Pacific vs. Pepperdine

Pepperdine was hoping to come close to last year's 18-14 record, but the Waves have had one of their worst seasons in recent memory with a 9-21 record and 10-19 ATS. The Waves have lost four in a row without covering the spread in any of them, including a 76-65 loss to San Francisco on Saturday which followed a 78-49 blowout at the hands of Saint Mary's. Pepperdine is shooting just 39.7 percent and 31.4 percent on neutral courts and the last two games the Waves have shot 40-of-119 from the field. Pacific is coming off two one-point losses to Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara and the Tigers have covered their last four games. Anthony Townes scored a team-leading 22 points against LMU, which was held to a .388 shooting percentage. Pepperdine is 1-7 ATS its last eight neutral site contests. Lay the points and play Pacific.