (3-11, 0-10 WCC) made a run at a comeback in the fourth quarter, but the Cougars (10-3, 6-2 WCC) had built up too great of a deficit.

BIG WAVES

• Senior forward Monique Andriuolo (Melbourne, Australia/Maribyrnong Secondary College) had one of her best scoring outputs of the season, scoring 17 points on 7-for-14 from the field. She also led the Waves with five rebounds.
• Junior guard Cheyenne Givens (Gardena, Calif./LA Trade Tech) scored 14 points, just one off her season high. She scored nine points in the second half.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves got on the board first on a Givens jumper and were quickly answered by the Cougars in a common theme in the first. There were six tie scores in the period, but BYU made the last two shots to take a 16-12 lead going into the second. The Waves tied the game at 16, but BYU retook the lead at 18-16 and never relinquished it again. Andriuolo and Tara Dusharm (Foley, Minn./Saint Louis) each had four points in the second quarter as the Cougars led 34-28 at the break.

The second half was much of the same, as the Cougars led by as many as 17 points in the fourth quarter. Pepperdine went on an 11-0 run in the fourth, but BYU answered with a 9-0 run of their own. Givens and Andriuolo scored 17 of the Waves' 33 points in the second half.

KEY STATS

• The Waves outshot the Cougars in the first half, but the Cougars ended up on top in shooting over the whole game, 47.2% to 43.3%.
• Pepperdine had 34 rebounds compared to BYU's 45.
• The Waves had 15 turnovers, while BYU turned the ball over just five times.

UP NEXT
 The Waves are on the road again on Saturday, taking on San Diego with a 2 pm tip.