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San Diego Falls 72-69 to Pepperdine - Recap

Pepperdine earned a 72-69 victory over San Diego on Thursday, getting 21 points from Colbey Ross at Firestone Fieldhouse.

Pepperdine won the battle on the scoreboard, but not at the payout window as they failed to cover the -9.0-point spread.

Sedrick Altman had 14 points for Pepperdine and Kameron Edwards chipped in with 14 points. Colbey Ross had 8 assists for them, while Sedrick Altman was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 9 boards.

San Diego got 26 points from Braun Hartfield in a losing cause and another 16 points from Finn Sullivan. Braun Hartfield contributed 4 assists for them, while Yauhen Massalski had 6 rebounds.

First-half bettors who backed San Diego were victorious, as the score was 43-34 at the break.

Pepperdine won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 34-29.

Next game, Pepperdine takes its act home to face Gonzaga looking for another win. For San Diego, they head home to face BYU.