2024–25 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, led by first year head coach Katie Faulkner, play their homes games at Firestone Fieldhouse and are members of the West Coast Conference.

2024–25 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record8–22 (3–17 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFirestone Fieldhouse
Seasons
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 17 3   .850 22 9   .710
Portland 17 3   .850 28 3   .903
Washington State 14 6   .700 20 12   .625
Oregon State 12 8   .600 17 15   .531
San Francisco 11 9   .550 15 16   .484
Saint Mary's 10 10   .500 14 16   .467
Pacific 9 11   .450 15 18   .455
Santa Clara 8 12   .400 14 17   .452
Loyola Marymount 7 13   .350 14 16   .467
Pepperdine 3 17   .150 8 22   .267
San Diego 2 18   .100 7 24   .226
2025 WCC tournament winner
As of March 9, 2025

Previous season

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The Waves finished the 2023–24 season 5–25, 1–15 in WCC play to finish in last place. As the No. 9 seed in the WCC tournament, they lost in the second first to BYU.

Offseason

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Departures

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Pepperdine departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Mi'Cole Cayton 5 G 5'9" Graduate Student Stockton, CA Graduated
Jane Nwaba 10 F 5'10" Senior Carson, CA Transferred to Vanderbilt[1]
Holly Griffiths 12 F 6'4" Freshman Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Saint Mary's
Myra Gordon 15 G/F 6'0" Graduate Student Fort Worth, TX Graduated
Jorynn Ross 24 F 6'3" Freshman Milwaukee, WI Transferred to Arizona[2]
Alexis Griggsby 35 G 5'9" Graduate Student Northridge, CA Graduated

Incoming

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Pepperdine incoming transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Malia Mastora 5 G 5'10"   Senior Alameda, CA Cal State San Marcos
Ornela Muca 9 G 5'7" Graduate Student Athens, Greece California
Makena Mastora 12 G 5'9" Senior Alameda, CA Saint Mary's

Recruiting

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There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

