Box Score MALIBU – The Pepperdine men's basketball team fell at home on Saturday night to the Saint Mary's Gaels at a final score of 74-50.
 
BIG WAVES

• Stefan Todorovic (Belgrade, Serbia/SMU/USF) led the Waves with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and a steal.
• Dovydas Butka (Panevezys, Lithuania) recorded 10 points on 5-of-7 field goal shooting, adding on five boards and a block.
• Boubacar Coulibaly (Bamako, Mali/USC) tacked on six points, four rebounds and two steals.

 
KEY STATS

• Saint Mary's outshot Pepperdine 47% to 34% from the field and 37% to 25% from beyond the arc.
• The Gaels also won the battle of the boards at a rate of 42-29 as well as scored 46 points in the paint compared to the Waves' 28.

 
RECAP
Saint Mary's struck first, but Olvera, Todorovic and Butka all connected within 30 seconds of each other to go up 6-3 early. Both squads made things tough inside the paint, battling for boards and resulting in free throws. The Waves were stalled from the field and the three however, seeing the Gaels connect on similar shot selection while the latter pulled ahead as a result. Pepperdine headed into the locker rooms at a 35-22 deficit.
 
The Gaels opened the second half on a 6-0 run of their own and extended the lead with creative shot selection. Pepperdine would trade buckets with SMC but the Gaels bigs proved too much for the Waves' post game, ballooning to a 74-50 final.
 
NEXT UP
The Waves travel to Corvallis, Ore. to take on fresh face Oregon State Thursday before returning to Malibu to take on Pacific on Saturday.
 
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