MALIBU, Calif. – Wrapping up a three-game road trip and in the midst of a stretch of four road match-ups in five games, the Pacific men's basketball program will travel to Pepperdine for a 7 p.m. clash Thursday at Firestone Fieldhouse and a 6 p.m. game Saturday against Loyola Marymount at Gersten Pavilion.
 
Both games can be watched on ESPN+ or heard on Fox Sports AM 1280 with Zack Bayrouty on the call.
 
Pacific (6-11, 0-2 WCC) is going for its second road win of the year after beating California 87-79 in a non-conference match-up. The Tigers are looking to bounce back from a 78-64 road defeat at Portland on Saturday in their last outing.
 
Pacific has posted a positive turnover margin in each of its first two WCC games and has outscored the opposition in the paint in each game. The Tigers also held both San Francisco and Portland to under 33 percent shooting from long range.
 
Sophomore Moe Odum ranks second in the West Coast Conference in both assists (4.7 apg) and assist:turnover ratio (2.4), and is third in steals (1.5 spg). With 19 points and 10 assists against San Francisco, he became the first student-athlete at Pacific to submit a double-double in points and assists since Pierre Crockrell II posted 10 points and 10 assists against Portland on Feb. 13, 2020.
 
Senior Nick Blake has provided a spark for Pacific since his return. After missing the first 11 games of the year, he's come back to average a team-high 11.7 points per outing and has scored in double-figures in each of the last five.
 
Senior Lesown Hallums, Jr. has stood out in conference games with a team-high 14.5 points per game. He poured in a career-high 25 points against USF and was a scorching 9-of-11 from the field and 3-of-4 from long range.
 
Pepperdine (7-10, 0-2 WCC), which is guided by the league's leading scorer in Michael Ajayi (17.6 ppg/9.8 rpg), fell to Gonzaga 86-80 on the road before dropping a home tilt 78-72 to Santa Clara. The Waves submitted non-conference wins over Lafayette, LIU, Idaho State, UC San Diego and William & Mary.
 
LMU (7-9, 0-2 WCC) was topped by Santa Clara 68-57 and Saint Mary's 68-64 to begin league play. The Lions defeated Jackson State, FIU, UTEP, Central Arkansas, UNLV and Detroit Mercy in non-conference play. Dominick Harris leads the team in scoring (13.9 ppg) and ranks first in the WCC in threes made per game with 2.5 while shooting .430 from long range.
 
NOTES
- Pacific is 43-34 all-time against Pepperdine and swept three games over the Waves last season. It included an 84-71 victory in the WCC Tournament as Odum registered 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting including 3-of-4 from long range.
 
- Pacific and LMU split a pair of meetings last season, each winning at home. The Tigers are going for their first road win against the Lions since Feb. 27, 2020.
 
- The Tigers are 5-1 this season when leading at half. In three seasons under head coach Leonard Perry, Pacific is 25-9 when leading at half, 22-12 when it makes more threes than the opposition and 6-0 when holding the opposition to under 60 points.
 
- Pacific is 3-1 this season in games decided by one possession (three points or less).
 
- The Tigers have used nine different starting lineups in 17 games this year.
 
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