Northern Arizona plays Pepperdine on 5-game road slide

Published Dec. 3, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (3-6) at Pepperdine Waves (4-2)

Malibu, California; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pepperdine -9.5; over/under is 149

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona will try to break its five-game road skid when the Lumberjacks visit Pepperdine.

The Waves have gone 4-0 at home. Pepperdine ranks sixth in the WCC in team defense, giving up 73.0 points while holding opponents to 39.0% shooting.

The Lumberjacks are 0-4 on the road. Northern Arizona ranks fourth in the Big Sky with 22.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Carson Towt averaging 5.6.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maxwell Lewis is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Waves. Houston Mallette is averaging 14.7 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 41.7% for Pepperdine.

Jalen Cole is shooting 35.8% and averaging 13.8 points for the Lumberjacks. Nik Mains is averaging 9.2 points for Northern Arizona.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.