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* SAN FRANCISCO (13-9, 4-6) at PEPPERDINE (13-9, 5-5), 7 p.m., Fox Sports West 2, KIEV (870)--The two preseason favorites in the West Coast Conference are fighting to stay out of the bottom half of the standings. Pepperdine rallied to beat San Francisco, 63-58, last month but the Dons were without forward Damian Cantrell, who has returned to the lineup after sitting out eight games because of mononucleosis.