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Long Beach State defeats Pepperdine 81-78

AP
Dec 19, 2025

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) Gavin Sykes scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, and Long Beach State Beach beat Pepperdine Waves 81-78 on Thursday night.

Sykes shot 9 of 16 from the field for the Beach (3-9). Petar Majstorovic added 20 points and six rebounds. Shaquil Bender finished with 12 points.

Styles Phipps led the way for the Waves (4-8) with 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Javon Cooley added 17 points for Pepperdine. Danilo Dozic finished with 15 points.

Bender scored nine points in the first half and Long Beach State went into the break trailing 37-36.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
PEP
Waves
37
LBST
Beach
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Pavle Stosic vs. Shay Johnson Jr. (Styles Phipps gains possession)
19:30	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup (Yonatan Levy assists)	2-0
19:15		Isaiah Lewis turnover (bad pass) (Pavle Stosic steals)
18:59	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	5-0
18:38		Isaiah Lewis misses two point jump shot
18:36		Beach offensive rebound
18:33		Gavin Sykes misses three point jump shot
18:31		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
18:25		Jump ball. Aaron Clark vs. Cole Farrell (Cole Farrell gains possession)
18:25		Aaron Clark turnover (lost ball) (Cole Farrell steals)
18:00		Gavin Sykes misses two point jump shot
17:58		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
17:52		Aaron Clark turnover (bad pass)
17:37		Petar Majstorovic misses two point layup
17:37		Aaron Clark defensive rebound
17:37		Pavle Stosic shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
17:37	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-1
17:37	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-2
17:07		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
17:05		Cole Farrell defensive rebound
16:55		Cole Farrell misses two point layup
16:54		Waves defensive rebound
16:41		Cole Farrell personal foul
16:38	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup	7-2
16:05	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point jump shot	7-4
15:56	+3	Yonatan Levy makes three point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	10-4
15:32		Petar Majstorovic misses two point hook shot
15:30		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
15:18		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
15:16		Rob Diaz III defensive rebound
15:11		Gavin Sykes misses two point layup
15:09		Pavle Stosic defensive rebound
14:50		Styles Phipps misses two point layup
14:48		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
14:46		Yonatan Levy personal foul (Rob Diaz III draws the foul)
14:46		TV timeout
14:34	+2	Rob Diaz III makes two point layup	10-6
14:25		Danilo Dozic turnover (lost ball)
14:08		Leopold Levillain turnover (bad pass) (Javon Cooley steals)
14:02	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point layup	12-6
13:43		Petar Majstorovic turnover (traveling)
13:23	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point jump shot	14-6
13:11	+3	Rob Diaz III makes three point jump shot (Leopold Levillain assists)	14-9
12:44		Aaron Clark misses two point jump shot
12:42		Christian Jones defensive rebound
12:35		Rob Diaz III misses two point jump shot
12:33		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
12:23		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
12:21		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
12:07		Petar Majstorovic misses two point layup
12:05		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
11:58	+2	Danilo Dozic makes two point layup (Styles Phipps assists)	16-9
11:44		Gavin Sykes misses two point layup
11:42		Gavin Sykes offensive rebound
11:35	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup	16-11
11:31	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup	18-11
11:16	+3	Petar Majstorovic makes three point jump shot (Gavin Sykes assists)	18-14
11:01	+2	Aaron Clark makes two point layup	20-14
11:01		Gavin Sykes shooting foul (Aaron Clark draws the foul)
11:01		TV timeout
11:01	+1	Aaron Clark makes regular free throw 1 of 1	21-14
10:37		Shaquil Bender misses two point jump shot
10:35		Luka Vudragovic defensive rebound
10:09		Aaron Clark turnover (lost ball) (Shaquil Bender steals)
10:04	+2	Shaquil Bender makes two point layup	21-16
9:41	+2	Stefan Cicic makes two point dunk (Aaron Clark assists)	23-16
9:18		Stefan Cicic shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
9:18	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-17
9:18	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-18
8:46		Waves turnover (lost ball)
8:25	+2	Isaiah Lewis makes two point jump shot	23-20
8:25		Styles Phipps shooting foul (Isaiah Lewis draws the foul)
8:25		Isaiah Lewis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:25		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
8:15		Javon Cooley turnover (lost ball) (Shay Johnson Jr. steals)
8:06	+2	Cole Farrell makes two point layup	23-22
7:49	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point jump shot	25-22
7:29	+3	Shaquil Bender makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Lewis assists)	25-25
6:57	+2	Luka Vudragovic makes two point layup	27-25
6:47		Shaquil Bender misses three point jump shot
6:45		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
6:28		Stefan Cicic turnover (bad pass) (JJ Chaikovsky steals)
6:20	+2	Cole Farrell makes two point hook shot	27-27
6:13		Cole Farrell personal foul
6:13		TV timeout
5:48		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
5:46		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
5:22		Rob Diaz III turnover (lost ball) (Yonatan Levy steals)
5:13	+3	Aaron Clark makes three point jump shot (Yonatan Levy assists)	30-27
4:54	+2	Shaquil Bender makes two point jump shot (Rob Diaz III assists)	30-29
4:41	+3	Styles Phipps makes three point jump shot	33-29
4:13		Petar Majstorovic misses two point hook shot
4:13		Petar Majstorovic offensive rebound
4:13	+2	Leopold Levillain makes two point layup (Shaquil Bender assists)	33-31
3:52		Yonatan Levy misses three point jump shot
3:50		Styles Phipps offensive rebound
3:46	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup	35-31
3:33		Rob Diaz III misses two point jump shot
3:31		Pavle Stosic defensive rebound
3:14		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
3:12		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
2:50		Danilo Dozic personal foul (Shaquil Bender draws the foul)
2:50		TV timeout
2:36		Styles Phipps shooting foul (Isaiah Lewis draws the foul)
2:36	+1	Isaiah Lewis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-32
2:36		Isaiah Lewis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:36		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
2:11		Aaron Clark misses two point jump shot
2:09		Shaquil Bender defensive rebound
2:01	+2	Shaquil Bender makes two point layup	35-34
1:54		Styles Phipps turnover (lost ball) (Isaiah Lewis steals)
1:52	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup (Isaiah Lewis assists)	35-36
1:52		Waves 30 second timeout
1:40		Rob Diaz III personal foul
1:26	+2	Yonatan Levy makes two point layup	37-36
1:08		Petar Majstorovic misses two point layup
1:06		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
0:52		Rob Diaz III personal foul
0:34		Yonatan Levy turnover (bad pass) (Petar Majstorovic steals)
0:27		Beach 30 second timeout
0:08		Petar Majstorovic offensive foul
0:08		Petar Majstorovic turnover (offensive foul)
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PEP
Waves
41
LBST
Beach
45

