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Las Vegas, NV – The West Coast Convention event performed their quarterfinals tonight as Pepperdine tried for a 3rd straight win going through No. 4-seed Santa Clara. Within the nightcap Washington State confronted No. 3-seed San Francisco.
Pepperdine (13-21, 7-14) did it, holding on for his or her third straight win in three days, upsetting Santa Clara 78-76. The Waves continued to get glorious play from Stefan Todorovic and Moe Odum Jr. Each scored 19 factors and made three 3’s. Odum Jr. added 13 assists and 5 rebounds. Tyeree Bryan led the Broncos (20-12, 12-7) with 18 factors, connecting on 4-of-6 from deep. Within the nightcap Ryan Beasley scored 29 factors (4-of-8 3’s) to guide San Francisco to an 86-75 win over Washington State. Ethan Worth led the Cougars with 26 factors, connecting on 3-of-6 three-pointers and added six rebounds.
Pepperdine stayed shut with the Broncos all through the primary half with Santa Clara taking a 40-36 lead into the break. The Broncos shot 8-of-20 on 3’s with Bryan, Brenton Knapper and Johnny O’Neil every connecting on two. Pepperdine solely shot 3-of-13 from deep. Knapper led the Broncos with ten factors whereas Odum Jr., Todorovic and Boubacar Coulibaly every scoring 9 factors for the Waves. Santa Clara loved a 21-13 edge on the boards together with 6-2 on the offensive glass.
The Waves tied the sport at 56 on a three-pointer from Todorovic after which took a 58-56 lead on a brief jumper from middle Danilo Dozic (7 factors) halfway by way of the second half. The Waves prolonged their result in eight factors as they went on an 8-0 run and held the Broncos with out a subject aim for six minutes. Santa Clara stayed withing hanging distance and minimize their deficit to 71-68 on a three-pointer by Knapper (17 factors). A Dozic three-pointer prolonged the lead again to 6 factors after the underneath 4-minute day trip. Todorovic then hit a troublesome jumper within the lane with 1:23 left to increase the result in 5 factors. A Christopf Tully steal and dunk obtained the Broncos to inside three factors. Santa Clara had the ball with 10.3 seconds remaining with the possibility to tie the sport with a three-pointer. An Adama Bal three-pointer wasn’t shut and Pepperdine closed the sport on the free throw line.
Odum Jr. has been excellent on the event. Within the three video games he has been in double-figures in factors and assists in every sport. He began with 31 factors and 11 assists. Final evening he had 17 factors and ten assists after which 19 factors and 13 assists tonight. He’s shot a mixed 12-of-24 on three-pointers within the three video games. Todorovic is averaging 24 factors over the three video games along with his career-high of 34 factors in final evening’s win over Oregon State.
Within the second sport, Washington State and San Francisco battled evenly by way of the primary half with USF taking a 34-32 lead into the break. The Dons destroyed the Cougars on the boards by a 31-14 margin, together with a 15-1 edge on the offensive boards, however didn’t shoot nicely. They shot solely 33% total and 2-of-15 on 3’s. Ryan Beasley made their solely two three-pointers, the remainder of the staff was 0-of-10. Malik Thomas led San Francisco in scoring with 12 factors. Ethan Proce continued his sturdy event play, main Washington State with 11 factors.
USF obtained off to a fast begin within the second half with an 8-0 run and prolonged their result in 46-36 after a steal and three-point play from Beasley. The Cougars stormed proper again on a 9-0 run helped by one other Worth three-pointer to chop USF’s result in 52-50. USF got here again with a 7-0 run, taking a 63-54 lead. Beasley then hit one other three-pointer to increase the Dons’ result in 66-56. USF saved a protected lead from there to complete with the ten-point victory. USF had a 49-25 rebounding edge, together with 21-5 on the offensive glass.
Pepperdine advances to the semifinals tomorrow night in opposition to top-seeded St. Mary’s. Within the nightcap San Francisco (24-8, 14-5) will face No. 2 seed Gonzaga.
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