2025–26 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

2025–26 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record9–23 (4–14 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Rigot
  • Tyus Edney
  • Josh Calbert
  • Mike Doig
  • Jeremy Grubbs
Home arenaFirestone Fieldhouse
2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Gonzaga † 16 – 2   .889 31 – 4   .886
No. 22 Saint Mary's 16 – 2   .889 27 – 6   .818
Santa Clara 15 – 3   .833 26 – 9   .743
Oregon State 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444 17 – 16   .515
Pacific 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Seattle 8 – 10   .444 21 – 14   .600
Washington State 7 – 11   .389 12 – 20   .375
Portland 6 – 12   .333 15 – 19   .441
Loyola Marymount 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
San Diego 5 – 13   .278 12 – 21   .364
Pepperdine 4 – 14   .222 9 – 23   .281
† 2026 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves, led by second–year head coach Ed Schilling, played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost to Portland in the first round of the WCC tournament.

Previous season

The Waves finished 2024–25 with a record of 13–22, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the WCC tournament, Pepperdine defeated Portland, Oregon State, and Santa Clara to the advance to a tournament semifinal game. There they lost to No. 19 Saint Mary's.

Offseason

Guard Aaron Clark made his way onto the Pepperdine roster after using up his redshirt year in 2024–25 after transferring from Wake Forest.[1] 6-foot, 9-inch forward Pavle Stošic transferred to Pepperdine after playing for Gonzaga in 2023–24 and utilizing his redshirt year at Utah State.[2] The Waves also picked up forward Styles Phipps via the transfer portal; Phipps had spent his freshman season in 2024–25 with Grand Canyon.[3]

The Waves also brought back head coach Ed Schilling and returned all five assistant coaches from 2024–25.

Preseason

The annual West Coast Conference preseason media poll saw the Waves finishing eleventh out of twelve teams in the conference (Gonzaga was selected to finish first).[4]

Roster

2025–26 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Styles Phipps 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Saint Mary's
Grand Canyon 		Phoenix, AZ
G 1 David Mager 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Dwight-Englewood School Englewood, NJ
G 3 Aaron Clark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Brewster Academy
Wake Forest 		Easton, PA
F 4 Pavle Stošic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Gonzaga
Utah State 		Niš, Serbia
F 7 Vladimir Sudar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Studentski centar Podgorica, Montenegro
F 9 Pasha Shemirani 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Sunrise Christian (KS)
Fresno State 		Los Angeles, CA
G 11 Ty Virgil 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Hillcrest Prep Sacramento, CA
C 14 Stefan Čičić 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Fr Tulane Riverside, IL
F 18 Yonatan Levy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Green Bay Hod HaSharon, Israel
G/F 23 Javon Cooley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) GS St. Rita
Marist 		Chicago, IL
F 24 Preston Phillips 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Jimtown (IN)
Evansville
Bethel Univ. (IN) 		Elkhart, IN
G 25 Anto Balian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Pilibos Glendale, CA
F 33 Nikola Radovanović 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Sloboda Užice Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
F/C 35 Danilo Dožic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So JL Bourg U21 Belgrade, Serbia
G 77 Luka Vudragović 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Metalac Valjevo Stari Banovci, Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 3, 2025

