Pepperdine Waves at Santa Clara Broncos
· WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
85 - 69
85 - 69
Pepperdine beats Santa Clara 85-69 in WCC opening round
Pepperdine (6-25) made 34 of 48 shots and advanced to face No. 22 and second-seeded Saint Mary's in the quarterfinals on Saturday night. It was the Waves' third-best shooting performance in program history.
Santa Clara (11-20) briefly threatened in the second half, going on a 10-0 run to close the gap to 51-44. But Pepperdine quickly turned it around with a 9-0 run and led by double digits the rest of the way.
The Waves took the lead for good at 4-3 and led by as many as 16 in the first half.
Trae Berhow added 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting and made 5 of 6 from 3-point range for Pepperdine. Colbey Ross added 15 points.
Matt Hauser had 15 points, KJ Feagin scored 14, Henry Caruso added 12 and Josip Vrankic 10 for Santa Clara.
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Statistics
PEPP |
SCU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 34-48 | FG | 26-62 |
| 71 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 7-12 | 3PT | 6-27 |
| 58 | Three Point % | 22 |
| 10-13 | FT | 11-13 |
| 77 | Free Throw % | 85 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 4 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 5 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fouls | 17 |
Game Information
Venue: Orleans Arena
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 6,747 | Capacity:
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 6,747 | Capacity:
2025-26 West Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga | 16-2 | - | 31-4 |
| Saint Mary's | 16-2 | - | 27-6 |
| Santa Clara | 15-3 | 1 | 26-9 |
| Oregon State | 9-9 | 7 | 17-16 |
| Seattle U | 8-10 | 8 | 21-14 |
| Pacific | 8-10 | 8 | 18-15 |
| San Francisco | 8-10 | 8 | 17-16 |
| Washington State | 7-11 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Loyola Marymount | 6-12 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Portland | 6-12 | 10 | 15-19 |
| San Diego | 5-13 | 11 | 12-21 |
| Pepperdine | 4-14 | 12 | 9-23 |


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