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LeJuan Watts, Ethan Price rally Washington State over Pepperdine 87-86, ending 5-game skid

AP
Feb 08, 2025

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) LeJuan Watts made a layup with 11 seconds left to cap a game-ending 9-1 run, and Ethan Price blocked a 3-point attempt by Stefan Todorovic at the buzzer to help Washington State end a five-game losing streak with an 87-86 victory over Pepperdine on Saturday.

Nate Calmese had 16 points on 8-for-13 shooting to lead the Cougars (16-10, 6-7 West Coast Conference). Dane Erikstrup totaled 15 points, eight rebounds and five steals. Isaiah Watts also scored 15 and his fourth 3-pointer tied the game at 75 with 28 seconds left. LeJuan Watts finished with 14 points and six assists. Price had 12 points and three blocks.

Todorovic led the Waves (9-15, 3-8) with 30 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals. Dovydas Butka added 19 points and Moe Odum pitched in with 18 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and two steals.

Erikstrup scored 13 points in the first half and Washington State went into halftime trailing 45-42. Calmese scored a team-high 10 points for Washington State in the second half.

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1st Half
PEP
Waves
45
WSU
Cougars
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Boubacar Coulibaly vs. Ethan Price (Boubacar Coulibaly gains possession)
19:36	+3	Moe Odum makes three point jump shot	3-0
19:20		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
19:18		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
18:48		Waves turnover (shot clock violation)
18:39		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
18:37		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
18:28		Dovydas Butka misses two point layup
18:26		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
18:18		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
18:16		Dovydas Butka defensive rebound
18:06		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
18:04		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
17:56		Isaiah Watts turnover (Boubacar Coulibaly steals)
17:43	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point dunk (Moe Odum assists)	5-0
17:30		Dane Erikstrup turnover (Moe Odum steals)
17:06		Stefan Todorovic misses two point jump shot
17:04		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
16:58	+2	Isaiah Watts makes two point layup	5-2
16:58		Dovydas Butka shooting foul (Isaiah Watts draws the foul)
16:58	+1	Isaiah Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-3
16:41		Dovydas Butka misses three point jump shot
16:39		ND Okafor defensive rebound
16:09		Ethan Price misses two point jump shot
16:07		Moe Odum defensive rebound
15:56	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point dunk (Moe Odum assists)	7-3
15:50		LeJuan Watts turnover (Boubacar Coulibaly steals)
15:40		Parker Gerrits personal foul
15:40		TV timeout
15:38		Ethan Price blocks Stefan Todorovic's two point layup
15:36		Moe Odum offensive rebound
15:36		Tomas Thrastarson shooting foul (Moe Odum draws the foul)
15:36	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-3
15:36	+1	Moe Odum makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-3
15:23		ND Okafor misses two point layup
15:21		Dovydas Butka defensive rebound
15:11		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
15:09		ND Okafor defensive rebound
14:52	+2	Dane Erikstrup makes two point hook shot	9-5
14:45	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point dunk (Moe Odum assists)	11-5
14:33		Boubacar Coulibaly blocks Nate Calmese's two point layup
14:31		Moe Odum defensive rebound
14:29		Parker Gerrits blocks Stefan Todorovic's two point layup
14:27		Waves offensive rebound
14:18		Danilo Dozic misses two point jump shot
14:16		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
13:59	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	11-7
13:46		ND Okafor blocks Moe Odum's two point layup
13:44		ND Okafor defensive rebound
13:34	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Tomas Thrastarson assists)	11-10
13:10		Stefan Todorovic turnover (3-second violation)
13:01		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
12:59		Tomas Thrastarson offensive rebound
