Women’s Basketball Opens Farewell Firestone Tour with 74-51 Win

Saturday, November 8

Malibu, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

2-0,0-0WCC

Westmont College (Calif.)

0-0,0-0PacWest

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Westmont	17	8	9	17	51
Pepperdine	19	19	20	16	74

Photo by: Kelly Nugent

Women’s Basketball Opens Farewell Firestone Tour with 74-51 Win

11/8/2025 7:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine women's basketball (2-0) opened home play Saturday afternoon in Firestone Fieldhouse, defeating the Warriors of Westmont (0-0) college.

"Westmont is a well coached proven program," head coach Katie Faulkner said. "I'm proud of our effort, response to coaching, and incredible selflessness this team continues to lean into."

Opening the game down 4-11, the Waves had dug themselves into a hole early. Not phased by adversity, the team battled and five points from Bella Green alone, with a layup by Ivory FInley, put the Waves right back in the game at 11-11 two minutes later.

Ending the first with a 19-17 edge, the fight on Pepperdine's squad was apparent.

Starting the second quarter on a 9-0 scoring tear, the Waves were up 28-17 with five to go in the half. Nine from Elli Guiney would highlight the 10-minute period as the Waves took a 38-25 lead into the locker room.

Pepperdine cruised in the second half, shooting .441 from the field with 22 of the 36 second-half points coming in the paint. Netting the first points of her collegiate career, freshman Quinn VanSickle was 2-3 from distance in the second half to contribute six of her own.

The Waves led by as much as 26, closing the game with a 71-51, 23 point victory.

With a 2-0 record, this is Pepperdine's best start since 2020 with a trip to Utah on deck. Friday, Pepperdine will face off against Utah Valley on the road at 5 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription required) and live stats can be found on pepperdinewaves.com

GAME NOTES

Guiney led the team in scoring, securing her second career high through two games with 15 this afternoon.
Bella Green was not far behind, scoring her career-high at the division one level with 13 points.
Shorna Preston led the team for the second consecutive game in rebounds, securing 9 against the Warriors.
Seleh Harmon is averaging 11.5 points per game through two.
As a team, the Waves shot .370 from three, averaging .425 through two games.
Pepperdine outrebounded the Warriors 49-27.
The Waves defense held Westmont to single-digit scoring in the second and third quarter, allowing just 17 points through 20 minutes of play.
Zoe Shanahan secured her first collegiate points with a layup in the second quarter.
Only shooting six free throws, the Waves were 4-for-6.
Over half of the team's points were off the bench with 38 coming from non-starters.

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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