FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Pepperdine women's basketball (2-1) takes on the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona Wednesday night in the Rolle Activity Center.
 

• The Waves dropped the first game of the season at Utah Valley Friday 56-85.
• Seleh Harmon led the team with 12 points, shooting 3-for-5 from distance.
• Shorna Preston has collected the most boards every game for Pepperdine, coming away from Utah Valley with 11. 

 
GAME NOTES
 

• Starting the season 2-1, the Waves look to move to 3-1 for one of the best starts to the season in over five years.
• Through three games, the Waves have the no. 3 offense in the lead, including second in both threes and three-point %.
• With an average of 19.67 assists per game, Pepperdine barely trails Portland for first in the WCC.
• Shorna Preston currently leads the WCC in rebounds with an average of 9.3 per game.
•  Elli Guiney, the sole sophomore on the Waves squad, has proven to be a difference maker three games into the season.
• A transfer from UNLV, Guiney is getting sizable minutes for the first time in college, setting two new career-highs in the first two games of the season.
•  Freshman Seleh Harmon has come off the bench in all three games, impacting the style of play greatly each time.
•  In the West Coast Conference, Harmon is 15th in scoring (11.7) , second in 3-point field goal percentage (.556), and first in 3 pointers per game (3.3).
• Being just one of two teams at the DI level without a single player returning for the 2025-26 season, Coach Faulkner and her staff hit the transfer portal to build a team from scratch.
• Four freshmen are joined by eight transfers to make up the squad of 12.
• Five transfers come from Division one schools with a DII guard as well as a forward from a junior college in Dodge City, Kan.
• Of the 12 new players in Malibu, three come from different regions of Australia.
• Bella Green, Zoe Shanahan, and Shorna Preston are the three representing the land down under for the Waves this season.
• As one true freshman and two transfers,the trio of Waves will log their first DI minutes this season with Pepperdine as Green comes to Malibu from West Florida and Preston comes off a title run with Dodge City Community College.
• Outside of the United States, the Waves represent five different countries in Canada, Romania, Germany, Australia, and Spain.
• Irune Orio, a transfer from Xavier, is the Spanish representative while Ilinca Belegante comes from Romania. Lina Falk is the sole German and Taija St. Maria represents the north as the Canadian on the Waves.
• The three Australians all come from different areas with one from Perth, one from Melbourne, and the final from the Gold Coast.
• The Waves currently have one AP Top-25 team slated with a game at #18 USC Nov. 28.
• Two trips highlight the Waves' non-conference with a trip up to Utah Valley as well as a short flight to Flagstaff, Ariz. to face Northern Arizona.

 
 
SERIES HISTORY

• In 11 matchups with NAU, Pepperdine holds the edge 7-4 overall.
• In Flagstaff, the Waves look to even the record on the road as they enter this game trailing the Lumberjacks 2-3.
• Last playing two seasons ago, the Waves lost in Malibu 62-80.
• 4-1 in the last five matchups, Pepperdine has not lost on the road since the 1994-95 season.

 
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES

• With a 1-3 record, NAU most recently lost to UC Irvine on the road 75-90.
• The Lumberjacks sole win on the season comes at the hands of Embry-Riddle.
• Naomi White leads NAU by over double the next Lumberjack, producing an average of 23.0 points per game, shooting .500 from  distance.
• Defensively, Madison Watts leads NAU with an average of 6.5 boards a game. 

 
Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. pst on ESPN+ with stats available at www.pepperdinewaves.com
 
ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Pepperdine women's basketball has made four NCAA postseason appearances in its history, having won the WCC regular-season four times and the WCC Tournament on three occasions. With six All-American selections in program history, the Waves have also seen success in the WNIT Tournament which included a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2019.
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