Pepperdine at UCLA

A veteran Pepperdine teams heads out on the road knowing that it needs to play good defense in this one to have a chance. Pepperdine is on a 20-8-1 run UNDER the total, as well as 35-17 UNDER on the road. The Waves return all five starters and its top seven scorers. UCLA is not in midseason form on offense yet with 35 assists to 34 turnovers through two games. Steve Alford demands tough defense and the UNDER is 9-3 when following a Bruins win and this total is too high. Back the UNDER.