12:51	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point tip layup	11-12
12:38	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point dunk	13-12
12:21		LeJuan Watts misses two point jump shot
12:19		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
12:10		Dovydas Butka turnover (Isaiah Watts steals)
12:04		LeJuan Watts turnover (3-second violation)
11:45	+3	Moe Odum makes three point jump shot (Stefan Todorovic assists)	16-12
11:26		TV timeout
11:22	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup	16-14
11:05	+3	Stefan Todorovic makes three point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	19-14
10:49	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Watts assists)	19-17
10:29		Dane Erikstrup shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
10:29	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 3	20-17
10:29	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 3	21-17
10:29	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 3 of 3	22-17
10:18	+2	Ethan Price makes two point layup (LeJuan Watts assists)	22-19
10:18		Jaxon Olvera shooting foul (Ethan Price draws the foul)
10:18	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-20
9:53		Isaiah Watts personal foul
9:48		Jaxon Olvera misses two point jump shot
9:46		Nate Calmese defensive rebound
9:36	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	22-22
9:21		Stefan Todorovic misses two point jump shot
9:19		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
9:11	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	22-24
9:01		Waves 30 second timeout
8:56	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point jump shot (Stefan Todorovic assists)	24-24
8:37		Nate Calmese turnover (Stefan Todorovic steals)
8:28	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup (Mike Saunders Jr. assists)	26-24
8:02	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup	26-26
7:53	+3	Stefan Todorovic makes three point jump shot	29-26
7:30		Nate Calmese misses two point layup
7:28		ND Okafor offensive rebound
7:22	+2	ND Okafor makes two point tip layup	29-28
7:02		Nate Calmese personal foul
7:02		TV timeout
6:44	+3	Moe Odum makes three point jump shot	32-28
6:34		LeJuan Watts offensive foul
6:34		LeJuan Watts turnover (offensive foul)
6:09	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point layup	34-28
5:58	+3	Isaiah Watts makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	34-31
5:45	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup (Moe Odum assists)	36-31
5:32		Ethan Price turnover (Moe Odum steals)
5:24	+3	Zion Bethea makes three point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	39-31
5:24		Cougars 30 second timeout
5:05		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
5:03		Nate Calmese offensive rebound
4:56	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup	39-33
4:39		Dovydas Butka misses two point layup
4:37		Ethan Price defensive rebound
4:27	+2	Dane Erikstrup makes two point layup	39-35
3:57		Stefan Todorovic turnover (Dane Erikstrup steals)
3:47	+2	Rihards Vavers makes two point layup	39-37
3:27		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
3:25		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
3:17		Rihards Vavers misses three point jump shot
3:15		Dovydas Butka defensive rebound
3:08		Zion Bethea misses three point jump shot
3:07		Cougars defensive rebound
3:07		TV timeout
2:56		Danilo Dozic personal foul
2:47		Dane Erikstrup misses two point jump shot
2:45		Moe Odum defensive rebound
2:29		Moe Odum misses two point jump shot
2:27		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
2:09		Moe Odum misses two point layup
2:07		Ethan Price defensive rebound
1:58	+3	Dane Erikstrup makes three point jump shot (Nate Calmese assists)	39-40
1:56		Official timeout
1:39	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	41-40
1:28	+2	Tomas Thrastarson makes two point layup (Isaiah Watts assists)	41-42
1:04	+2	Moe Odum makes two point jump shot	43-42
0:41		Isaiah Watts misses three point jump shot
0:39		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
0:33	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup (Stefan Todorovic assists)	45-42
0:03		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
0:01		Cougars offensive rebound
0:00		Dane Erikstrup misses two point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PEP
Waves
41
WSU
Cougars
45

