SAN DIEGO – After three straight road games, the San Diego men's basketball team returns to the Jenny Craig Pavilion to host Pepperdine on Thursday night.
 
Full game notes attached.
 
San Diego Toreros (11-9, 4-3 WCC)  •  Pepperdine Waves (6-15, 0-6 WCC)
Thursday, January 27, 2022 •  7:30 p.m. PT
Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100)  •  San Diego, CA
Live Video  •  WCC Network | Live Statistics • usdtoreros.com
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LAST TIME OUT
After 24 lead changes and 16 ties, Santa Clara escaped San Diego in overtime on Monday, 78-74. The Toreros played their third road game in five days, and put four players in double-figures. Neither team led by more than five points. Graduate Terrell Brown-Soares registered his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds to go along with five blocks. Redshirt senior Joey Calcaterra added 13 points on 3-of-6 from long range.
 
SCOUTING THE WAVES
Pepperdine has dropped its first six conference games, the most recent to San Francisco, 71-45. Junior forward Jan Zidek leads the team with 13.2 points per game, including a career-high 28 against LMU last week. The freshman class has accounted for 41.8% of the points this season, including Houston Mallette, Maxwell Lewis, and Mike Mitchell.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
The Waves hold a 66-47 lead in the all-time series, but USD won the most recent contest on January 10, 72-62. Earlington, Calcaterra, Brown-Soares, and Gultekin each scored in double-figures.