TONIGHT

By STEVE HENSON

Feb. 16, 2000 12 AM PT

* LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (2-21, 0-10) at PEPPERDINE (19-6, 9-1), 7:30, KLXU (88.9 FM)--Pepperdine’s 80-69 victory over Gonzaga pulled the Waves into a tie with the Bulldogs for first place in the West Coast Conference. The Waves play their home finale against the last-place Lions, who are coming off a 56-55 loss to Portland, their 10th defeat in a row. Loyola Marymount lost 11 in a row earlier this season. Stanley Thorne has scored 20 or more points in four of the Lions’ last eight games and Pablo Machado recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 15 points and 14 rebounds against Portland. Sophomore guards Craig Lewis and Brandon Armstrong of Pepperdine combined for 39 points against Gonzaga. The Waves have won 11 of 12 and three in a row. They are 10-1 at home and are seeking their first 20-win season since 1992-93.

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Steve Henson is a breaking news and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2023 and in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club. He has been honored several times by APSE — most recently in 2023 and 2021 — and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.