Time		Play	Score
19:28		Styles Phipps misses two point jump shot
19:26		Aaron Clark offensive rebound
19:13	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Aaron Clark assists)	40-36
18:55		Danilo Dozic blocks Cole Farrell's two point layup
18:53		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
18:44		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
18:42		Beach defensive rebound
18:27		Gavin Sykes misses two point layup
18:25		Leopold Levillain offensive rebound
18:23	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup (Leopold Levillain assists)	40-38
17:58		Isaiah Lewis personal foul
17:48		Styles Phipps turnover (bad pass) (Leopold Levillain steals)
17:43	+2	Cole Farrell makes two point dunk	40-40
17:23		Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot
17:21		Pavle Stosic offensive rebound
17:20	+2	Pavle Stosic makes two point layup	42-40
17:20		Leopold Levillain shooting foul (Pavle Stosic draws the foul)
17:20	+1	Pavle Stosic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-40
16:58	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup	43-42
16:41		Pavle Stosic offensive foul
16:41		Pavle Stosic turnover (offensive foul)
16:27		Yonatan Levy shooting foul (Gavin Sykes draws the foul)
16:27	+1	Gavin Sykes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-43
16:27	+1	Gavin Sykes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-44
16:10	+2	Danilo Dozic makes two point hook shot (Yonatan Levy assists)	45-44
16:01	+3	Gavin Sykes makes three point jump shot	45-47
15:40		Aaron Clark misses three point jump shot
15:38		Styles Phipps offensive rebound
15:31	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup	47-47
15:09		Shaquil Bender misses three point jump shot
15:07		Styles Phipps defensive rebound
15:01		Aaron Clark turnover (traveling)
15:01		TV timeout
14:49	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup (Leopold Levillain assists)	47-49
14:49		Danilo Dozic shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
14:49		Petar Majstorovic misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:49		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
14:25		Aaron Clark turnover (traveling)
14:10		Shaquil Bender misses two point jump shot
14:08		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
13:40		Leopold Levillain personal foul
13:23		Yonatan Levy offensive foul
13:23		Yonatan Levy turnover (offensive foul)
13:08		Gavin Sykes turnover (lost ball)
13:03		Luka Vudragovic turnover (bad pass) (Gavin Sykes steals)
12:56	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup	47-51
12:40		Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot
12:38		Gavin Sykes defensive rebound
12:34		Rob Diaz III turnover (traveling)
12:25	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point dunk (Styles Phipps assists)	49-51
11:53		Shaquil Bender turnover (traveling)
11:53		TV timeout
11:33	+3	Yonatan Levy makes three point jump shot (Luka Vudragovic assists)	52-51
11:21		Cole Farrell turnover (bad pass)
11:14		Javon Cooley misses three point jump shot
11:12		Leopold Levillain defensive rebound
10:59	+2	Leopold Levillain makes two point layup (Petar Majstorovic assists)	52-53
10:49	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point layup	54-53
10:49		Petar Majstorovic shooting foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
10:49	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 1 of 1	55-53
10:31	+3	Gavin Sykes makes three point jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists)	55-56
10:18		Danilo Dozic misses two point jump shot
10:16		Leopold Levillain defensive rebound
10:08	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup	55-58
9:47	+3	Danilo Dozic makes three point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	58-58
9:35		Isaiah Lewis misses two point layup
9:33		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
9:29		Leopold Levillain personal foul
9:29		Waves 30 second timeout
9:29		TV timeout
9:16		Yonatan Levy misses two point hook shot
9:14		Christian Jones defensive rebound
8:46	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup	58-60
8:25		Danilo Dozic misses two point jump shot
