Pepperdine Waves (4-5) at Colorado Buffaloes (5-2)
Boulder, Colorado; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado hosts the Pepperdine Waves after KJ Simpson scored 30 points in Colorado’s 88-83 loss to the Colorado State Rams.
The Buffaloes are 4-0 on their home court. Colorado scores 82.7 points and has outscored opponents by 12.6 points per game.
The Waves are 0-1 on the road. Pepperdine is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Colorado makes 50.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.1 percentage points higher than Pepperdine has allowed to its opponents (48.8%). Pepperdine has shot at a 46.7% rate from the field this season, 4.6 percentage points higher than the 42.1% shooting opponents of Colorado have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Simpson is scoring 20.0 points per game with 4.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists for the Buffaloes. Tristan da Silva is averaging 14.6 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 52.9% for Colorado.
Michael Ajayi is averaging 18.7 points and 10.9 rebounds for the Waves. Houston Mallette is averaging 18.1 points for Pepperdine.
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