MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men's basketball (3-4) hits the road to take on Cal State Fullerton (2-5) Saturday at 2 p.m. from Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif.

Fans can tune in on ESPN+ for live coverage while live stats for the game will be available here.

Pepperdine will play in just its second true road game of the season, previously falling 74-63 at No. 12 UCLA earlier this month.

LAST TIME OUT

• Pepperdine fell by a score of 76-53 against Fresno State in an Acrisure Series neutral site contest in Palm Desert, Calif.
• The Waves held a 35-27 lead at the half before the Bulldogs opened the second half on a 19-0 run to pull away and secure the win.
• Javon Cooley led the Waves with 15 points and five rebounds to go along with two steals.
• Danilo Dozic added eight points, three rebounds and three blocks for the Waves.
• Pepperdine secured 17 offensive rebounds while outrebounding the Bulldogs 42-32.

GAME NOTES

• The Waves currently rank 15th in the country in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 15.57 through the first seven games this season.
• The Waves have secured at 15 or more offensive boards in five of seven games this season.
• Seven Waves are currently averaging at least one offensive board per game, led by Styles Phipps (2.3 per game) and Pavle Stosic (1.8 per game).
• Pepperdine is one of two teams in the WCC with three players averaging over 13 points per game (Aaron Clark, Javon Cooley, Danilo Dozic).
• The Waves rank third in the WCC and 42nd in the NCAA with a .767 free-throw percentage.
• Phipps is the only player in the country averaging over 11 points, six rebounds, six assists and 1.4 steals per game.
• Phipps is currently second in the WCC in assists per game at 6.0.
• Phipps is the only player in the WCC to have both a points/rebounds double-double and points/assists double-double this season.
• Clark has paced the Waves' scoring this season with 14.7 points per game.
• Clark posted a career-high 30 points against Stephen F. Austin on 9-for-12 shooting.
• It marked one of seven games this season in which a player scored 30 points on 12 or fewer field goal attempts.
• Clark is one of four players in the WCC to be averaging at least 14.5 points per game, 3.0rebounds per game, 2.0 assists per game and 1.5 steals per game.
• Clark currently ranks fifth in the WCC with 12 steals this season.
• Cooley has been the Waves' second leading scorer this season at 13.6 boards per game and rebounder at 6.1 boards per game.
• Cooley is one five players in the WCC to rank top-15 in scoring and rebounding in the conference.
• Dozic currently ranks 18th in the WCC in scoring at 13.0 points per game.

SERIES HISTORY

• Cal State Fullerton leads the all-time series, 13-12.
• The Titans have won seven of the past eight matchups dating back to 2003-04.
• Pepperdine has a 5-6 record in road games in the series.
• The Titans claimed a win in Malibu this past season by a score of 72-63.

SCOUTING THE TITANS

• The Titans were selected 11th in the Preseason Big West Poll.
• Fullerton has played a pair of West Coast Conference opponents this season, falling to Pacific (85-73) and Portland (103-85).
• The Titans have a common opponent with the Waves from their most recent matchup, falling to Northern Colorado by a score of 97-93.
• Fullerton is led by Joshua Ward who averages 15.6 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game.
• Freshman Bryce Cofield logged 27 points last time out against Northern Colorado and ranks second on the team in scoring.
• The Titans boast the highest scoring offense (88.9 points per game) in the Big West and the last-ranked defense (90.3 points per game).

The Waves will return home Tuesday to host Abilene Christian at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Pepperdine men's basketball has made 13 NCAA postseason appearances while earning 12 WCC Regular-Season Championships and three WCC Tournament Championships in its history. This success has spanned multiple decades, with the Waves most recently winning the 2021 CBI Tournament. The program has also seen 19 All-Americans along with 19 NBA players, which included a streak of 34 consecutive seasons with at least one alum on an NBA roster from 1976-2011.

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