NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jett Raines posted 11 points and a career-high eight rebounds as Pepperdine defeated Alabama State 66-58 Wednesday in the opening round of the Tulane Classic.
Stacy Davis and Jorne Jackson also had 11 points while Jordan Baker chipped in 10. Raines, a freshman, made all four of his shots from the field and all three free throw attempts.
Alabama State (1-10) took its first lead of the game, 12-11, following a Joshua Freelove 3-pointer. But Pepperdine retook the lead behind an 11-4 run. Raines capped the spurt with a three-point play as Pepperdine (7-4) led 23-15 and took a 30-21 advantage into halftime.
The Hornets cut the deficit to 50-44 with 5:13 left to play, but Baker made a free throw and a 3-pointer and Davis hit a jumper to help Pepperdine pull away.
Pepperdine shot a season-high 53.8 percent (21 of 39).
Freelove led Alabama State with 14 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Pepperdine (7-4) « | 30 | 36 | 66 |
| Alabama State (1-10) | 21 | 37 | 58 |
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| Pepperdine Waves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Davis, F | 30 | 3-9 | 5-6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Raines, F | 25 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| C. Willis, G | 35 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Baker, G | 27 | 3-5 | 3-6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| N. Skouen, G | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jackson | 25 | 1-6 | 8-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| M. De Freitas | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| A. Russell | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Kramer | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Mills | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Maehlen | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-39 | 20-26 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 66 | |
| 53.8% | 76.9% | ||||||
| Alabama State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Patterson, F | 29 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| P. Crawford, F | 14 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Freelove, G | 32 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| D. McDaniel, G | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Waters, G | 23 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Page | 23 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Brown | 21 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| S. Brown | 16 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| R. Watts | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Jefferson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-47 | 16-22 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 58 | |
| 38.3% | 72.7% | ||||||
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