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Las Vegas, NV – The third spherical of the West Coast Convention event happened tonight with Pepperdine (11-21, 5-14) dealing with No. 5-seed Oregon State within the opener and LMU (17-14, 9-10) enjoying towards No. 4-seeded Washington Statein the nightcap. Pepperdine (12-21, 6-14) held on for the upset over Oregon State (20-12, 10-9) 77-73 as Stefan Todorovic led the way in which with a career-high 34 factors on 5-of-9 from deep. Moe Odum Jr. added 17 factors, ten assists and just one turnover. Damarco Minor led the Beavers with 22 factors. Within the second sport Washington State obtained off to a robust begin, saved up a double-digit lead a lot of the sport and topped Loyola Marymount 94-77 as Ethan Worth and Nate Calmese scored 22 factors.
Oregon State and Pepperdine battled pretty evenly by the primary half. Each the Beavers’ Nate Kingz (18 factors) and the Waves’ Todorovic had been each scorching all through the half. Every linked on 4-of-5 three-pointers with Kingz ending the half with 14 factors and Todorovic with 19 factors. Each start line guards performed very properly with Odum Jr. of Pepperdine persevering with his scorching taking pictures. He scored ten factors on 4-of-5 taking pictures (2-of-3 3’s) and added six assists. The Beavers’ Minor scored 11 factors on 5-of-8 taking pictures. Oregon State took a 41-38 lead into the break after Liutauris Lelevicius linked on a jumper with 1.5 seconds remaining.
Todorovic continued his scorching taking pictures within the second half, making one other three-pointer that helped the Waves’ take a 57-51 lead. Todorovic saved up his scoring and the Waves went out to a 70-59 lead. The Beavers then ran off eight straight factors with a Lelevicius (15 factors) three-pointer chopping the deficit to a few factors. Oregon State then obtained chilly on the fallacious time, lacking 5 late-three pointers however did get inside two factors twice within the final 30 seconds. Pepperdine held on for the win, helped by 4 late free throws. Michael Rataj, Oregon State’s main scorer at 17.4 ppg, by no means obtained it going and solely had one level, lacking all 4 of his subject aim makes an attempt over 36 minutes of motion.
Within the second sport, Washington State took an early double-digit lead helped by ten early factors from Worth, a 6-10 senior from England. At halftime the Cougars held a 47-39 lead, as Worth scored 20 factors, making 2-of-3 3’s and 8-of-9 photographs general. LeJuan Watts grabbed ten rebounds and added 9 factors and Washington State linked on 5-of-14 photographs from deep. LMU shot solely 6-of-20 on 3’s and had been led by MJ Amey Jr’s 11 factors (3-of-3 3’s).
The Cougars dominated the second half with the sport by no means in query. Calmese and Rihards Vavers every scored 13 factors within the half. Vavers, a 6-7 sophomore ahead from Latvia, linked on all three of his three-point makes an attempt within the half and completed the sport with 16 factors, on 4-of-5 from deep. LeJuan Watts completed with a double-double of 12 factors and 13 rebounds and added 5 assists. Amey Jr. led LMU with 16 factors, hitting 3-of-5 3’s, and added a team-high eight rebounds.
Pepperdine advances to the quarterfinal towards the No. 4 seed Santa Clara tomorrow at 5:30pm native time. Within the nightcap Washington State (19-13, 9-10) with face No. 3 seed San Francisco.
This text was written by Carl Berman, Managing Companion of NetScouts Basketball. You’ll be able to observe us on Fb, or on twitter.
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