STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific women's basketball team (12-8, 5-4 WCC) is back on the road this weekend, beginning the second leg of West Coast Conference play at Pepperdine on Thursday, January 30 and LMU on Saturday, February 1.
GAME INFO
Matchup: Pacific (12-8, 5-4 WCC) at Pepperdine (9-10, 3-6 WCC)
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020
Location: Malibu, Calif.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Firestone Fieldhouse
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Matchup: Pacific (12-8, 5-4 WCC) at LMU (7-15, 3-6 WCC)
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Gersten Pavilion
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
- The Tigers are led down low by Katrina McClane Award Watch List honoree Brooklyn McDavid, who has registered a double-digit scoring performance in 15 of the Tigers' 20 outings this year while averaging 15.0 points per game this season.
- Valerie Higgins became the first player this season to win two WCC Player of the Week awards after chasing a triple double (29 points, 11 rebounds, nine steals) at San Francisco on December 30. Higgins, a Preseason All-WCC selection and the reigning WCC Defensive Player of the Year, is tied for first in the WCC with eight double doubles, six of which have come in conference play. Higgins has now logged 22 overall for her Pacific career, sixth all-time in program history.
- McDavid is the seventh Tiger all-time to grab 200 offensive rebounds, doing so in just 71 career games. She enters Thursday at 221 for her career, tied with Kate McAllister (1993- 97) for fifth all-time in program history. McDavid also became the 24th Tiger in program history to score 1,000 career points with her first two buckets in Pacific's 64-63 win over Pepperdine on January 4.
- Pacific ranks 21st in the country with 207 steals, with a WCC-leading 74 going to Higgins. The Granada Hills native is fifth in the nation in total takeaways. Her 74 after 20 games this season are similar in comparison to last season, when she logged 69 takeaways through the Tigers' first 20 contests on her way to being named the WCC Defensive Player of the Year. Higgins averages 3.7 takeaways per contest this season and set a new career high at San Francisco (Dec. 30) with nine, which ranks fourth all-time Pacific history in single-game steals.
- Pacific has outscored its opponent off the bench in all but five games this season and has done so in eight of the nine WCC contests played this season. The Tigers entered this season with seven redshirts on the roster and have seen significant contributions from each, particularly from Loretta Kakala, who set a career high against San Diego (Jan. 18) with 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Additionally, Savannah Whitehead came up big against Saint Mary's on Saturday with a season-high eight rebounds, including the game-winner with nine seconds remaining in overtime.
BY THE NUMBERS
- 74 - Valerie Higgins has logged 74 steals this year, fifth in Division I and first in the WCC.
- 15 - Brooklyn McDavid has scored in double figures 15 times this year.
- 24 - McDavid is the 24th Tiger to reach 1,000 career points, as of 1/4/20 vs. Pepperdine.
- 3 - Pacific has won three WCC Player of the Week awards this year (Higgins 2, McDavid 1).
- 221 - McDavid has grabbed 221 career offensive rebounds, tied for fifth in program history.
LAST TIME OUT
- Pacific grabbed a thrilling 68-66 overtime win at Saint Mary's last Saturday.
- Savannah Whitehead recorded a season-high eight rebounds in the win, including the final one with nine seconds remaining in regulation that led to free throws to ice the game.
- Brooklyn McDavid dropped 20 points on 9-of-17 shooting in a career-high 36 minutes. Sofie Tryggedsson recorded a season high in playing time, seeing action for 37 minutes while dropping a season- and career-high five threes on the Gaels.
- Pacific grabbed a season-high 52 rebounds in the win, yielding just 35 for another season high of a +17 rebounding margin.
SCOUTING THE WAVES
- Pepperdine enters Thursday at 3-6 at the turn of conference play. The Waves rank second in the conference with a 1.08 assist/turnover ratio, yet fall to ninth in total assists (237).
- The Waves take good care of the basketball on the offensive side, having yielded just 220 turnovers at a rate of 11.6 per contest - first in the conference and seventh in Division I.
- Pepperdine struggles when it comes to shooting on both ends of the floor. The Waves post just a 36.6 percent shooting clip on the season (last in the conference), while giving up a 41.5 shooting percentage to opponents (ninth in conference play).
- Pepperdine possesses two of the top ten shot blockers in the West Coast Conference in Monique Andriuolo (1.63/game) and Hannah Friend (1.11/game), while Paige Fecske leads the Waves on the scoring front with 11.5 points per contest.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
- LMU also enters the weekend at 3-6, but has three players who put up double-digit scoring averages in Chelsey Gipson (13.0), Jasmine Jones (11.6) and CiCi Ellington (11.1).
- The Lions are a force on the glass, ranking first in the conference and fourth in Division I with 897 total rebounds. LMU also knows how to get to the free throw line, leading the conference and pulling in another top-10 national ranking with 456 total attempts (seventh in Division I).
- Gipson leads the conference with 280 field goal attempts, having converted on a team-high 88 of them.
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