Moe Odum leads Pepperdine over Portland 86-73 in 2nd round of West Coast Conference Tournament
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Moe Odum scored 31 points and handed out 11 assists to lead Pepperdine over Portland 86-73 on Friday night in the second round of the West Coast Conference Tournament.
The ninth-seeded Waves (11-21) advance to play No. 5 seed Oregon State in Saturday's third round.
Stefan Todorovic added 19 points and six rebounds for the Waves. Boubacar Coulibaly scored 12 on 5-for-7 shooting.
The Pilots (12-20) were led by Vukasin Masic, who finished with 26 points. Austin Rapp added 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Max Mackinnon had 16 points and five assists.
Todorovic scored 10 points in the first half and Pepperdine went into the break trailing 38-29. Odum scored Pepperdine's last seven points as they finished off the victory.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
recommended
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
USA Today
9 hours ago
- USA Today
Auburn football revises history, now claims nine national championships
Auburn football has posted several impressive seasons in its history; however, it has claimed just two national championships. Those records were rewritten on Tuesday as Auburn athletics and Athletics Director John Cohen have officially decided to claim seven additional national championships and three more conference championships, bringing its overall total to nine and 15, respectively. In addition to its 1957 and 2010 national championships, Auburn will now officially claim championships from 1910, 1913, 1914, 1958, 1983, 1993, and 2004. Auburn Undercover, which was one of several outlets to break the news, shared a statement from Cohen regarding the decision to rewrite the history books and recognize more titles. "For too long, Auburn has chosen a humble approach to our program's storied history – choosing to recognize only Associated Press national championships. Starting this fall, we have made the decision to honor the accomplishments of our deserving student-athletes, coaches, and teams from Auburn's proud history. Our visible national championship recognitions now align with the well-established standard used by the NCAA's official record book and our peers across the nation." Here is a deep dive into Auburn's newly claimed national titles, and where the Tigers finished each season in the Associated Press poll. 1910 Auburn, then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, finished the 1910 season with a 6-1 overall record and a 5-0 mark in SIAA play, tying Vanderbilt for the conference title. Auburn stumbled on the road at Texas that season, 9-0, but it did not affect the Maxwell Ratings and College Football Rankings from selecting Auburn as national champions. 1913 Auburn dominated the 1913 season by finishing 8-0 and outpacing their opponents, 224-13. Its margin of victory over its foes is what led the Tigers to win the 1913 title, as Billingsley's MOV (margin of victory) listed Auburn as the 1913 national champions. 1914 Auburn also went unbeaten in 1914, not allowing a single point. Their lone blemish on their schedule was a scoreless tie with rival Georgia. James Howell's Power Ratings System recognized the Tigers as national champions this season, giving Auburn credit for its dominating season. 1958 One year after Auburn won its first "official" title, before Tuesday's announcement, Auburn built another unbeaten season, finishing 9-0-1 on the year and winning the national title thanks to a nod from David Montgomery. 1983 The first Auburn national championship of the "Associated Press poll" era took place in 1983 when the Tigers finished No. 3 in the final AP poll of the season behind Nebraska and Miami. Nebraska lost to Miami in the Orange Bowl that season, which was the de facto National Championship game. Despite not playing for the title, Auburn received seven first-place votes, 2.5 more votes than the Cornhuskers. 1993 Auburn's 1993 season was unforgettable, even if only a small chunk of the fan base got to witness the season live. The team was under probation following a pay-for-play scandal, which eliminated Auburn's chances of playing in front of a televised audience and playing in a postseason game. Despite the penalties, Auburn finished the season with an 11-0 record in Terry Bowdon's first season at the helm and was crowned national champions by the National Championship Foundation. Auburn finished No. 4 in the AP poll that season behind Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Florida State. Auburn was the only unbeaten team to finish the 1993 season ranked. 2004 The College Football Playoff would have come in handy during the 2004 season as four teams concluded the regular season without a loss. Auburn, USC, Oklahoma, and Utah were deserving of a chance to play for a title, but only the Trojans and Sooners earned the right to compete for it. Auburn concluded its SEC Championship-winning season with a 16-13 win over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, and four players from that roster went on to become first-round picks in the 2005 NFL draft. The Tigers finished No. 2 in the AP poll that season behind national champion USC. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page onFacebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter@TaylorJones__
USA Today
10 hours ago
- USA Today
Two LSU football defenders earn preseason All-American honors