8:23		Isaiah Lewis defensive rebound
8:06		Gavin Sykes misses two point jump shot
8:04		Danilo Dozic defensive rebound
7:49	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point layup (Danilo Dozic assists)	60-60
7:33		Aaron Clark personal foul
7:33		TV timeout
7:23	+2	Isaiah Lewis makes two point jump shot (Gavin Sykes assists)	60-62
7:02		Gavin Sykes personal foul
7:01	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point layup	62-62
7:01		Petar Majstorovic shooting foul (Javon Cooley draws the foul)
7:01		Javon Cooley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:01		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
6:53	+2	Gavin Sykes makes two point layup	62-64
6:28	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point jump shot	64-64
6:28		Isaiah Lewis shooting foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
6:28	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-64
6:18		Shaquil Bender misses two point jump shot
6:16		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
6:05	+2	Styles Phipps makes two point hook shot	67-64
6:05		Isaiah Lewis shooting foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
6:05	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 1 of 1	68-64
5:43	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup (Rob Diaz III assists)	68-66
5:43		Javon Cooley shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
5:43	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	68-67
5:11		Waves turnover (shot clock violation)
4:56		Petar Majstorovic misses two point jump shot
4:54		Beach offensive rebound
4:54		Yonatan Levy personal foul (Leopold Levillain draws the foul)
4:54	+1	Leopold Levillain makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-68
4:54	+1	Leopold Levillain makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-69
4:40		Waves turnover (10-second violation)
4:38		Shaquil Bender misses three point jump shot
4:36		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
4:16	+2	Javon Cooley makes two point jump shot (Styles Phipps assists)	70-69
3:52	+3	Shaquil Bender makes three point jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists)	70-72
3:36	+3	Javon Cooley makes three point jump shot (Danilo Dozic assists)	73-72
3:20		Danilo Dozic personal foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
3:20		TV timeout
3:20	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-73
3:20	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-74
3:10		Shaquil Bender personal foul (Javon Cooley draws the foul)
3:10	+1	Javon Cooley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-74
3:10	+1	Javon Cooley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-74
2:54	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point jump shot (Gavin Sykes assists)	75-76
2:36		Danilo Dozic misses three point jump shot
2:34		Gavin Sykes defensive rebound
2:08	+2	Rob Diaz III makes two point layup	75-78
1:50		Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot
1:48		Waves offensive rebound
1:48		Waves turnover
1:38		Shaquil Bender misses two point layup
1:36		Yonatan Levy defensive rebound
1:17		Rob Diaz III shooting foul (Styles Phipps draws the foul)
1:17		Styles Phipps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:17	+1	Styles Phipps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-78
1:17		Beach 30 second timeout
0:55		Javon Cooley shooting foul (Gavin Sykes draws the foul)
0:55		Gavin Sykes misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:55	+1	Gavin Sykes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-79
0:43	+2	Danilo Dozic makes two point layup (Styles Phipps assists)	78-79
0:37		Beach 30 second timeout
0:19		Gavin Sykes misses two point jump shot
0:17		Javon Cooley defensive rebound
0:12		Shaquil Bender blocks Javon Cooley's two point layup
0:10		Javon Cooley personal foul
0:10	+1	Rob Diaz III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-80
0:10		Waves 30 second timeout
0:10	+1	Rob Diaz III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-81
0:01		Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

Styles Phipps misses three point jump shot