MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men's basketball (5-9, 0-1 WCC) remains home to take on Saint Mary's (12-2, 1-0 WCC) Tuesday night at 6 p.m. from Firestone Fieldhouse.

Al Epstein and Joey Vergilis will have the call on ESPN+, with live stats for the game available here.

Tickets remain for the Gaels final trip to Firestone Fieldhouse, available for purchase here.

LAST TIME OUT

• Pepperdine fell 96-56 at the hands of No. 7 Gonzaga on Sunday in the WCC opener.
• Yonatan Levy led the Waves with 15 points to go with six rebounds and a season-high three steals.
• Javon Cooley logged 13 points off the bench on 6-for-8 from the field.
• The Bulldogs shot 53.7% from the field for the game compared to 33.9% from the Waves.

GAME NOTES

• Pepperdine currently ranks 21st in the country in free throw percentage at .774.
• The mark ranks second in the WCC, as the Waves have converted 205 of 245 attempts from the charity stripe this season.265
• The Waves have shot over 70-percent from the line in eight of the past ten games.
• The Waves are one of two teams in the West Coast Conference to have four players averaging 11.5 points per game or more (Aaron Clark, Javon Cooley, Styles Phipps, Danilo Dozic).
• Six players have finished as the leading scorer in a game for Pepperdine this season, with Yonatan Levy pacing the offense for the first time against Gonzaga.
• The Waves are the only team in the WCC to have more than four players average over 29 minutes per game (Phipps, Dozic, Clark, Cooley). 
• The Waves have shot over 45% from the field in three out of their past four games.
• The Waves currently rank fourth in the WCC with 11.9 offensive rebounds per game.
• Styles Phipps is one of four players in the country averaging over 11.5 points, six rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
• Phipps is currently third in the WCC in assists per game at 5.3.
• Phipps is the only player in the WCC to have both a points/rebounds double-double and points/assists double-double this season.
• Styles Phipps ranks 7th in the conference with 6.4 rebounds per game, as the Pepperdine point guard has corralled 26 offensive rebounds through 14 games this campaign.
• Yonatan Levy has knocked down a three-pointer in five straight games (7-for-11) after hitting one in the first nine games of the season.
• Javon Cooley is the Waves leading scorer at 13.9 points per game while being second on the squad with five rebounds per game.
• Cooley ranks fourth in the WCC and 17th in the nation in free throw percentage (.923) and had a streak of 44 consecutive made free throws snapped at Long Beach State.
• Cooley has averaged 15.4 points per game over his last five efforts, shooting 28-for-44 (.636) from the field over that span and 9-for-16 from three-point range.
• Cooley is one five players in the WCC to rank top-20 in scoring and rebounding in the conference.
• Aaron Clark ranks 15th in the West Coast Conference with 13.7 points per game.
• Clark has posted 25 points in two of the past four games, with his 25 against Cal State Bakersfield coming on 10-for-15 shooting including 3-for-4 from three-point range, adding a career-high five steals.
• Clark is one of two players in the WCC to be averaging at least 13.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game, 3 assists per game and 1.5 steals per game.
• Danilo Dozic has posted a pair of 20-point efforts this season and is second on the team in three-pointers made with 19.
• Pavle Stosic has drawn eight straight starts in the frontcourt and has posted 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this season.

SERIES HISTORY

• Saint Mary's holds an 82-73 advantage in the all-time series.
• The Gaels enter the contest with a nine-game winning streak against the Waves.
• The Waves most recent victory in the series came on Feb. 13, 2021  in Malibu by a score of 60-58.
• The Waves hold a 28-23 overall record at Firestone Fieldhouse in the series.
• The teams met three times a season ago, with the Gaels defeating the Waves in the semifinals of the WCC Tournament.

SCOUTING THE GAELS

• Saint Mary's was selected No. 2 in the WCC Preseason Poll after a 17-1 mark in the conference in 2024-25.
• The Gaels are 2-0 in true road contests this season.
• Saint Mary's earned a 78-73 victory at LMU on Sunday to begin their WCC campaign.
• Paulius Murauskas enters play as the second leading scorer in the WCC at 18.2 points per game while ranking third in the circuit with 7.4 rebounds per game. 
• Andrew McKeever leads the conference with 9.4 rebounds per game including 4 offensive boards per game which is ninth-best in the NCAA

The Waves will hit the road next with road matchups at Santa Clara (Jan. 2) and Pacific (Jan. 4).

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.

TICKETS
For more information on ticket packages and to purchase tickets for upcoming home events, visit here.

FOLLOW
To stay up-to-date on the latest Pepperdine men's basketball news, follow the Waves on social media @PepperdineMBB.