PORTLAND, Ore. – The Pepperdine men's basketball team saw four players in double figures and the Waves won the rebounding battle, but could not overcome a first half Portland scoring barrage, falling 91-76 on Saturday afternoon.

Jevon Porter earned his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 14 and pulling down 10 boards. 
 
BIG WAVES

• Sophomore Maxwell Lewis (Las Vegas, N.V./AZ Compass Prep) led the Waves with 18 points and earned seven rebounds, six assists and a steal.
• Sophomore Houston Mallette (Alameda, Calif./Pacifica Christian HS) contributed 15 points, five boards, two assists and a steal. 
• Sophomore Carson Basham (Phoenix, Ariz./AZ Compass Prep) delivered 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting with three rebounds and a block. 
• In addition to his double-double effort, freshman Jevon Porter (Columbia, Mo./Father Tolton Catholic HS) shot 55.5% from the field and had an even five and five on offensive and defensive boards.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
Pepperdine opened up the game on a Moore three followed by a Mallette layup to counter the Pilots' hot shooting, but turnovers proved costly as the Portland defense sunk inside to stop Porter and Basham. Despite the shooting woes, the Waves won the rebound battle in the first half going 14-11. Portland went on a 15-0 run late in the period to stretch the UP lead to 27 at its peak, but Pepperdine answered with two runs of its own, capitalized by a Lewis and-one. Heading into the locker rooms, the Pilots led 50-34.
The Waves came back out with a spark, scoring five early points off of Portland turnovers. Pepperdine slowed the Pilots' scoring runs for the first 10 minutes of the second period, shrinking the margin to nine, but the Pilots stretched their lead back to 18 with five minutes to play. The Waves played with urgency, getting back within nine of Portland but free throws sealed the loss for Pepperdine..

KEY STATS

• Pepperdine out-rebounded the Pilots 35-25.
• The Waves earned six more points in the paint than Portland, at a count of 38-32.
• The two teams shot the same amount of threes, but Portland had the better night going 14-24 compared to Pepperdine's 9-24.

UP NEXT
The Waves will again split home and away next week, inviting San Diego to Malibu for a 7 p.m. tip on Thursday and then heading down PCH to take on rival LMU in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. Saturday.