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2024–25 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Addi Melone 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Centennial
Eastern Arizona College
Las Vegas, NV
G 1 Hailey Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So JSerra Catholic Coto de Caza, CA
G 2 Chloe Sotell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Montverde Academy Stamford, CT
G 3 Ella Brubaker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Curtis
The Master's (CA)
University Place, WA
G 5 Malia Mastora 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr St. Joseph Notre Dame
Cal State San Marcos
Alameda, CA
G 9 Ornela Muca 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS American Community School of Athens
California
Athens, Greece
G 11 Helena Friend 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Blair Academy Huntington Beach, CA
G 12 Makena Mastora 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. Joseph Notre Dame
Saint Mary's
Alameda, CA
G 13 Emerita Mashaire 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr HBA-Marsky
Buffalo
Helsinki, Finland
F/C 31 Megan Harkey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) GS Northwest Guilford
Xavier
Summerfield, NC
F 32 Maggie Vick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Lakeway Christian (TN)
Iowa State
Morristown, TN
C 33 KK Brodie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Rock Bridge Columbia, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024*
6:00 p.m.
Westcliff W 73–42 
                  Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cal State Fullerton W 59–57  1–0
 10  Tied   5  Tied   3  Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (220)
Malibu, CA
November 7, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
at UC Irvine L 56–65  1–1
 13  Mak. Mastora   4  Tied   3  Tied  Bren Events Center (1,867)
Irvine, CA
November 12, 2024*
11:30 a.m., B1G+
at No. 5 UCLA L 54–91  1–2
 20  Muca   3  Tied   3  Muca  Pauley Pavilion (3,898)
Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
at California Baptist W 75–64  2–2
 27  Muca   7  Tied   2  Tied  Fowler Events Center (740)
Riverside, CA
November 18, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC Riverside W 55–52 OT 3–2
 20  Brubaker   7  Harkey   2  Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (183)
Malibu, CA
November 27, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Northridge W 84–58  4–2
 18  Mal. Mastora   8  Mak. Mastora   5  Mak. Mastora  Premier America Credit Union Arena (500)
Northridge, CA
December 1, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Northridge L 61–68  4–3
 20  Brubaker   7  Brubaker   3  Tied  Walter Pyramid (620)
Long Beach, CA
December 6, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Nevada W 60–58 OT 5–3
 20  Brubaker   9  Brubaker   4  Mak. Mastora  Firestone Fieldhouse (227)
Malibu, CA
December 15, 2024*
1:00 p.m., MW Network
at New Mexico L 59–82  5–4
 24  Sotell   5  Tied   5  Sotell  The Pit (4,575)
Albuquerque, NM
WCC regular season
December 21, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Santa Clara L 69–70  5–5
(0–1)
 17  Brubaker   7  Harkey   3  Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (209)
Malibu, CA
December 28, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Washington State L 46–67  5–6
(0–2)
 15  Brubaker   7  Vick   1  Tied  Beasley Coliseum (924)
Pullman, WA
December 30, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Gonzaga L 54–75  5–7
(0–3)
 17  Brubaker   6  Mak. Mastora   7  Sotell  McCarthey Athletic Center (5,165)
Spokane, WA
January 2, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
San Diego W 63–49  6–7
(1–3)
 14  Brubaker   8  Sotell   7  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse (180)
Malibu, CA
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Francisco L 60–76  6–8
(1–4)
 16  Sotell   7  Mashaire   3  Tied  Sobrato Center (203)
San Francisco, CA
January 16, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Saint Mary's L 41–56  6–9
(1–5)
 14  Mak. Mastora   10  Mak. Mastora   3  Brubaker  University Credit Union Pavilion (302)
Moraga, CA
January 18, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Diego W 68–66  7–9
(2–5)
 17  Vick   8  Mak. Mastora   6  Sotell  Jenny Craig Pavilion (151)
San Diego, CA
January 23, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Pacific L 43–58  7–10
(2–6)
 10  Sotell   9  Harkey   2  Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (165)
Malibu, CA
January 25, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Gonzaga L 53–81  7–11
(2–7)
 13  Mal. Mastora   6  Mashaire   3  Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (160)
Malibu, CA
January 28, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Loyola Marymount
Rescheduled from January 11
W 55–43  8–11
(3–7)
 22  Sotell   7  Vick   4  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oregon State L 54–63  8–12
(3–8)
 15  Muca   7  Mashaire   4  Sotell  Gill Coliseum (3,729)
Corvallis, OR
February 1, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Portland L 52–76  8–13
(3–9)
 12  Tied   8  Friend   4  Harkey  Chiles Center (1,240)
Portland, OR
February 6, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
San Francisco L 48–72  8–14
(3–10)
 13  Sotell   5  Vick   3  Mak. Mastora  Firestone Fieldhouse (160)
Malibu, CA
February 8, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Pacific L 41–68  8–15
(3–11)
 11  Mak. Mastora   6  Harkey   3  Tied  Alex G. Spanos Center (581)
Stockton, CA
February 10, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Portland
Reschedule from January 9
L 75–77 OT 8–16
(3–12)
 17  Sotell   6  Tied   5  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse (153)
Malibu, CA
February 13, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Santa Clara L 46–54  8–17
(3–13)
 13  Muca   6  Tied   3  Tied  Leavey Center (365)
Santa Clara, CA
February 15, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Saint Mary's L 54–68  8–18
(3–14)
 16  Sotell   6  Mak. Mastora   4  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse (233)
Malibu, CA
February 22, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Loyola Marymount L 49–58  8–19
(3–15)
 18  Brubaker   9  Mak. Mastora   4  Mak. Mastora  Gersten Pavilion (233)
Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Washington State L 49–57  8–20
(3–16)
 9  Tied   7  Mak. Mastora   4  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse (163)
Malibu, CA
March 1, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oregon State L 46–73  8–21
(3–17)
 14  Muca   5  Mak. Mastora   3  Sotell  Firestone Fieldhouse (403)
Malibu, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 6, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
(10) vs. (11) San Diego
First Round
L 59–66  8–22
 20  Sotell   5  Mashaire   4  Sotell  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gerson, Aria (April 24, 2024). "Vanderbilt women's basketball adds Jane Nwaba, a Pepperdine transfer". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Brown, PJ (June 30, 2024). "Transfer Jorynn Ross picks Arizona with sights set on growing as basketball player and a person". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". pepperdinewaves.com.