MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Lamond Murray Jr. had a career-high 31 points and 10 rebounds and Pepperdine beat Pacific 81-76 on Thursday night.

Jett Raines scored 20 points and Stacy Davis added 17 points with 12 rebounds for Pepperdine (9-6, 2-2 West Coast Conference).

T.J. Wallace scored 22 points to lead Pacific (3-11, 2-3).

Pacific used a 20-9 run to take a 63-62 lead with 5:44 remaining. The Tigers led until Murray’s two free throws gave the Waves a 72-71 lead.

Wallace answered with a jumper, and the Tigers had a one-point lead with 56 seconds left. The Waves made six free throws, but Wallace made a 3 to pull the Tigers to 78-76.

Davis then split a pair of free throws with 14.4 remaining. Jeremy Major forced the Tigers to throw ball out of bounds on their next possession with 5.5 left, and Raines made two free throws to seal it.

Montana State 71, Sacramento State 64 

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Marcus Colbert and Sarp Gobeloglu combined for 41 points as Montana State held off Sacramento State for a 71-64 win in Big Sky Conference action on Thursday night.

Colbert made 3 of 5 from beyond the arc for 21 points and Gobeloglu had a career-high 20, making 5 of 7 from long range. Tyler Hall added 11 points for the Montana State (7-8, 2-1) which has won two straight after dropping four consecutive games.

Sacramento State’s Jeff Wu nailed a 3-pointer to give the Hornets a 61-60 lead with 2:48 left in the game. Hall answered with a jumper and the Bobcats outscored Sacramento State 11-3 in the final minutes.

The Bobcats hit 11 of 24 from long range.

Dreon Barlett was 3 of 5 from beyond the arc for 13 points for the Hornets (7-6, 0-2), who have lost four of their last five games.