MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine men's basketball (8-21, 3-13 WCC) will close out the regular season this week, hosting a pair of games at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves welcome Seattle (17-12, 6-10 WCC) Wednesday night at 6 p.m. before a Saturday matchup with Washington State (12-17, 7-9 WCC) at 5 p.m.

Saturday's game marks senior day, as graduate students Javon Cooley & Preston Phillips will be honored and recognized pregame. Fans in attendance will also receive a Firestone floor piece while supplies last, commemorating the final full season of Pepperdine basketball at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Waves will move into the Mountain at Mullin Park during the 2026-27 season, as Saturday's contest will be the final West Coast Conference game in the iconic venue.

Wednesday's game will see the Pepperdine soccer squad be recognized for winning their second straight WCC Championship this past fall.

Wednesday, Feb. 25 - 6 p.m.
Pepperdine vs. Seattle
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Saturday, Feb. 28 - 5 p.m.
Pepperdine vs. Washington State
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LAST TIME OUT

• The Waves fell by a score of 83-73 at Oregon State this past Saturday.
• Aaron Clark recorded his third 30-point effort of the season, scoring 32 points.
• Clark knocked down five three-pointers, marking three straight efforts with five or more threes.
• David Mager netted a career-high 16 points in 16 minutes, accounting for all of the Waves' bench points.
• Mager knocked down six of seven field goal attempts and three of four looks from downtown.
• Stefan Cicic recorded a career-high 36 minutes, posting eight points, five rebounds and three blocks.
• The Waves' four offensive rebounds matched a season-low, while Oregon State's 19 offensive rebounds marked a season-high allowed by Pepperdine.

GAME NOTES

• Aaron Clark ranks seventh in the WCC at 15.7 points per game this season.
• Clark has scored 17+ points in eight straight efforts, and has averaged 24.9 points per game during the stretch.
• He has shot 29-for-54 from three-point range (.537) over that span.
• Clark logged a career-high 33 points at LMU (Feb.14) while knocking down five of seven looks from three-point distance. He followed it up going 7-for-8 from three at Portland for 29 points, before logging 32 points last time out at Oregon State.
• Clark is the only player in the WCC with four efforts of 30+ points this season while being one of 28 in the country to accomplish the feat.
• Clark is one of three players in the WCC to be averaging at least 15.5 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game and 2.5 assists per game.
• Clark has scored 29 or more points in three straight efforts.
• Styles Phipps is one of four players in the country averaging over 13 points, six rebounds and five assists per game.
• Phipps is currently fourth in the WCC in assists per game at 5.0.
• 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 logged a career-high 12 assists last week at Portland, while collecting a season-high five steals. It marked the lone game from an NCAA player this season with at least 19 points, 12 assists, six rebounds and five steals.
• Phipps leads the conference in free throws made during conference play with 86 (.811), having made 16 more than the next-highest mark.
• Phipps has paced the Waves with 1.4 steals per game this season.
• 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 knocked down a career-high five three-pointers at Portland last week on ten attempts, while matching a career-high four assists and career-high three steals.
• Cooley has hit multiple three-pointers in eight games this season, including three times in his last five affairs.
• Cooley ranks sixth in the conference with an .842 clip from the free throw line, and had a streak of 44 consecutive made free throws this season from Nov. 7-Dec. 18.
• Stefan Cicic has set new career-highs in minutes in four straight efforts, averaging 10.5 points, 5.75 rebounds and 2.25 blocks per game over that span.
• He set a career-high in points (17) and rebounds (7) while making his first career start at Portland last week.
• Cicic registered five blocks and five rebounds at Saint Mary's on Feb. 11.
• Cicic posted 13 points with six rebounds against LMU, having the game-winning putback dunk with 5.4 seconds remaining against the Lions.
• David Mager had a career-high 16 points last time out on 6-for-7 shooting from the field.
• Mager has logged four games this season in double figures in scoring.
• Pepperdine currently ranks 86th in the country in free throw percentage at .754.
• This mark ranks fifth in the WCC, as the Waves have shot over 70-percent from the line in 17 of the past 25 games.
• The Waves are one of two teams 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 15 teams in the country having more.
• The Waves hit their two-highest percentage shooting marks from three-point range of the season across their last three games (10-for-18 against LMU) and (16-for-28 at Portland).
• The shooting output at Portland with 16 three-pointers made marked the most threes in a game for Pepperdine since Jan. 8, 2008.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Waves enter with a 12-22 all-time record against Seattle.
• This includes a 9-5 mark at home for Pepperdine and 7-2 record from Firestone Fieldhouse.
• The Redhawks' most recent trip to Malibu came on Jan. 2, 2011, with the Waves earning an 84-64 victory.
• The Redhawks took the previous meeting this season in Seattle, prevailing in the final minute, 83-81.
• Washington State leads the all-time series 6-3 against the Waves.
• The Cougars have won all three matchups that have come in WCC play over the past two seasons, having not played since 2013-14 prior.
• The Waves have a 2-2 mark at home against the Cougars.
• Washington State won the previous meeting this season in Pullman (Jan. 24) by a score of 95-79.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

• Seattle enters play with a 17-12 overall mark and 6-10 record in conference play.
• The Redhawks have posted a 13-4 record at home while being 3-7 on the road, going without a conference win on the road this season.
• Seattle is coming off a 71-59 win over Portland this past Saturday.
• The Redhawks are led by senior Brayden Maldonado who ranks 12th in the WCC with 14.2 points per game.
• Seattle's Will Heimbrodt paces the conference with 2.5 blocks per game.
• Washington State has registered a 12-17 record this season while being 7-9 in WCC play.
• The Cougars have dropped four of their last five games, most recently an 83-67 defeat at home to Saint Mary's.
• Freshman guard Ace Glass has posted a team-high 16 points per game which is fifth in the conference.
• The Cougars boast the fifth-highest scoring offense in the WCC (76.6 points per game) while being second in the circuit in three-point percentage (.373).

Pepperdine will return for the WCC Tournament from Orleans Arena in Las Vegas from Mar. 5-10. Seedings and a bracket will be announced following this weekend's contests.

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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