UCSD Tritons (5-4) at Pepperdine Waves (4-7)
Malibu, California; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UCSD heads to Pepperdine for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday.
The Waves have gone 4-2 in home games. Pepperdine is eighth in the WCC in rebounding with 30.9 rebounds. Michael Ajayi leads the Waves with 10.0 boards.
The Tritons are 0-2 on the road. UCSD ranks third in the Big West shooting 34.3% from 3-point range.
Pepperdine scores 72.5 points per game, 2.8 more points than the 69.7 UCSD gives up. UCSD’s 46.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.0 percentage points lower than Pepperdine has given up to its opponents (49.1%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Ajayi is averaging 17.6 points and 10 rebounds for the Waves. Houston Mallette is averaging 16.8 points over the past 10 games for Pepperdine.
Bryce Pope is shooting 42.4% and averaging 17.9 points for the Tritons. Francis Nwaokorie is averaging 14.2 points for UCSD.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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