2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	1–1 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Ed Schilling (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Rigot; Tyus Edney; Josh Calbert; Mike Doig; Jeremy Grubbs;
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oregon State	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Saint Mary's	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Washington State	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
No. 14 Gonzaga	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	6	–	7	.462
Portland	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Pacific	0	–	0	–	5	–	9	.357
San Diego	0	–	0	–	3	–	9	.250

† 2025 WCC tournament winner As of December 25, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves are led by first year head coach Ed Schilling. They play their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Waves finished the 2023–24 season 13–20, 5–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pacific in the first round, before losing to San Diego in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Houston Mallette	0	G	6'5"	185	Junior	Alameda, CA	Transferred to Alabama^[1]
Michael Ajayi	1	G/F	6'7"	220	Junior	Kent, WA	Transferred to Gonzaga^[2]
Jalen Pitre	2	F	6'8"	220	Sophomore	Long Beach, CA	Transferred to Sacramento State
Malik Moore	3	G	6'5"	190	Sophomore	Ventura, CA	Transferred to Montana^[3]
Paul Jordan	10	F	6'6"	200	Sophomore	Glen Cove, NY	Walk-on; not return
Cord Stansberry	13	G	6'3"	180	Freshman	Long Beach, CA	Transferred to Western Carolina^[4]
Jevon Porter	14	F	6'11"	225	Sophomore	Columbia, MO	Transferred to Loyola Marymount
Ethan Anderson	20	G	6'0"	215	GS Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Nils Cooper	21	G	6'5"	180	Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to UC Davis
Curtis Williams	23	G/F	6'6"	180	Freshman	Beaumont, CA	Transferred to Northwest Florida State College
John Squire	24	F	6'8"	220	Freshman	Sausalito, CA	Not on team roster
Martin Gumwel	34	C	6'11"	230	Freshman	Temecula, CA	Not on team roster
Aladji Gassama	35	F/C	6'9"	215	Sophomore	Bamako, Mali	Transferred to Drury^[5]

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Aaron Clark	3	G	6'6"	195	Sophomore	Easton, PA	Wake Forest
Alonso Faure	4	F	6'10"	230	GS Senior	Busot, Spain	Loyola (MD)
Moe Odum	5	G	6'1"	160	Junior	New York, NY	Pacific
Stefan Todorovic	7	F	6'8"	190	Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	San Francisco
Zion Bethea	8	G	6'4"	205	Senior	South Orange, NJ	Delaware
Javon Cooley	23	G	6'5'	205	GS Senior	Chicago, IL	Marist
Alex Leiba	24	C	6'10"	245	GS Senior	Old Bridge, NJ	Penn State Harrisburg

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Taj Au-Duke PG	Portland, OR	Cali Prep Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	May 22, 2024
Taj Au-Duke PG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Pepperdine Waves 2024 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2024 Pepperdine Waves Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2024 Pepperdine Waves Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	David Mager (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Dwight-Englewood School	Englewood, NJ
G	2	Stevie Prudholme (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Oaks Christian School	Malibu, CA
G	3	Aaron Clark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Brewster Academy Wake Forest	Easton, PA
F	4	Alonso Faure	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	IES Fuente San Luis Loyola (MD)	Busot, Spain
G	5	Moe Odum	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	West Oaks Academy (FL) Pacific	New York, NY
F	7	Stefan Todorovic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Prolific Prep San Francisco	Belgrade, Serbia
G	8	Zion Bethea	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Immaculate Conception HS Delaware	South Orange, NJ
G	9	Taj Au-Duke	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Cali Prep Academy	Scarborough, ON
G	10	Jaxon Olvera (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Golden State Prep	Houston, TX
F	12	Boubacar Coulibaly	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Sr	San Gabriel Academy USC	Bamako, Mali
G/F	13	Dovydas Butka	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	BC Žalgiris	Panevėžys, Lithuania
G/F	23	Javon Cooley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	St. Rita HS Marist	Chicago, IL
C	24	Alex Leiba	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	GS	St. John Vianney HS Penn State Harrisburg	Old Bridge, NJ
F	35	Danilo Dozic (W)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Ivanka Gajic JL Bourg U21	Belgrade, Serbia
G	40	Isaac Pratt (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr	North Central HS	Pasadena, CA
G	42	Isaiah Dean (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Woodside Priory School	San Francisco, CA

Head coach

Ed Schilling (Miami (OH))

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Cline (Wake Forest)
Tyus Edney (UCLA)
Josh Calbert
Mike Doig (Clearwater Christian College)
Jeremy Grubbs (Robert Morris)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lincoln (CA)	W 128-67		–	–	–	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
Non conference regular season
November 6, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Western Illinois	W 77–64	1–0	25 – Stefan Todorivic	10 – Dovydas Butka	8 – Moe Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (801) Malibu, CA
November 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 76–94	1–1	33 – Stefan Todorivic	7 – Tied	7 – Moe Odum	LionTree Arena (3,688) San Diego, CA
November 16, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 62–80	1–2	17 – Stefan Todorovic	6 – Tied	8 – Moe Odum	Bren Events Center (2,123) Irvine, CA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MW Network	at UNLV						Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+	at Northwestern Arizona Tip-Off campus site game						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
November 29, 2024* 12:30 p.m.	vs. New Mexico State Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division semifinals						Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ
November 29, 2024* 12:00 p.m./2:30 p.m.	vs. Weber State/Bowling Green Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division						Mullett Arena Tempe, AZ
December 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Life Pacific						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Grambling State						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Arizona						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 19, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Long Beach State						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Davis						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Santa Clara						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Gonzaga						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
January 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Marymount						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Francisco						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 18, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Mary's						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 23, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Pacific						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Diego						Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Washington State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Diego						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
February 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Gonzaga						McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oregon State						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
February 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland						Chiles Center Portland, OR
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
WCC tournament
March 6–11, 2025 TBA	vs.						Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[6]

References

^ Kelly, Nick (March 19, 2024). "Alabama basketball lands Houston Mallette via transfer portal ahead of NCAA Tournament". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ Borzello, Jeff (March 26, 2024). "Michael Ajayi transferring from Pepperdine to Gonzaga". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ Gogola, Frank (April 8, 2024). "Montana Grizzlies receive commitment from Pepperdine transfer Malik Moore". Missoulian. Retrieved September 30, 2024. (subscription required)
^ "Cord Stansberry transfers to Catamounts". USbasket.com. April 8, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ "Drury University men's basketball adds 6-8 transfer from Pepperdine for 2024-25 season". Springfield News-Leader. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". pepperdinewaves.com.

[1] Kelly, Nick (March 19, 2024). "Alabama basketball lands Houston Mallette via transfer portal ahead of NCAA Tournament". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[2] Borzello, Jeff (March 26, 2024). "Michael Ajayi transferring from Pepperdine to Gonzaga". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[3] Gogola, Frank (April 8, 2024). "Montana Grizzlies receive commitment from Pepperdine transfer Malik Moore". Missoulian. Retrieved September 30, 2024. (subscription required)

[4] "Cord Stansberry transfers to Catamounts". USbasket.com. April 8, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[5] "Drury University men's basketball adds 6-8 transfer from Pepperdine for 2024-25 season". Springfield News-Leader. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[6] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". pepperdinewaves.com.

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