MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men's basketball (7-20, 2-12 WCC) heads north for its final road trip of the regular season, beginning Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Portland (12-15, 5-9 WCC) before a matchup at Oregon State (14-14, 7-8 WCC) Saturday at 5 p.m.

Pepperdine at Portland (Feb. 18) - 7 p.m.
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Pepperdine at Oregon State (Feb. 21) - 5 p.m.
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The Waves look to earn the season series sweep over the Pilots, while matching up for the final time in the regular season as WCC-foes with the Beavers. 

LAST TIME OUT

• Pepperdine picked up a 90-89 home win over LMU this past Saturday.
• The Waves ended the game on a 9-0 run to secure the comeback victory.
• Aaron Clark scored a career-high 33 points to go with seven rebounds.
• Stefan Cicic posted a career-high 13 points while scoring the game-winning basket with 5.4 seconds remaining.
• Clark matched a career-best five three-pointers made on seven attempts.
• Pepperdine's 90 points matched a season-high against a Division I opponent (Nov. 18 vs. New Orleans).
• The Waves shot a season-best .556 from three-point range in the game.

GAME NOTES

• Aaron Clark is the Waves' leading scorer this season at 14.6 points per game.
• Clark has scored 17+ points in seven of his last eight efforts, while averaging 20.8 points per game. 
• He has shot 48.7% from the floor and 43.8% from three-point range over that span.
• Clark logged a career-high 33 points last time out while knocking down five of seven looks from three-point distance.
• Clark is one of two players in the West Coast Conference with three 30+ point efforts this season (Graham Ike, Gonzaga).
• Clark currently ranks 12th in the WCC with 36 steals this season.
• Clark is one of two players in the WCC to be averaging at least 14.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game and 1.0 steals per game (Joel Foxwell, Portland).
• 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 4.8.
• 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 (75-for-92), having made 11 more than the next-highest mark.
• Danilo Dozic has scored in double figures 14 times this season and leads the team in three-point percentage at .363 (45-for-124).
• Dozic has made multiple three-pointers in five of six efforts, going 15-for-29 (.517) from distance over that span.
• Javon Cooley comes in as the Waves third-leading scorer at 11.4 points per game while being second on the squad with 4.6 rebounds per game.
• Cooley ranks seventh in the conference and 119th in the country with an .842 clip from the line.
• Stefan Cicic has logged a career-high 22 minutes in back-to-back efforts.
• Cicic registered five blocks and five rebounds at Saint Mary's.
• He posted a career-high 13 points with six rebounds last time out against LMU.
• Cicic had the game-winning putback dunk with 5.4 seconds remaining.
• The Waves are one of two 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, with only 14 teams in the country having more.
• The Waves shot a season-best .556 from three-point range last time out (10-for-18) against LMU.
• It marked the fourth contest this season with double-digit makes from three as the Waves' 31 field goals made marked a season-high against Division I opponents.
• Pepperdine currently ranks 70th in the country in free throw percentage at .755.

SERIES HISTORY

• Pepperdine leads the all-time series by a 70-44 margin.
• This includes a 26-27 mark in Portland.
• Pepperdine is 4-6 in the past ten meetings.
• The Waves earned a 67-63 win in Malibu earlier this season against the Pilots.
• The Waves enter with a 1-7 all-time record against Oregon State.
• Pepperdine's lone win came in the most recent meeting in the WCC Tournament Third Round this past season, defeating the Beavers by a score of 77-73.
• The meeting in Corvallis this past January saw an 83-63 win for the Beavers.
• The two teams had matched up just once since 1981-82 before Oregon State joined the WCC prior to the 2024-25 season.
• The Waves are 0-3 all-time on the road in the series.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

• The Pilots enter play with a 12-15 overall record and 5-9 mark in WCC play.
• Portland earned home wins over No. 6 Gonzaga and Seattle recently, before falling at San Diego in their most recent contest.
• The Pilots are led by freshman guard Joel Foxwell, who averages a team-high 15.1 points per game and WCC-high 6.9 assists per game.
• Portland ranks last in thw WCC in three-pointers made per game with 6.1 while allowing a league-high .359 percentage from opponents from deep.
• Oregon State enters play with a 14-14, 7-8 WCC record.
• The Beavers fell last time out, 60-50 at Seattle, after defeating San Francisco on the road 90-63 the game prior.
• Oregon State is led by junior guard Josiah Lake II, as the lone Beaver averaging double figures with 13 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game.
• Oregon State and Pepperdine have matched each other with a .424 team field goal percentage this season, with the Waves averaging 70.7 points per game compared to 70.2 for the Beavers.

The Waves will close out the regular season next week at home, playing host to Seattle (Feb. 25) and Washington State (Feb. 28).

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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