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02/10 03:43 CST Saint Mary's (CA) takes on Pepperdine after Murauskas' 20-point
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Saint Mary's (CA) takes on Pepperdine after Murauskas' 20-point showing
By The Associated Press
Pepperdine Waves (6-19, 1-11 WCC) at Saint Mary's Gaels (21-4, 10-2 WCC)
Moraga, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Mary's (CA) hosts Pepperdine after Paulius Murauskas scored
20 points in Saint Mary's (CA)'s 79-54 victory against the San Francisco Dons.
The Gaels have gone 14-0 in home games. Saint Mary's (CA) has a 0-1 record in
games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Waves are 1-11 against WCC opponents. Pepperdine is 3-14 against opponents
over .500.
Saint Mary's (CA)'s average of 7.7 made 3-pointers per game is 1.2 fewer made
shots on average than the 8.9 per game Pepperdine allows. Pepperdine averages
6.1 more points per game (70.3) than Saint Mary's (CA) allows (64.2).
The Gaels and Waves face off Wednesday for the first time in conference play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Joshua Dent is averaging 13.1 points, 5.6 assists and 1.6
steals for the Gaels. Murauskas is averaging 19.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while
shooting 47.9% over the last 10 games.
Aaron Clark is shooting 41.8% and averaging 13.7 points for the Waves. Styles
Phipps is averaging 15.9 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Gaels: 8-2, averaging 78.2 points, 36.4 rebounds, 17.6 assists,
5.6 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 65.2 points per game.
Waves: 1-9, averaging 68.9 points, 27.8 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 6.3 steals and
2.7 blocks per game while shooting 40.9% from the field. Their opponents have
averaged 82.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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