Pepperdine University Athletics

Max Lewis Career Stats

PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Played and started in all 31 games during his sophomore campaign … Led the team in scoring with 17.1 points per game, shooting 46.8% from the field and 34.8% from beyond the arc … Gathered 5.7 rebounds per contest and dished out 2.8 assists per game … Named to the All-WCC Second Team and was awarded the WCC Player of the Week (12/27) … Scored 20+ points in 13 games, including a stretch of seven-straight contests scoring 20 or more … Recorded a career-high 30 points against Northern Arizona (12/3) and again against Pacific (1/7) … Pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds against Pacific (1/7).
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Named to the WCC All-Freshman team ... Averaged 11.0 points and 3.2 rebounds in 19.5 minutes ... Played in 21 games and started two ... Missed the first six games waiting on NCAA eligibility ... Missed the final five games after suffering a season-ending wrist injury ... Scored in double-figures 10 times, including three 20-point games ... Averaged 12.5 points in league play ... Had a season-high 27 points vs. Westmont (12/23), which ranks eighth on Pepperdine’s freshman single-game scoring list ... Had 26 points (and a season-high 10 rebounds) at Pacific (2/3), which ranks tied for 10th on the freshman scoring list ... Also had 22 points in the following game vs. Pacific (2/5) ... Other season highs were four steals at Gonzaga (1/8), four three-pointers at Pacific (2/3), three assists (several times), two blocks (twice) and 29 minutes (twice).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from AZ Compass Prep, located in Chandler, Ariz., in 2021 ... Gave up his senior year of high school basketball to train for the 2021 NBA Draft, but later elected to go to college ... A four-star recruit who at one time was rated among the nation’s top 100 players in the class of 2021 ... According to 247 Sports, he is the second highest-rated recruit the Waves have signed in the last 15+ years (only Tyrone Shelley in 2007 was higher) ... Averaged 14.5 points at AZ Compass Prep as a 2019-20 junior ... Also attended Clark High School and the Somerset Academy in Las Vegas.
 
CLUB: Competed with Dream Vision ... Won championships in 2021 at the 3-Stripes Select Basketball and Las Vegas Summer Champions events ... Was MVP in Las Vegas.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Son of Robert Lewis and Jennifer Lewis ... Has five siblings: Mario, Myloe, Marcus, Monique and Gabby ... Marcus played football at Iowa State, Monique ran track at UNLV and Myloe played football at Victory Valley College ... An amateur boxer and accomplished saxophonist ... Chose Pepperdine because “there’s a great coaching staff and I love the style of play.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys thrifting and playing 2K ... Favorites include Kobe Bryant (pro basketball player), the Los Angeles Lakers (pro basketball team), Creed (movie), Squid Game (TV show), chicken and waffles (food) and track (sport other than basketball) ... Favorite thing about basketball is “hearing the crowd after a big dunk.”