Pepperdine Waves at UC Riverside Highlanders
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
71 - 75
71 - 75
UC Riverside holds on to beat Pepperdine 75-71
The Highlanders (3-7) took the lead for good on Dominick Pickett's jumper that made it 65-64 with 2:27 left in the game. Martin's layup at 1:14 pushed the lead to three, Pepperdine (5-4) cut it back to one before Ajani Kennedy's dunk for UCR made it 69-66 with 36 seconds left. Pepperdine's Colby Ross turned it over with 21 seconds left and the Highlanders made all six free throws from there to secure the win.
UC Riverside trailed for most of the first 26 minutes and then went on a 16-5 run to go up 56-49, its largest lead of the game.
Menno Dijkstra tossed in 20 points and Zac Watson scored 10 for the Highlanders.
Ross had 19 points, Kessler Edwards added 14 points, Eric Cooper Jr. scored 13 and Darnell Dunn 10 for the Waves.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 71 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Foul on Jade' Smith. | 68 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:01 | UC Riverside Defensive Rebound. | 71 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Colbey Ross missed Three Point Jumper. | 71 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Dikymbe Martin made Free Throw. | 71 - 75 |
Statistics
 PEPP |
 UCR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-55 | FG | 29-55 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 53 |
| 11-26 | 3PT | 8-20 |
| 42 | Three Point % | 40 |
| 10-14 | FT | 9-13 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 69 |
| 22 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 9 | Assists | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 15 | Points Off Turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fouls | 19 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information
Venue: SRC Arena
Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 414 | Capacity:
Location: Riverside, CA
Attendance: 414 | 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 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |