GAME #9: Pepperdine vs Life Pacific | Wednesday, Dec. 5 | Malibu, Calif. | 6 p.m.
 
GAME #10: Pepperdine vs Grambling State | Saturday, Dec. 7 | Malibu, Calif. | 2 p.m.
 
COVERAGE: Both games will be streamed live on ESPN+. Hall of Famer Al Epstein continues his streak of 1,201 & 1,202-straight men's basketball broadcasts in his 40th season on the call. Joining him are Will Decker and Joey Vergilis in the color commentary seat.
 
SATURDAY CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS: One lucky student will win a gift card to either Nobu or Aviator Nation! Sign up here and you must be present to claim your prize. In addition, free pizza for the first few students in the door!
 
SCHILLING & COMPANY: Beginning his first campaign as the Waves' head coach, Ed Schilling has gathered a cabinet of assistant coaches with several decades of coaching experience at all levels of the sport, ranging from Power 5 schools to success at the NAIA, junior college and high school levels.
 
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: The 2024-25 roster features 12 new faces and just two returners in Boubacar Coulibaly and David Mager. Seven of the 12 transferred in to Pepperdine while four are true freshmen. The roster is also significantly older than in years past, seeing three graduate students and five upperclassmen.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The Waves went 1-1 last week at the Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe. Starting off with an 82-70 win over New Mexico State, Pepperdine led the entirety of the game and had four players enter double-figure scoring. In their second outing, the Waves fell to Weber State 68-53 but Boubacar Coulibaly earned his first double-double of the season and was named to the All-Tournament team.
 
TODOROVIC TOTALITY: Through the first five games of the season, the Serbian native has led Pepperdine in scoring while averaging almost 20 going into this week. Todorovic dropped a career-high 33 points at UCSD earlier in November. The senior currently leads the West Coast Conference in scoring (18.9 ppg) and led the league in that category for the whole month of November.
 
SHARING THE WEALTH: Averaging almost seven assists per game, junior Moe Odum could pass his way into the Pepperdine top 10 for cumulative assists in a season if he continues on the same pace. Last season, Odum finished third in the WCC for assists per game (4.6) while playing for Pacific. Currently, he stands 11th in the country for assists per game and third in the WCC in the same category (6.8 apg).
 
PRO WAVES: Maxwell Lewis was the 40th pick in the 2023 Draft and earned big minutes in the NBA Summer League. Kessler Edwards began his professional career with the Brooklyn Nets who drafted him at 44th in 2021 but has since been traded to the Sacramento Kings and now resides on the Dallas Mavericks roster. Pepperdine's record-holder for scoring and assists Colbey Ross currently plays for Pallacanestro Trieste– one of the top teams in Italy.
 
CATCH THE WAVES
Season tickets for Pepperdine men's and women's basketball are currently on sale at PepperdineWaves.com/Tickets with single-game purchases to become available October 25. Season ticket prices begin at $99 and fans have the opportunity to purchase a pass for priority parking near Firestone Fieldhouse for $200.
 
PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL: This is the 86th season of Pepperdine men's basketball, and the 51st year that the Waves have called Firestone Fieldhouse home. The Waves has been to the NCAA Tournament 13 times (last in 2002) and has won 12 West Coast Conference regular-season titles (last in 2002) and three WCC Tournament crowns (last in 1994). The Waves won the College Basketball Invitational in 2021.
 
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