Washington State Cougars vs. Pepperdine Waves

Feb 28, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
WSU	28	51	79
PEPP	36	52	88

Game Recap

Pepperdine beats Washington State 88-79. Stefan Cicic's 23 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks helped Pepperdine defeat Washington State 88-79 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

WASHINGTON STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Rihards Vavers	35	5-13	3-8	0-0	4	1	0	0	2	1	13
2Eemeli Yalaho	25	3-10	2-6	0-0	5	4	1	1	0	4	8
22ND Okafor	28	5-10	0-0	5-6	10	2	1	0	4	4	15
21Ace Glass	34	9-21	2-9	2-2	1	2	1	0	2	3	22
11Jerone Morton	25	3-5	2-2	3-4	3	0	0	0	2	5	11
3Simon Hildebrandt	8	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	1	2
13Adria Rodriguez	18	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	4	2	0	1	0	2
5Tomas Thrastarson	21	1-6	1-5	3-4	1	2	2	0	2	1	6
10Parker Gerrits	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	28-7139.4%	10-3330.3%	13-1681.3%	30	17	7	2	13	21	79

PEPPERDINE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
18Yonatan Levy	31	3-5	1-2	2-2	8	1	3	1	1	2	9
14Stefan Cicic	35	10-16	0-0	3-4	10	2	2	4	3	3	23
0Styles Phipps	36	6-14	1-3	3-3	6	9	5	0	3	1	16
3Aaron Clark	36	6-17	0-6	8-9	7	4	0	0	6	3	20
23Javon Cooley	29	2-6	1-3	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	1	10
33Nikola Radovanovic	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Pavle Stošic	10	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5
1David Mager	20	2-8	1-4	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	5

