Hello all:

A small group of us went to see the Pepperdine University basketball team play against the evil University of Portland.

It was a good game, we all got Pepperdine t-shirts, and we ran into some people that I knew from different congregations that I have attended over the years. It was alot of fun.

The game went into overtime, tied 72-72 at the end of the second half. Pepperdine played hard and was definatly the superior team, but every time Pepperdine pulled ahead of U of P, the refs called a foul. The final foul count ended up being a whopping 33 fouls by Pepperdine and 17 by U of P…. except that there were about 20 or 30 fouls and several jump balls against U of P that should have been called but were blatently overlooked by the refs. The officiating was absolutely horrible. I think the refs might have all had rosary beads in their pockets…

All together though, a good game, very exciting, especially during overtime. Unfortuantly, U of P won over Pepperdine, 84 to 82.

Maybe next time. Pepperdine’s womens team plays U of P next month.

-Clarke