PEPPERDINE VS. ALABAMA STATE
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Site: Firestone Fieldhouse (Malibu, California)
Time: 2 p.m.
TV: none
Video: WCC Network
Series: Pepperdine leads 2-0
Last Meeting: Waves 79, Hornets 62 (12/11/2021 in Malibu)

PEPPERDINE WAVES
2022-23 Record: 1-1
    WCC Record: 0-0
    Home Record: 1-0
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball

ALABAMA STATE HORNETS
2022-23 Record: 0-2
    SWAC Record: 0-0
    Away Record: 0-2
Head Coach: Tony Madlock
Website: www.BamaStateSports.com
Twitter: @BamaStateMBB

WAVEPOINTS
• The Pepperdine men's basketball team begins a stretch with three home games in seven days this Sunday afternoon against Alabama State.
• Last season, Houston Mallette scored 24 points in a 79-62 home win over the Hornets.
• With a win on Sunday, the Waves would begin a season 2-1 for the fourth time in five years during Lorenzo Romar's current tenure.
• Maxwell Lewis, who scored a career-high 29 points in the opener against Rice, is averaging a team-best 22.0 points per game in the early going. He's shooting 66.7% (16-for-24) from the field.
• Mallette, who was named to the preseason All-WCC team, has made a three-pointer in 28 consecutive games, the fourth-best run in program history. The school record is 32 by Terrance Johnson.
• Jevon Porter is coming off his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Cal State Fullerton.
• Pepperdine's roster includes nine returners and six newcomers. The top four scorers from last year's team are back — Mallette (13.6), Jan Zidek (13.3), Lewis (11.0) and Mike Mitchell Jr. (9.1). Mallette, Lewis and Mitchell Jr. all made the WCC All-Freshman team last season.
• Four of the first five games are at home, and nine of the 15 non-conference games in all will be in Firestone Fieldhouse. Seven of the 15 are against other Southern California schools.
• Romar is in his 26th season as a college head coach. It's his fifth season this time around at Pepperdine, and his eighth overall with the Waves. Romar will be inducted into the SoCal Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022.

WAVECASTS — Sunday's game can be watched online via the WCC Network. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who is now in his 38th season, will be behind the microphone. This will be his 1,130th consecutive men's basketball broadcast for the Waves.

TICKETS — Home game tickets are available via e-ticket ONLY and must be purchased online before arriving onto campus. To purchase e-tickets and/or read the spectator guidelines, visit: https://gowav.es/WavesTix. Due to campus construction, nearby parking may be limited and guests are advised to arrive early.

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 20 schools to have accomplished this feat — and 10 overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 26 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, four times (most recently in 2021-22). Located in scenic Malibu, California, 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 #55 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.