TOTAL	-	31-6845.6%	5-1926.3%	21-2487.5%	38	18	11	6	13	12	88

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWSUPEPP

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Washington State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Pepperdine.
(19:38) Jerone Morton misses layup.
(19:35) Stefan Cicic Defensive Rebound.
(19:27) Foul on Jerone Morton.
(19:19) Aaron Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:15) Pepperdine Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:00) Yonatan Levy makes driving layup (Styles Phipps assists).
02
(18:38) ND Okafor misses layup.
(18:36) ND Okafor Offensive Rebound.
(18:34) ND Okafor misses layup.
(18:31) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Aaron Clark misses 19-foot jumper.
(18:23) ND Okafor Defensive Rebound.
(18:16) Ace Glass misses layup.
(18:16) Stefan Cicic Block.
(18:13) Washington State Offensive Rebound.
(18:08) Rihards Vavers misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:02) Eemeli Yalaho Offensive Rebound.
+3 (18:01) Jerone Morton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eemeli Yalaho assists).
32
+2 (17:43) Aaron Clark makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Styles Phipps assists).
34
(17:21) Rihards Vavers bad pass turnover.
(17:21) Stefan Cicic Steal.
(17:14) Yonatan Levy misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:09) Styles Phipps Offensive Rebound.
(17:07) Aaron Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:04) Rihards Vavers Defensive Rebound.
(16:52) ND Okafor bad pass turnover.
(16:52) Styles Phipps Steal.
+2 (16:48) Styles Phipps makes driving layup.
36
+3 (16:24) Rihards Vavers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eemeli Yalaho assists).
66
(16:03) Stefan Cicic bad pass turnover.
(16:03) Eemeli Yalaho Steal.
(15:56) Eemeli Yalaho misses layup.
(15:56) Yonatan Levy Block.
(15:56) Washington State Offensive Rebound.
(15:46) Ace Glass misses 10-foot jumper.
(15:43) Adria Rodriguez Offensive Rebound.
(15:43) Eemeli Yalaho misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:39) Stefan Cicic Defensive Rebound.
(15:26) Yonatan Levy bad pass turnover.
(15:26) Adria Rodriguez Steal.
(15:18) Ace Glass misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(15:15) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:06) Aaron Clark makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
68
(14:57) Tomas Thrastarson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:52) Javon Cooley Defensive Rebound.
(14:39) Styles Phipps misses 18-foot jumper.
(14:35) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
(14:25) Rihards Vavers misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(14:21) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:11) Yonatan Levy makes layup (Aaron Clark assists).
610
+3 (13:54) Eemeli Yalaho makes 23-foot three point jumper (Adria Rodriguez assists).
910
(13:27) Foul on Eemeli Yalaho.
(13:24) Aaron Clark bad pass turnover.
(13:24) Tomas Thrastarson Steal.
(13:21) Tomas Thrastarson bad pass turnover.
(13:21) Styles Phipps Steal.
(13:19) Aaron Clark misses layup.
(13:17) Pavle Stošic Offensive Rebound.
(13:14) Aaron Clark misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(13:09) Aaron Clark Offensive Rebound.
(13:09) David Mager misses layup.
(13:06) Adria Rodriguez Defensive Rebound.
(13:06) Foul on Aaron Clark.
(12:46) ND Okafor misses layup.
(12:44) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:35) Pavle Stošic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yonatan Levy assists).
913
(12:17) Adria Rodriguez traveling turnover.
+2 (11:54) Pavle Stošic makes driving layup (Aaron Clark assists).
915
+2 (11:33) Rihards Vavers makes 10-foot step back jumpshot (Tomas Thrastarson assists).
1115
(11:13) Styles Phipps misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(11:11) Jerone Morton Defensive Rebound.
(11:02) Tomas Thrastarson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:00) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:51) Styles Phipps makes driving layup.
1117
(10:35) Rihards Vavers misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:33) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
(10:31) Styles Phipps misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:28) David Mager Offensive Rebound.
(10:28) Foul on Rihards Vavers.
(10:28) Foul on Parker Gerrits.
(10:28) Javon Cooley misses layup.
(10:27) Washington State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:01) Ace Glass makes driving layup (ND Okafor assists).
1317
+3 (9:41) David Mager makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stefan Cicic assists).
1320
(9:28) Ace Glass misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:24) Pepperdine Defensive Rebound.
(9:13) David Mager misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:09) Parker Gerrits Defensive Rebound.
(9:00) Parker Gerrits misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:57) Aaron Clark Defensive Rebound.
(8:44) Stefan Cicic misses layup.
(8:44) Simon Hildebrandt Block.
(8:42) Stefan Cicic Offensive Rebound.
(8:41) Stefan Cicic misses layup.
(8:39) Simon Hildebrandt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:37) ND Okafor makes driving layup (Simon Hildebrandt assists).
1520
+3 (8:23) Javon Cooley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Clark assists).
1523
(7:58) Simon Hildebrandt misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:55) Nikola Radovanovic Defensive Rebound.
(7:46) Aaron Clark misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(7:44) David Mager Offensive Rebound.
(7:37) Foul on Parker Gerrits.
(7:22) Styles Phipps misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:16) Tomas Thrastarson Defensive Rebound.
(7:10) Eemeli Yalaho misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:06) Yonatan Levy Defensive Rebound.
(7:01) Javon Cooley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:57) Stefan Cicic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:56) Stefan Cicic makes layup.
1525
(6:42) Simon Hildebrandt misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:39) Styles Phipps Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:22) Stefan Cicic makes layup (Styles Phipps assists).
1527
(6:10) Rihards Vavers misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:08) Washington State Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:51) Eemeli Yalaho makes 2-foot hook shot (Rihards Vavers assists).
1727
+2 (5:29) Stefan Cicic makes layup (Styles Phipps assists).
1729
+3 (5:12) Tomas Thrastarson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Adria Rodriguez assists).
2029
(4:35) Yonatan Levy misses layup.
(4:33) Adria Rodriguez Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:29) Rihards Vavers makes layup (Adria Rodriguez assists).
2229
(4:18) Styles Phipps misses 16-foot jumper.
(4:14) Stefan Cicic Offensive Rebound.
(4:14) Stefan Cicic misses tip in layup.
(4:14) Pepperdine Offensive Rebound.
(4:05) Aaron Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:03) Washington State Defensive Rebound.
(3:47) Ace Glass misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:44) Adria Rodriguez Offensive Rebound.
(3:37) Eemeli Yalaho misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:31) Pavle Stošic Defensive Rebound.
(3:14) David Mager misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:11) Pepperdine Offensive Rebound.
(3:11) Foul on Styles Phipps.
(3:11) Styles Phipps turnover.
+2 (2:50) ND Okafor makes 1-foot dunk (Eemeli Yalaho assists).
2429
(2:26) David Mager misses driving layup.
(2:24) Eemeli Yalaho Defensive Rebound.
(2:16) Pepperdine Coach's Challenge (Upheld) Pepperdine charged with a timeout.
(2:09) Foul on Pavle Stošic.
+1 (2:09) ND Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2.
2529
+1 (2:09) ND Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2.
2629
(1:51) Aaron Clark misses layup.
(1:48) ND Okafor Defensive Rebound.
(1:47) ND Okafor bad pass turnover.
(1:47) Styles Phipps Steal.
+2 (1:44) Styles Phipps makes driving layup.
2631
+2 (1:23) Ace Glass makes 3-foot floating jump shot.
2831
(1:11) Javon Cooley misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:05) Stefan Cicic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:05) Stefan Cicic makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2833
(0:52) Ace Glass bad pass turnover.
(0:52) Styles Phipps Steal.
(0:52) Foul on ND Okafor.
(0:42) Foul on Ace Glass.
+1 (0:42) Javon Cooley makes free throw 1 of 2.
2834
+1 (0:42) Javon Cooley makes free throw 2 of 2.
2835
(0:34) Tomas Thrastarson bad pass turnover.
(0:04) Stefan Cicic misses layup.
(0:04) Eemeli Yalaho Block.
(0:03) Stefan Cicic Offensive Rebound.
(0:03) Foul on Tomas Thrastarson.
(0:03) Stefan Cicic misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:03) Pepperdine Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:03) Stefan Cicic makes free throw 2 of 2.
2836
(0:00) Ace Glass misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Pepperdine Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

WSU

PEPP

79Points88

28-71(39.4%)Field Goal(%)31-68(45.6%)

10-33(30.3%)3-Point(%)5-19(26.3%)

13-16(81.3%)Free Throw(%)21-24(87.5%)

38(17)Rebounds(Offensive)43(17)

17Assists18

7Steals11

2Blocks6

14Turnovers13

21(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

1Largest Lead20

Game Details

Saturday, February 28, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Firestone Fieldhouse · Malibu, CA

attendance: 792 (25.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WSU -7.5

over/under: 158.5