Lewis May Miss Pepperdine’s Game Against Hartford

Pepperdine’s basketball team, 7-5 after Wednesday night’s 88-56 loss to Nevada Las Vegas, will meet Hartford at 7 tonight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Tom Lewis, the Waves’ high-scoring forward, may not play against Hartford (4-4). Lewis injured his right knee in Wednesday’s game when he fell while trying to start a second-half fast break.

On Thursday, Pepperdine Coach Tom Asbury said that Lewis, held scoreless by Nevada Las Vegas, still had a bruised and swollen knee and was questionable for tonight’s game.

Hartford is coming off a 70-62 win over Columbia on Wednesday at Las Vegas, a game originally scheduled as part of a Nevada Las Vegas tournament, the Bud Light Holiday tournament.

Nevada Las Vegas, which plays host to San Jose State at 9:30 tonight in a Big West Conference game, had to drop the tournament format in order to fit a conference game into its schedule.