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Pepperdine plays Vermont, aims to stop home skid
Vermont Catamounts (5-5) at Pepperdine Waves (3-6)
Malibu, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Pepperdine looks to stop its three-game home slide with a victory against Vermont.
The Waves have gone 3-3 at home. Pepperdine is ninth in the WCC scoring 75.6 points while shooting 43.5% from the field.
The Catamounts are 2-2 in road games. Vermont ranks second in the America East with 24.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Lucas Mari averaging 4.3.
Pepperdine is shooting 43.5% from the field this season, 3.2 percentage points lower than the 46.7% Vermont allows to opponents. Vermont averages 80.1 points per game, 3.4 more than the 76.7 Pepperdine allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Clark is scoring 13.3 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Waves. Javon Cooley is averaging 13.0 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 43.0%.
TJ Long averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Catamounts, scoring 15.9 points while shooting 37.0% from beyond the arc. TJ Hurley is averaging 13.1 points.
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