Pepperdine 85, Cornell 86
Final. Monday, November 2, 2026, 6:00 PM ET at Newman Arena. Pepperdine our rank 174 · 2-2; Cornell our rank 234 · 2-2.
Who won Pepperdine vs Cornell?
Final: Cornell 86, Pepperdine 85. Before tip-off the model gave Cornell a 78% chance to win, with a projected margin of 9.3 points for Cornell. Jacob Beccles scored 19 for Cornell; Alex Constanza had 25 for Pepperdine.
Prediction made that morning; page updated November 13, 2026.
The call
Half of games like thisFour in five
Calls of 70–80% have been right 74.5% of the time in 14,414 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip.
The game without one player
Without Petar Majstorovic: Pepperdine 20%Cornell 80%
The white mark is the call with him: Cornell 78%.
| Player | Points a game he adds | Cornell without him | Change | Projected score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine | ||||
| Petar Majstorovic | 1.0 | 80% | +2 | 67–78 |
| Evan Haywood | 0.6 | 79% | +1 | 68–78 |
| Jahari Williamson | 0.6 | 79% | +1 | 68–78 |
| Anthony Robinson | 0.5 | 79% | +1 | 68–77 |
Change is in Cornell's win chance, in points. Scores read Pepperdine, then Cornell. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.
Play-by-play
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Why the model sees it this way
The game in numbers
The matchup
Form
Pepperdine
No games yet this season: this is its first.
Cornell
No games yet this season: this is its first.
The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.
Offense against defense
| Pepperdine | Cornell | |
|---|---|---|
| Points scored per 100 possessions | 105.2 159th | 104.5 172nd |
| Points allowed per 100 | 109.9 224th | 113.0 311th |
| Possessions a game | 71.7 87th | 72.3 49th |
| Shooting (effective field-goal %) | 52.3% 67th | 51.1% 138th |
| Opponents' shooting | 50.5% 184th | 49.6% 119th |
| Turnovers, share of possessions | 17.0% 66th | 17.9% 159th |
| Offensive rebounds, share of misses | 32.6% 132nd | 29.6% 299th |
| Free throws per shot | 0.28 102nd | 0.20 363rd |
The widest gap: Pepperdine's offense (159th) against Cornell's defense (311th), of 365 teams.
First half
Cornell led at the half, as projected. The margin was off by 0.9 points and the total by 17.9.
- At halftime
- Pepperdine 40, Cornell 46
- Projected halftime score
- Pepperdine 31, Cornell 37
- First-half margin
- Cornell by 5.1
- First-half points, both teams
- 68.1
- Tied at the half
- 4%
Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard
Box score
Pepperdine
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petar MajstorovicF | 33 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Evan HaywoodG | 32 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Jahari WilliamsonG | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Will McClendonG | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex ConstanzaF | 22 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Oliver KandenF | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony RobinsonF | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Anto BalianG | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Youri FritzF | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Cornell
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony NimaniG | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jacob BecclesG | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Kaspar SeppF | 25 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Mateen RafiqG | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Quinn GibsonF | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Mikehi WilliamsF | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian ImegwuF | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Luke KennevanG | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan BurbachG | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |