Pepperdine Plays Tonight at St. Mary’s

Pepperdine, a 76-74 loser to the University of San Diego Thursday night, is still tied with St. Mary’s and Santa Clara for second place in the West Coast Athletic Conference.

The Waves (16-10 overall and 8-5 in the WCAC) play St. Mary’s at 7:30 tonight at Moraga, Calif. St. Mary’s (17-8, 8-5) is coming off a 96-94 loss to first-place Loyola Marymount Thursday night.

Santa Clara (17-9, 8-5), which lost to Gonzaga this week, plays on the road tonight against last-place Portland (6-20, 1-12).

If Pepperdine loses tonight and Santa Clara wins, St. Mary’s, because of a conference tiebreaking formula, would be seeded second in next week’s conference tournament at Santa Clara’s Toso Pavilion.

If Pepperdine beats the Gaels and Santa Clara defeats Portland, or if both lose, the Waves and the Broncos would flip a coin Sunday to see which team gets the higher seeding in the WCAC tournament.