Pepperdine Spreads It Around and Wins Title

It would have been a bigger deal if Pepperdine had gotten the opportunity to play nationally ranked Stanford for the first time.

Still, the Waves are happy to be going home with some hardware.

Freshman David Patten scored a career-high 19 points to lead five players in double figures as Pepperdine defeated Montana, 86-69, in the championship of the Stanford Invitational on Tuesday at Palo Alto.

It was Patten’s first time scoring in double digits.

“I guess I picked a good time to have my breakout game,” the 6-foot-8 Patten said. “It’s by far the best game I’ve ever had.”

Boomer Brazzle added 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for the Waves (5-3), who won for the fifth time in six games. Jimmy Miggins had 17 points and Terrance Johnson and Mike Westphal each had 11.

The Grizzlies (4-7) had a difficult time finding any offensive rhythm a day after shooting 47% and committing only nine turnovers against Stanford.

Montana shocked the No. 17 Cardinal, 70-68, in Monday night’s first round on a last-second three-pointer by David Bell.

Stanford lost in the first round of its own tournament for the first time in 12 years, and the Cardinal had won the past seven titles. Pepperdine is the only team in the West Coast Conference that Stanford has never played.

St. Mary’s 79, UC Riverside 74 -- Tyler Herr scored a game-high 24 points to lead St. Mary’s in a nonconference victory over UC Riverside in a game that was delayed by 70 minutes because of a power failure on the St. Mary’s campus at Moraga.

St. Mary’s (5-3) remained undefeated at home this season. Nate Carter scored 17 points to lead Riverside (1-3).