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Pacific Tigers @ Pepperdine Waves

Current Records: Pacific 6-25, Pepperdine 12-19

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The Pepperdine Waves and the Pacific Tigers are set to clash at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Orleans Arena in a West Coast postseason contest. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

It's hard to win when you don't work as a unit and post 13 fewer assists than your opponent, a fact Pepperdine found out the hard way on Thursday. There's no need to mince words: the Waves lost to the Gaels, and the Waves lost bad. The score wound up at 83-57. Pepperdine has not had much luck with Saint Mary's recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Jevon Porter, who scored 22 points along with six rebounds.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pepperdine struggled to work together and finished the game with only five assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Pacific's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their 16th straight loss. They took a 81-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Toreros.

The losing side was boosted by Tan Yildizoglu, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.

The Waves have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-19 record this season. As for the Tigers, they dropped their record down to 6-25 with that loss, which was their 13th straight on the road.

Pepperdine is hoping to beat the odds on Thursday, as the experts think they're headed for a loss. There could be an interesting gambling play in this one: they are12-17 against the spread overall, but a solid 9-4 when expected to win.

Everything went Pepperdine's way against Pacific when the teams last played back in February as Pepperdine made off with a 89-70 victory. With Pepperdine ahead 46-25 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Odds

Pepperdine is a big 9.5-point favorite against Pacific, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Waves as a 10-point favorite.


The over/under is 150.5 points.

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Series History

Pacific has won 6 out of their last 10 games against Pepperdine.

  • Feb 21, 2024 - Pepperdine 89 vs. Pacific 70
  • Jan 11, 2024 - Pepperdine 93 vs. Pacific 78
  • Mar 02, 2023 - Pacific 84 vs. Pepperdine 71
  • Feb 02, 2023 - Pacific 81 vs. Pepperdine 72
  • Jan 07, 2023 - Pacific 80 vs. Pepperdine 75
  • Feb 05, 2022 - Pepperdine 70 vs. Pacific 64
  • Feb 03, 2022 - Pacific 81 vs. Pepperdine 76
  • Jan 21, 2021 - Pepperdine 85 vs. Pacific 68
  • Feb 08, 2020 - Pacific 79 vs. Pepperdine 78
  • Jan 02, 2020 - Pacific 59 vs. Pepperdine 56