Time		Play	Score
19:35	+2	Dane Erikstrup makes two point layup (LeJuan Watts assists)	45-44
19:12		Dane Erikstrup personal foul
19:09	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point layup (Moe Odum assists)	47-44
18:56		Isaiah Watts misses two point jump shot
18:54		Moe Odum defensive rebound
18:36	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup	49-44
18:21	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	49-46
18:09	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup (Moe Odum assists)	51-46
18:04		Danilo Dozic shooting foul (LeJuan Watts draws the foul)
18:04	+1	LeJuan Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-47
18:04		LeJuan Watts misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:04		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
17:53	+2	Moe Odum makes two point jump shot	53-47
17:42		Ethan Price turnover (Dovydas Butka steals)
17:36	+3	Moe Odum makes three point jump shot	56-47
17:26		Cougars 30 second timeout
17:26		TV timeout
17:11		Tomas Thrastarson misses three point jump shot
17:09		LeJuan Watts offensive rebound
17:00		LeJuan Watts misses two point layup
16:58		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
16:55		Danilo Dozic turnover (Dane Erikstrup steals)
16:54		Boubacar Coulibaly blocks LeJuan Watts's two point layup
16:52		Cougars offensive rebound
16:22		Nate Calmese misses three point jump shot
16:20		Moe Odum defensive rebound
16:16		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
16:16		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
16:16		Danilo Dozic personal foul
16:09	+3	LeJuan Watts makes three point jump shot	56-50
15:54		LeJuan Watts personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:48		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
15:46		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
15:30		ND Okafor misses two point hook shot
15:28		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
15:16		Stefan Todorovic misses two point jump shot
15:15		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
15:15		Zion Bethea personal foul
15:00		Nate Calmese turnover (Stefan Todorovic steals)
15:00		Dane Erikstrup shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
15:00	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes clear path free throw 1 of 2	57-50
15:00		Stefan Todorovic misses clear path free throw 2 of 2
14:55		Ethan Price blocks Zion Bethea's two point layup
14:53		Waves offensive rebound
14:53		ND Okafor shooting foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
14:53	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-50
14:53		Boubacar Coulibaly misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:53		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
14:44		Dovydas Butka personal foul
14:42	+2	Ethan Price makes two point hook shot	58-52
14:30		ND Okafor personal foul
14:20		Dovydas Butka misses two point layup
14:18		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
14:07	+2	ND Okafor makes two point layup (Isaiah Watts assists)	58-54
13:58		Tomas Thrastarson personal foul
13:39		ND Okafor shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
13:39	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-54
13:39		Stefan Todorovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:39		Ethan Price defensive rebound
13:21		Boubacar Coulibaly blocks Isaiah Watts's two point layup
13:19		Isaiah Watts offensive rebound
13:08		LeJuan Watts misses two point layup
13:08		Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
12:42		Moe Odum misses three point jump shot
12:40		Ethan Price defensive rebound
12:32		LeJuan Watts turnover (Zion Bethea steals)
12:14	+2	Stefan Todorovic makes two point layup (Zion Bethea assists)	61-54
11:59		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
11:57		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
11:43		Isaiah Watts blocks Dovydas Butka's two point layup
11:41		Isaiah Watts defensive rebound
11:36		Ethan Price misses two point jump shot
11:34		ND Okafor personal foul (Dovydas Butka draws the foul)
11:34		TV timeout
11:34	+1	Dovydas Butka makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-54
11:34		Dovydas Butka misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:34		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
11:18		Ethan Price misses two point layup
11:16		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
10:56		Moe Odum misses two point jump shot
10:54		Tomas Thrastarson defensive rebound
10:23		Isaiah Watts misses two point jump shot
10:21		Tomas Thrastarson offensive rebound
10:04		Tomas Thrastarson misses two point layup
10:04		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
10:02	+2	Dovydas Butka makes two point layup	64-54
9:45	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	64-56
9:43		Dane Erikstrup personal foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
