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By STEVE HENSON

Nov. 25, 2000 12 AM PT

* PACIFIC (2-0) at PEPPERDINE (1-1), 1 p.m.--Humbled by Indiana in its opener, Pepperdine took out its frustrations on UC Santa Barbara, forcing 24 turnovers and holding the Gauchos to 34% shooting in a 64-53 victory. However, the Waves did not shoot well, and they might have difficulty against fast-starting Pacific, which has held opponents to 30% shooting. Kelvin Gibbs, who is 30 pounds lighter than last season, averages 16 points and 11.5 rebounds for Pepperdine. Pacific knocked off Santa Clara, 63-41, on Wednesday and opened with a 101-59 victory over Chico State.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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