Two LSU football linebackers earned preseason All-American honors from the Associated Press on Monday. Whit Weeks landed on the first team with Harold Perkins joining the second team. Weeks and Perkins both missed spring practice after each had an injury that required surgery in 2024. Perkins tore his ACL in week four and was out for the year. Weeks was carted off the field in LSU's bowl win after playing the entire regular season. Both recoveries progressed as expected, and the duo is making a strong impression during fall camp. Weeks, a junior, is coming off a breakout campaign where he finished No. 2 among SEC linebackers in stops and pressures. With a strong year, Weeks will finish as one of the most productive linebackers in LSU history and compete for the Butkus Award. Perkins' narrative is a little more complicated. He was a star situational pass rusher in 2022, but he struggled after moving to inside backer in 2023. It's been an up-and-down three years for Perkins as he enters his redshirt junior campaign. Perkins will play the STAR role in Blake Baker's defense this fall. By all accounts, he's more comfortable there. There's still some uncertainty about how Perkins will look in 2025, but his raw athletic ability was enough to earn him a spot on the All-American list. Weeks and Perkins will take the field with LSU when the Tigers kickoff their season at Clemson on Aug. 30. LSU football coach Brian Kelly on what the return of Harold Perkins and Whit Weeks means for LSU "Presence is impactful, right? You see them, you feel them, you hear them. And so when somebody's not around in a room, you can kind of feel the temperature change a little bit. The temperature's a little bit different when those two guys are in the room," Kelly said at the start of fall camp. "People talk about missing somebody. It's hard to replace great players, but it's even harder to replace great leaders. And those guys lead by example and make a huge difference," Kelly said.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Yahoo
Auburn football to recognize 7 additional national championships, giving Tigers nine
Though it's often overshadowed by hated in-state rival Alabama — a literal elephant in the room — Auburn football has a proud history of its own, with two national championships to its name. Thanks to a recent tweak, that number is about to get a lot bigger. The Tigers are adding seven national championships to their tally, with the university making the move to 'honor the accomplishments of our deserving student-athletes, coaches, and teams.' REQUIRED READING: Penn State, Georgia lead preseason college football NCAA Re-Rank 1-136 Auburn will now recognize titles from the 1910, 1913, 1914, 1958, 1983, 1993 and 2004 seasons, in addition to the 1957 and 2010 championships that had already been recognized in the program's history. That philosophical change would give Auburn nine national championships. Previously, the Tigers only acknowledged championships in which they finished a season atop the Associated Press poll (or, in the case of the 2010 team, winning the BCS championship game). In three other seasons — 1910, 1913 and 1983 — they were selected as the No. 1 team in the country by NCAA-recognized independent selectors. "For too long, Auburn has chosen a humble approach to our program's storied history – choosing to recognize only Associated Press national championships," Auburn athletic director John Cohen said in a statement to the Montgomery Advertiser, part of the USA TODAY Network. "Starting this fall, we have made the decision to honor the accomplishments of our deserving student-athletes, coaches, and teams from Auburn's proud history. Our visible national championship recognitions now align with the well-established standard used by the NCAA's official record book and our peers across the nation." Auburn's 1914 team finished 8-0-1, with a tie against rival Georgia the only blemish on its resume. That year, Army, Illinois and Texas finished atop the various polls and rankings. Its 1958 squad, one year removed from one of its two previously recognized titles, went 9-0-1. LSU, at 11-0, was the No. 1 team in every poll and ranking other than the Football Writers Association of America, which gave that spot to an 8-1-1 Iowa team. In 1993, the Tigers went undefeated under first-year head coach Terry Bowden, but was ineligible to play in a bowl or the SEC championship game due to NCAA sanctions. They finished that season No. 4 in the AP poll. In 2004, they again went undefeated, this time with a roster headlined by future NFL first-round draft picks Cadillac Williams, Ronnie Brown and Jason Campbell, but were one of three undefeated major-conference teams at the end of the regular season and finished behind No. 1 USC and No. 2 Oklahoma in the BCS standings. After a Sugar Bowl win against Virginia Tech, they finished No. 2 in the final Coaches Poll. While notable, Auburn's decision isn't entirely unusual in the strange, complicated history of college football. Before a national title game was instituted ahead of the 1998 season, college football's national champions were determined by a series of independent polls and rankings, some of which were more prominent and widely recognized than others. If one of those lists had a particular program at the top, the school had the option of acknowledging it. Cohen isn't the first Auburn administrator to wrestle with the title count question. In 2014, then-Tigers athletic director Jay Jacobs said he was weighing the possibility of recognizing additional championships, believing it was 'about appropriately recognizing those teams that were rewarded by a credible poll.' This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Auburn football to recognize seven additional national championships
