Scores

Final

Pepperdine 63

(10-18, 4-12 WCC)

Santa Clara 57

(8-20, 0-15 WCC)

10:00 PM ET, February 23, 2012

Leavey Center, Santa Clara, CA

1 2 T
PEPP 25 3863
SCU 26 3157

Top Performers

Pepperdine: C. Willis 15 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast

Santa Clara: R. Cowels III 15 Pts, 4 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl

Pepperdine 63, Santa Clara 57

Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Taylor Darby had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Pepperdine opened the second half on a 14-2 run en route to a 63-57 victory over Santa Clara on Thursday night.

Caleb Willis added 15 points for the Waves (10-18, 4-12 West Coast), who closed out their regular season and will go into the conference tournament as either the No. 7 or No. 8 seed, depending on the outcome of Portland's game against BYU on Saturday. A Portland loss vaults Pepperdine to No. 7 and a game against No. 6 seed San Diego. A Portland victory keeps the Waves at No. 8, where they would play Santa Clara again in an opening-round game.

Santa Clara (8-20, 0-15) has one regular-season game remaining Saturday at Loyola Marymount but is locked in as the No. 9 seed.

Raymond Cowels III led the Broncos with 15 points. Evan Roquemore added 12 points and five assists, and Niyi Harrison had 11 points and nine rebounds.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
PEPP
SCU
Points 63 57
FG Made-Attempted 23-54 (.426) 21-59 (.356)
3P Made-Attempted 3-12 (.250) 5-25 (.200)
FT Made-Attempted 14-26 (.538) 10-17 (.588)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 18 (0/0) 22 (0/0)
Largest Lead 12 6

Game Leaders

 
PEPP
SCU
PointsT. Darby 16R. Cowels III 15
ReboundsT. Darby 11N. Harrison 9
AssistsJ. Baker 6E. Roquemore 5
StealsJ. Baker 1R. Cowels III 1
BlocksM. Ochenje 1Y. Atanga 4
Team Stats: Pepperdine | Santa Clara

2011-12 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 28, 2012 @PEPP 74, SCU 62Recap
» Feb 23, 2012 PEPP 63, @SCU 57Recap

Next 5 Games

PEPP
SCU
03/01 @USD 11:00pm
11/09 @CSN 10:30pm
11/13 @CAL 9:30pm
11/16 WSU 10:00pm
11/20 @HBU 8:05pm
 02/25 @LMU 11:00pm
02/29 @PORT 9:00pm
11/10 SIM 10:00pm
11/14 @SLU 8:00pm
11/20 SCUS 9:00pm
Complete Schedule: Pepperdine | Santa Clara

West Coast Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
#23 Saint Mary's14-227-5
Gonzaga13-325-6
Brigham Young12-425-8
Loyola Marymount11-519-12
San Francisco8-820-13
San Diego7-913-18
Pepperdine4-1210-19
Santa Clara0-168-22
Portland3-137-24
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