MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men's basketball (6-19, 1-11 WCC) will head to Saint Mary's (21-4, 10-2 WCC) for a midweek road matchup at 7 p.m. Wednesday before hosting LMU (13-13, 4-9 WCC) Saturday at 2 p.m. from Firestone Fieldhouse.

Pepperdine at Saint Mary's (Feb. 11) - 7 p.m.
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Pepperdine vs. LMU (Feb. 14) - 2 p.m.
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The Waves enter the final three weeks of the regular season with six games remaining on the slate, three at home and three on the road.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Waves fell by a score of 92-59 at home against Pacific this past Saturday.
• Aaron Clark logged 17 points on 3-for-5 shooting from distance.
• Javon Cooley posted 15 points and five rebounds.
• Styles Phipps registered seven points, six rebounds and three assists.
• The Waves matched a season-high with six blocked shots.

GAME NOTES

• Aaron Clark has scored 17+ points in five of his last six efforts, averaging 19.2 points per game over that span.
• Clark has posted 25 points or more in four games this season.
• Clark also ranks ninth in the WCC with 1.4 steals per game.
• Styles Phipps is one of four players in the country averaging over 13 points, six rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.
• Phipps is currently fourth in the WCC in assists per game at 4.7.
• Phipps is the only player in the WCC to have both a points/rebounds double-double and a points/assists double-double this season.
• Phipps leads the conference in free throws made during conference play (71-for-87), making 16 more than the next-highest mark.
• Phipps ranks ninth in the conference with 6.1 rebounds per game, as the Pepperdine point guard has also corralled 48 offensive rebounds through 25 games this campaign (1.9 per game).
• Danilo Dozic has scored in double figures 13 times this season and leads the team in three-pointers made with 42 (42-for-117).
• Dozic has made multiple three-pointers in four straight efforts, going 12-for-22 (.545) from distance over that span.
• Javon Cooley ranks sixth in the conference and 108th in the country with an .850 clip from the line.
• Cooley has scored 15+ points in nine efforts this season.
• Cooley and Phipps each rank within the top-25 of the conference in both scoring and rebounding.
• The Waves are the only team in the West Coast Conference to have four players averaging 11 points per game or more (Aaron Clark, Javon Cooley, Styles Phipps, Danilo Dozic).
• Seven players have finished as the leading scorer in a game for Pepperdine this season, the most in the WCC.
• Pepperdine currently ranks 51st in the country in free throw percentage at .761.
• This mark ranks fourth in the WCC, as the Waves have converted 372 of 489 attempts from the charity stripe this season.

SERIES HISTORY

• Saint Mary's holds an 83-73 advantage in the all-time series.
• The Gaels enter with a 10-game winning streak against the Waves.
• Pepperdine's most recent win in the series came on Feb. 13, 2021 in Malibu.
• The Waves are 30-40 all-time in Moraga.
• The Gaels posted a 72-45 victory in Malibu earlier this season on Dec. 30.
• Pepperdine leads the all-time series with LMU by a 105-76 margin.
• This includes a 55-26 mark at home against the Lions.
• LMU won both meetings in the 2024-25 season and have won seven of eight in the series.
• Pepperdine's last home win against the Lions came on Jan. 26, 2020 by a score of 75-67.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

• Saint Mary's enters play winners of two straight this past week, having earned wins over San Diego and San Francisco at home.
• The Gaels boast a 10-2 record in the WCC to sit in third place, with the losses coming at Gonzaga and at Santa Clara.
• The Gaels rank first in the country in free-throw percentage at .814 and 12th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 64.5 points per game.
• Saint Mary's is led by Paulius Murauskas, who ranks second in the West Coast Conference with 18.8 points per game.
• Andrew McKeever leads the conference with 9.6 rebounds per game, including 3.7 per contest on the offensive glass.
• LMU enters with a 4-9 mark in WCC play, having won back-to-back games with the wins coming at San Francisco and at home against San Diego.
• The Lions boast the fourth-highest scoring offense in the conference at 77.5 points per game.
• LMU is the lone team in the conference with three players averaging 13 or more points per game.

The Waves will head north for a two-game road trip next week, taking on Portland (Feb. 18) and Oregon State (Feb. 21).

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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