9:43	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-56
9:43	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-56
9:20		Nate Calmese misses two point layup
9:18		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
9:11		Moe Odum turnover (Dane Erikstrup steals)
9:03	+3	Rihards Vavers makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	66-59
8:39		Zion Bethea misses three point jump shot
8:37		Nate Calmese defensive rebound
8:25	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	66-61
8:21		Waves 30 second timeout
8:21		TV timeout
8:13	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point layup (Moe Odum assists)	68-61
8:02		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
8:00		Nate Calmese offensive rebound
7:51		Nate Calmese turnover (Boubacar Coulibaly steals)
7:42	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point layup (Stefan Todorovic assists)	70-61
7:32		Danilo Dozic shooting foul (LeJuan Watts draws the foul)
7:32	+1	LeJuan Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-62
7:32	+1	LeJuan Watts makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-63
7:06		Stefan Todorovic misses two point layup
7:04		Stefan Todorovic offensive rebound
6:57		Stefan Todorovic misses two point layup
6:55		Boubacar Coulibaly offensive rebound
6:47	+3	Stefan Todorovic makes three point jump shot (Moe Odum assists)	73-63
6:29		Rihards Vavers misses three point jump shot
6:27		Zion Bethea defensive rebound
6:16	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point dunk (Stefan Todorovic assists)	75-63
6:06		Cougars 30 second timeout
5:58	+3	Ethan Price makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	75-66
5:38		Tomas Thrastarson blocks Stefan Todorovic's two point jump shot
5:36		Waves offensive rebound
5:26		Nate Calmese blocks Moe Odum's two point jump shot
5:26		Dovydas Butka offensive rebound
5:26		Waves turnover (shot clock violation)
5:12		Stefan Todorovic personal foul
5:09		Ethan Price misses three point jump shot
5:07		Moe Odum defensive rebound
4:57		Stefan Todorovic turnover (LeJuan Watts steals)
4:43	+3	Isaiah Watts makes three point jump shot (Ethan Price assists)	75-69
4:17	+2	Boubacar Coulibaly makes two point dunk (Stefan Todorovic assists)	77-69
4:04		Boubacar Coulibaly personal foul (Ethan Price draws the foul)
4:04	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-70
4:04	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-71
3:49		Stefan Todorovic misses three point jump shot
3:47		Ethan Price defensive rebound
3:35		Moe Odum personal foul (Ethan Price draws the foul)
3:35		TV timeout
3:35	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-72
3:35	+1	Ethan Price makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-73
3:19		Ethan Price shooting foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
3:19	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-73
3:19	+1	Boubacar Coulibaly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-73
2:57	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point pullup jump shot	79-75
2:20		Isaiah Watts shooting foul (Stefan Todorovic draws the foul)
2:20		Official timeout
2:20	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 3	80-75
2:20	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 3	81-75
2:20	+1	Stefan Todorovic makes regular free throw 3 of 3	82-75
2:00	+3	Isaiah Watts makes three point jump shot (LeJuan Watts assists)	82-78
1:29	+3	Stefan Todorovic makes three point jump shot	85-78
1:19	+2	Nate Calmese makes two point layup	85-80
1:08		Moe Odum misses two point jump shot
1:06		Dane Erikstrup defensive rebound
0:56	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup	85-82
0:47		Boubacar Coulibaly turnover (Dane Erikstrup steals)
0:45		Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot
0:43		Boubacar Coulibaly defensive rebound
0:43		LeJuan Watts personal foul (Boubacar Coulibaly draws the foul)
0:43		Boubacar Coulibaly misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:43		Boubacar Coulibaly misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:43		LeJuan Watts defensive rebound
0:30	+3	Isaiah Watts makes three point jump shot (Dane Erikstrup assists)	85-85
0:27		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:25		LeJuan Watts personal foul (Zion Bethea draws the foul)
0:25		Zion Bethea misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:25	+1	Zion Bethea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-85
0:19		Isaiah Watts misses three point jump shot
0:17		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
0:17		Stefan Todorovic turnover (Dane Erikstrup steals)
0:11	+2	LeJuan Watts makes two point layup (Nate Calmese assists)	86-87
0:07		Waves 60 second timeout
0:04		Ethan Price blocks Stefan Todorovic's three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

Ethan Price blocks Stefan Todorovic's three point jump shot