NCAAB

California Golden Bears at Pepperdine Waves

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
62 - 74
3-2, 2-0 Home

Edwards scores 26; Pepperdine gets first win over Cal, 74-62

Edwards was 9-of-13 shooting from the floor and made four 3-pointers. Jan Zidek, a 6-9 sophomore from Prague, Czech Republic, added 14 points off the bench for the Waves (3-2). Andre Ball had 12 points.

Colbey Ross, who is on the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy watch lists, added nine points for Pepperdine. He also had 11 assists, two shy of a career high.

Zidek made four of Pepperdine's 10 3-pointers in the first half as the Waves built a 44-30 lead. Matt Bradley and Grant Anticevich did nearly all of the scoring for Cal in the half, combining for 25 points on 8-of-16 shooting.

Pepperdine led by double digits the entire second half. Edwards had 13 points and his dunk with 7:43 to play stretched the Waves' lead to 63-47 with 7:33 remaining.

Bradley finished with 27 points and Anticevich had 21 for the Golden Bears (2-4).

It was the first time a Pac-12 school has traveled to Pepperdine since 2012. Cal had won three in the series, each at home.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 62 - 74
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 62 - 74
2nd 0:20 California Timeout 62 - 74
2nd 0:20 Matt Bradley made Layup. 62 - 74
2nd 0:27 Kessler Edwards made Free Throw. 60 - 74

Statistics

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21-53 FG 29-57
40 Field Goal % 51
5-24 3PT 12-26
21 Three Point % 46
15-21 FT 4-5
71 Free Throw % 80
35 Rebounds 28
11 Offensive Rebounds 5
24 Defensive Rebounds 23
10 Assists 21
6 Steals 9
1 Blocks 3
15 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 20
4 Fast Break Points 13
28 Points in Paint 28
16 Fouls 19
0 Largest Lead 19

Game Information

Venue: Firestone Fieldhouse

Location: Malibu, CA
Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 17-1 - 35-3
Virginia 15-3 2 30-6
Miami 13-5 4 26-9
North Carolina 12-6 5 24-9
Clemson 12-6 5 24-11
Louisville 11-7 6 24-11
NC State 10-8 7 20-14
Florida State 10-8 7 18-15
California 9-9 8 22-12
Stanford 9-9 8 20-13
Virginia Tech 8-10 9 19-13
SMU 8-10 9 20-14
Wake Forest 7-11 10 18-17
Syracuse 6-12 11 15-17
Pittsburgh 5-13 12 13-20
Notre Dame 4-14 13 13-18
Boston College 4-14 13 11-20
Georgia Tech 2-16 15 11-20

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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