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Life Pacific W 88–80  1–0
  14 – Clark   7 – Phipps, Stošic   5 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (10)
Malibu, CA
November 7, 2025*
7:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 12 UCLA L 63–74  1–1
  18 – Clark   9 – Cooley   6 – Phipps  Pauley Pavilion (9,103)
Los Angeles, CA
November 11, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Lincoln W 113–76  2–1
  23 – Dožic   11 – Levy   9 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (452)
Malibu, CA
November 15, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Northern Colorado L 81–88 OT 2–2
  22 – Phipps   10 – Phipps   3 – Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (608)
Malibu, CA
November 18, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		New Orleans
Acrisure Series on-campus game 		W 90–79  3–2
  23 – Cooley   7 – Cooley   11 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (489)
Malibu, CA
November 21, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Stephen F. Austin
Acrisure Series on-campus game 		L 60–63  3–3
  30 – Clark   8 – Cooley   3 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (481)
Malibu, CA
November 26, 2025*
4:00 p.m., CBSN 		vs. Fresno State
Acrisure Series 		L 53–76  3–4
  15 – Cooley   8 – Phipps   5 – Phipps  Acrisure Arena 
Thousand Palms, CA
November 29, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal State Fullerton L 69–83  3–5
  13 – Tied   7 – Clark   5 – Clark  Titan Gym (536)
Fullerton, CA
December 2, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Abilene Christian L 63–71  3–6
  19 – Phipps   5 – Clark   5 – Clark  Firestone Fieldhouse (511)
Malibu, CA
December 6, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Vermont L 56–65  3–7
  15 – Cooley   11 – Phipps   4 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (566)
Malibu, CA
December 13, 2025*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cal State Bakersfield W 70–62  4–7
  25 – Clark   8 – Levy   4 – Phipps  Icardo Center (402)
Bakersfield, CA
December 18, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Long Beach State L 78–81  4–8
  25 – Phipps   8 – Phipps   7 – Phipps  Walter Pyramid (1,006)
Long Beach, California
December 20, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Rice W 84–62  5–8
  25 – Clark   7 – Levy   6 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (566)
Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 7 Gonzaga L 56–96  5–9
(0–1) 		 15 – Levy   7 – Phipps   3 – Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (1,912)
Malibu, CA
December 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Saint Mary's L 45–72  5–10
(0–2) 		 8 – Tied   5 – Tied   5 – Levy  Firestone Fieldhouse (816)
Malibu, CA
January 2, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Santa Clara L 63–82  5–11
(0–3) 		 12 – Tied   5 – Tied   5 – Phipps  Leavey Center (1,158)
Santa Clara, CA
January 4, 2026
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Pacific L 69–74  5–12
(0–4) 		 18 – Cooley   7 – Cooley   4 – Phipps  Alex G. Spanos Center (1,032)
Stockton, CA
January 8, 2026
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at San Diego L 63–83  5–13
(0–5) 		 18 – Phipps   7 – Phipps   6 – Phipps  Jenny Craig Pavilion (809)
San Diego, CA
January 10, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		San Francisco L 60–80  5–14
(0–6) 		 18 – Phipps   9 – Phipps   3 – Tied  Firestone Fieldhouse (645)
Malibu, CA
January 14, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Portland W 67–63  6–14
(1–6) 		 18 – Clark   8 – Clark   4 – Clark  Firestone Fieldhouse (809)
Malibu, CA
January 21, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 8 Gonzaga L 60–84  6–15
(1–7) 		 13 – Phipps   5 – Tied   4 – Clark  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
January 24, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Washington State L 79–95  6–16
(1–8) 		 25 – Phipps   5 – Stošic   5 – Phipps  Beasley Coliseum (2,773)
Pullman, WA
January 28, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		San Diego L 88–92 OT 6–17
(1–9) 		 31 – Clark   8 – Dožic   9 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (643)
Malibu, CA
February 4, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Seattle L 81–83  6–18
(1–10) 		 22 – Clark   7 – Phipps   4 – Tied  Redhawk Center (999)
Seattle, WA
February 7, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Pacific L 59–92  6–19
(1–11) 		 17 – Clark   6 – Tied   3 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (584)
Malibu, CA
February 11, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Saint Mary's L 61–72  6–20
(1–12) 		 17 – Ralph   12 – Ralph   7 – Clayton  University Credit Union Pavilion (2,090)
Moraga, CA
February 14, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola Marymount W 90–89  7–20
(2–12) 		 25 – Amey Jr.   11 – Jocius   5 – Vide  Firestone Fieldhouse (699)
Malibu, CA
February 18, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Portland W 95–87  8–20
(3–12) 		 29 – Clark   7 – Cicic   12 – Phipps  Chiles Center (1,493)
Portland
February 21, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Oregon State L 73–83  8–21
(3–13) 		 32 – Clark   6 – Tied   3 – Tied  Gill Coliseum (3,146)
Corvallis, OR
February 25, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Seattle L 80–87  8–22
(3–14) 		 19 – Phipps   8 – Tied   7 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (571)
Malibu, CA
February 28, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Washington State W 88–79  9–22
(4–14) 		 23 – Čičić   10 – Čičić   9 – Phipps  Firestone Fieldhouse (792)
Malibu, CA
WCC tournament
March 5, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(12) vs. (9) Portland
First Round 		L 68–77  9–23
  15 – Cooley   10 – Cooley   7 – Phipps  Orleans Arena (1,242)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

References

  1. ^ Aaron Clark Profile at pepperdinewaves.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Pavle Stosic Profile at pepperdinewaves.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  3. ^ Styles Phipps Profile at pepperdinewaves.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  4. ^ Gonzaga Picked To Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship. wcc.com. Retrieved November 11, 2025.


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