Men’s basketball sabotaged by San Diego

Malibu, California – Despite a career-high 18 points Carson Basham The Pepperdine men’s basketball team lost Thursday night, 87-78, to San Diego.

It was the fourth time Pepperdine (7-15, 0-8 WCC) finished with fewer turnovers than their opponents, but they fell. Waves made just 11 mistakes compared to Torreros’ 18 (10-12, WCC 3-5).


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• Sophomore Mike Mitchell Jr. (San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Miti HS) led the Waves with 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting and 7 assists.
• Sophomore Carson Basham (Phoenix, AZ/Compass, AZ Reserve) defeated seven boards, had three assists and two blocks, and scored a career-high 18 points.
• Sophomore Maxwell Lewis (Las Vegas, Nevada/Compass Prep, AZ) scored 15 points, shot 50% from the field, had 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block .

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Out of the gate, Waves struggled to decipher San Diego’s zone defense that spurred Torreros’ 16-0 lead, but after Mitchell Jr.’s 3 and a pairing with Lewis, Pepperdine scored at halfway point. Energized. Jalen Pitre (Long Beach, California/Woodstock Academy) Malik Moore (Ventura, Calif./Heritage Christian HS). USD thwarted Waves’ run, causing a good-man turnover and a tying foul to bring Toreros back to 7. From the 2-minute mark, the two teams exchanged free throws and in favor of San Diego he headed into his locker room with the score 37-32.

After some back and forth early in the second, Waves took the lead with Lewis’ 3, going up 60-58 with 10:14 left in the contest, with Basham and 1 holding them for the next two minutes. However, after several wave turnovers and defensive failures, it was all Pepperdine could muster as San Diego came back by nine in an 86-78 Torreros favored final.

Key stats

• Waves had one of the better free throw shooting nights, scoring 93% from the charity stripes.
• Pepperdine scored more bench points by a 17–14 margin on both accounts and scored points off San Diego’s turnover.
• Waves also shared the ball over USD at 19-9.

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The Waves will continue to split home and away next week, heading to Stockton on Thursday to take on the Pacific before welcoming Portland to Malibu on Saturday.