Thursday, February 10
San Francisco, Calif.
8:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
at
San Francisco
Photo by: Martin A. Folb
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PEPPERDINE AT SAN FRANCISCO
Date   Thursday, February 10, 2022
Site   War Memorial at Sobrato Center
   San Francisco, California
Time   8 p.m.
TVÂ Â Â Bally Sports West
Audio   WaveCasts
Series   San Francisco leads 84-54
Last Meeting   Dons 71, Waves 45Â
   1/22/2022 in Malibu
PEPPERDINE WAVES
2021-22 Record: 7-18
   WCC Record: 1-9
   Away Record: 0-10
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball
SAN FRANCISCO DONS
2021-22 Record: 19-6
   WCC Record: 6-4
   Home Record: 12-3
Head Coach: Todd Golden
Website: www.USFDons.com
Twitter: @USFDonsMBB
WAVEPOINTS
• Coming off a strong showing against Pacific that led to the Pepperdine men's basketball team's first West Coast Conference win, the Waves hope to keep their positive momentum going on Thursday night at San Francisco.
• The Waves were down by two with less than three minutes to go against the Tigers on Saturday but went on a 14-2 run to pull out the win.
• Meet Pepperdine's impressive freshman class, which has accounted for 46.3% of the team's points this season:
   • Maxwell Lewis is coming off a pair of 20+-point efforts vs. Pacific. He's 18th in the WCC in scoring (11.8) and 10th in league games only (14.2).
   • Houston Mallette is sixth in the WCC in three-pointers (2.1) and is on pace to set the Pepperdine freshman record. He's made a three-pointer in 19 straight games, tying the fifth-longest streak in program history.
   • Mike Mitchell Jr. ranks second in the WCC in assists (4.6) and is already third on Pepperdine's freshman assists list (115).
   • Carson Basham is averaging 9.0 points since moving into the starting lineup three games ago.
• Jan Zidek, who ranks 14th in the WCC at 13.0 points per game, averaged 11.0 points last week after missing the previous two games due to injury.
• Thursday should mark Darryl Polk Jr.'s 100th career game at Pepperdine.
• The Waves rank highly in the WCC in offensive rebounding (10.8 per game, third) assists (14.7, third), and free throw percentage (73.4%, fourth).
• Lorenzo Romar is in his 25th season as a college head coach. It's his fourth season this time around at Pepperdine, and his seventh overall with the Waves.
• Last season, the Waves won the 2021 College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
WAVECASTS — Thursday's game can be listened to online via WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who is now in his 37th season, will be behind the microphone. This will be his 1,121st consecutive men's basketball broadcast for the Waves.
WATCH — Thursday's game will be televised locally on Bally Sports West. It will also be aired on NBC Sports California and ROOT Sports Northwest. In areas where the game is not being televised, it can be watched online via the WCC Network. Roxy Bernstein and Ben Braun are the announcers.
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 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, three times (most recently in 2011-12). 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 #49 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
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Date   Thursday, February 10, 2022
Site   War Memorial at Sobrato Center
   San Francisco, California
Time   8 p.m.
TVÂ Â Â Bally Sports West
Audio   WaveCasts
Series   San Francisco leads 84-54
Last Meeting   Dons 71, Waves 45Â
   1/22/2022 in Malibu
PEPPERDINE WAVES
2021-22 Record: 7-18
   WCC Record: 1-9
   Away Record: 0-10
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball
SAN FRANCISCO DONS
2021-22 Record: 19-6
   WCC Record: 6-4
   Home Record: 12-3
Head Coach: Todd Golden
Website: www.USFDons.com
Twitter: @USFDonsMBB
WAVEPOINTS
• Coming off a strong showing against Pacific that led to the Pepperdine men's basketball team's first West Coast Conference win, the Waves hope to keep their positive momentum going on Thursday night at San Francisco.
• The Waves were down by two with less than three minutes to go against the Tigers on Saturday but went on a 14-2 run to pull out the win.
• Meet Pepperdine's impressive freshman class, which has accounted for 46.3% of the team's points this season:
   • Maxwell Lewis is coming off a pair of 20+-point efforts vs. Pacific. He's 18th in the WCC in scoring (11.8) and 10th in league games only (14.2).
   • Houston Mallette is sixth in the WCC in three-pointers (2.1) and is on pace to set the Pepperdine freshman record. He's made a three-pointer in 19 straight games, tying the fifth-longest streak in program history.
   • Mike Mitchell Jr. ranks second in the WCC in assists (4.6) and is already third on Pepperdine's freshman assists list (115).
   • Carson Basham is averaging 9.0 points since moving into the starting lineup three games ago.
• Jan Zidek, who ranks 14th in the WCC at 13.0 points per game, averaged 11.0 points last week after missing the previous two games due to injury.
• Thursday should mark Darryl Polk Jr.'s 100th career game at Pepperdine.
• The Waves rank highly in the WCC in offensive rebounding (10.8 per game, third) assists (14.7, third), and free throw percentage (73.4%, fourth).
• Lorenzo Romar is in his 25th season as a college head coach. It's his fourth season this time around at Pepperdine, and his seventh overall with the Waves.
• Last season, the Waves won the 2021 College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
WAVECASTS — Thursday's game can be listened to online via WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who is now in his 37th season, will be behind the microphone. This will be his 1,121st consecutive men's basketball broadcast for the Waves.
WATCH — Thursday's game will be televised locally on Bally Sports West. It will also be aired on NBC Sports California and ROOT Sports Northwest. In areas where the game is not being televised, it can be watched online via the WCC Network. Roxy Bernstein and Ben Braun are the announcers.
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 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, three times (most recently in 2011-12). 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 #49 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
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