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Coulibaly vs CSUF
Kennedy Duke
72
Winner Cal St. Fullerton CSF 2-5,0-0 Big West
63
Pepperdine PEP 1-5,0-0 WCC
Winner
Cal St. Fullerton CSF
2-5,0-0 Big West
72
Final
63
Pepperdine PEP
1-5,0-0 WCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cal St. Fullerton CSF 29 43 72
Pepperdine PEP 35 28 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | by Athletic Communications

Titans Out-Shoot Waves

MALIBU – The Pepperdine men's basketball team couldn't shoot its way out of a second-half slump and fell to Cal State Fullerton 72-63 on Tuesday night.
 
The Waves (1-5) led for almost 29 minutes of the contest but the Titans (2-5) capitalized on the Pepperdine drought late to seal the game.
 
BIG WAVES
  • Stefan Todorovic (Belgrade, Serbia/SMU/USF) led all scorers with 16 points and nine rebounds to go with an assist and a steal.
  • Zion Bethea (South Orange, N.J./Delaware) scored 13 points, pulled down four rebounds and accrued three steals.
  • Boubacar Coulibaly (Bamako, Mali/USC) contributed 11 points on 4-for-6 field goal shooting as well as eight boards, two assists and two blocks.
  • Moe Odum (The Bronx, N.Y./Pacific) scored 10 points, had two rebounds and dished out five assists.
 
KEY STATS
  • Fullerton out-shot Pepperdine from the field 46% to 38% and 27% to 23% from three-point range.
  • Pepperdine won the rebound battle 40 to 32.
  • The Titans also outscored the Waves 36-13 from the bench and 38-30 from in the paint.
 
RECAP
The Titans struck first on the night, but the Waves scored the next six points, four by the way of the Pepperdine defense and CSUF turnovers. The teams would go back and forth offensively until Pepperdine caused a Fullerton shot clock violation while Todorovic and Bethea continued to make high-percentage shots from driving into the lane. The Waves would enjoy a slight lead for most of the half until a short run from the Titans at the under-four timeout, leading to a 35-29 halftime score.
 
The second stanza started off much the same as the first, seeing Coulibaly and Bethea help stretch the Waves' lead to 10 in the opening minutes. The Titans' chaos defense slowed the Pepperdine shooting barrage from the first half, and Fullerton got hot from beyond the arc to gain the lead with five minutes to play. The Waves went five minutes without a made field goal and home fouls would prove to doom Pepperdine for a 72-63 final.
 
UP NEXT
The Waves travel to Tempe, Ariz. to take part in the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off against New Mexico State Friday at 12:30 p.m. PT.
 
STAY CONNECTED
Keep up with all things Pepperdine hoops by following the team on X and Instagram and find more about Waves Athletics via @PepperdineWaves on all platforms.
 
 
 
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