2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team
Appearance
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Conference | West Coast Conference |
Record | 1–2 (0–0 WCC) |
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Home arena | Firestone Fieldhouse |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Gonzaga | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 WCC tournament winner As of November 18, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves are led by first year head coach Ed Schilling. They play their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Waves finished the 2023–24 season 13–20, 5–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pacific in the first round, before losing to San Diego in the second round.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Houston Mallette | 0 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Junior | Alameda, CA | Transferred to Alabama[1] |
Michael Ajayi | 1 | G/F | 6'7" | 220 | Junior | Kent, WA | Transferred to Gonzaga[2] |
Jalen Pitre | 2 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Sophomore | Long Beach, CA | Transferred to Sacramento State |
Malik Moore | 3 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Sophomore | Ventura, CA | Transferred to Montana[3] |
Paul Jordan | 10 | F | 6'6" | 200 | Sophomore | Glen Cove, NY | Walk-on; not return |
Cord Stansberry | 13 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Freshman | Long Beach, CA | Transferred to Western Carolina[4] |
Jevon Porter | 14 | F | 6'11" | 225 | Sophomore | Columbia, MO | Transferred to Loyola Marymount |
Ethan Anderson | 20 | G | 6'0" | 215 | GS Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Graduated |
Nils Cooper | 21 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA | Transferred to UC Davis |
Curtis Williams | 23 | G/F | 6'6" | 180 | Freshman | Beaumont, CA | Transferred to Northwest Florida State College |
John Squire | 24 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Freshman | Sausalito, CA | Not on team roster |
Martin Gumwel | 34 | C | 6'11" | 230 | Freshman | Temecula, CA | Not on team roster |
Aladji Gassama | 35 | F/C | 6'9" | 215 | Sophomore | Bamako, Mali | Transferred to Drury[5] |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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Aaron Clark | 3 | G | 6'6" | 195 | Sophomore | Easton, PA | Wake Forest |
Alonso Faure | 4 | F | 6'10" | 230 | GS Senior | Busot, Spain | Loyola (MD) |
Moe Odum | 5 | G | 6'1" | 160 | Junior | New York, NY | Pacific |
Stefan Todorovic | 7 | F | 6'8" | 190 | Senior | Belgrade, Serbia | San Francisco |
Zion Bethea | 8 | G | 6'4" | 205 | Senior | South Orange, NJ | Delaware |
Javon Cooley | 23 | G | 6'5' | 205 | GS Senior | Chicago, IL | Marist |
Alex Leiba | 24 | C | 6'10" | 245 | GS Senior | Old Bridge, NJ | Penn State Harrisburg |
Recruiting classes
[edit]2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Taj Au-Duke PG |
Portland, OR | Cali Prep Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A | May 22, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 2, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Lincoln (CA) | W 128-67 | – | – | – | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||
Non conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Western Illinois | W 77–64 | 1–0 |
25 – Stefan Todorivic | 10 – Dovydas Butka | 8 – Moe Odum | Firestone Fieldhouse (801) Malibu, CA | ||||
November 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UC San Diego | L 76–94 | 1–1 |
33 – Stefan Todorivic | 7 – Tied | 7 – Moe Odum | LionTree Arena (3,688) San Diego, CA | ||||
November 16, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UC Irvine | L 62–80 | 1–2 |
17 – Stefan Todorovic | 6 – Tied | 8 – Moe Odum | Bren Events Center (2,123) Irvine, CA | ||||
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MW Network |
at UNLV | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV | |||||||||
November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+ |
at Northwestern Arizona Tip-Off campus site game |
Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | |||||||||
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cal State Fullerton | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
November 29, 2024* 12:30 p.m. |
vs. New Mexico State Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division semifinals |
Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ | |||||||||
November 29, 2024* 12:00 p.m./2:30 p.m. |
vs. Weber State/Bowling Green Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division |
Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ | |||||||||
December 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Life Pacific | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Grambling State | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
December 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Northern Arizona | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
December 19, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Long Beach State | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UC Davis | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
WCC regular season | |||||||||||
December 28, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Santa Clara | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA | |||||||||
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Gonzaga | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Saint Mary's | University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Pacific | Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Loyola Marymount | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
San Francisco | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Saint Mary's | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
January 23, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Oregon State | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Pacific | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at San Diego | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Portland | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Washington State | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA | |||||||||
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
San Diego | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Gonzaga | McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA | |||||||||
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Oregon State | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Loyola Marymount | Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Portland | Chiles Center Portland, OR | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Washington State | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||||
WCC tournament | |||||||||||
March 6–11, 2025 TBA |
vs. | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time. |
Source[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Kelly, Nick (March 19, 2024). "Alabama basketball lands Houston Mallette via transfer portal ahead of NCAA Tournament". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (March 26, 2024). "Michael Ajayi transferring from Pepperdine to Gonzaga". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Gogola, Frank (April 8, 2024). "Montana Grizzlies receive commitment from Pepperdine transfer Malik Moore". Missoulian. Retrieved September 30, 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ "Cord Stansberry transfers to Catamounts". USbasket.com. April 8, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Drury University men's basketball adds 6-8 transfer from Pepperdine for 2024-25 season". Springfield News-Leader. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". pepperdinewaves.com.