2019-20 Men's Basketball Game Notes
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22019-20019-20 MMEN’SEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GGAMEAME NNOTESOTES WAVES VISIT #1 BULLDOGS PEPPERDINE AT GONZAGA 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date .......................Saturday, January 4, 2020 Date Opponent (TV/Video) Time/Score Site ........................ McCarthey Athletic Center 11/5 at California (Pac-12 Net) L 71-87 ...................................... Spokane, Washington 11/9 UC Irvine (WCC Net) W 77-73 Time ....................................................... 7 p.m. TV ........................................................ ESPN2 11/12 at CSUN W 94-82 Audio .............................................WaveCasts 11/16 at Abilene Christian W 73-69 Series ............................Gonzaga leads 57-31 11/19 at USC (Pac-12 Net) L 84-91 Last Meeting ............. Bulldogs 100, Waves 74 11/23 Sacramento State (WCC Net) L 72-77 ....................................3/11/2019 in Las Vegas 11/28 # vs. #14 Arizona (ESPN2) L 91-93 PEPPERDINE WAVES GONZAGA BULLDOGS 11/29 # vs. UCF (ESPNEWS) L 65-78 2019-20 Record .....................................7-8 2019-20 Record ...................................15-1 12/1 # vs. Providence (ESPNU) L 77-80 WCC Record ...................................0-1 WCC Record ..................................1-0 Away Record ..................................2-3 Home Record .................................9-0 12/6 Idaho State (WCC Net) W 77-65 Head Coach....................... Lorenzo Romar Head Coach................................ Mark Few 12/14 Central Arkansas (WCC Net) W 92-79 Website ......... www.PepperdineWaves.com Website .......................... www.GoZags.com 12/17 Portland State (WCC Net) W 77-71 Twitter ............................ @PeppBasketball Twitter ....................................... @ZagMBB 12/21 Northern Arizona (WCC Net) W 75-73 12/28 at San Jose State L 68-83 WAVEPOINTS 1/2 * Pacifi c (WCC Net) L 56-59 • The Pepperdine men’s basketball team gets its shot against the nation’s #1-ranked 1/4 * at #1 Gonzaga (ESPN2) 7 p.m. team as the Waves trek to Spokane to take on Gonzaga on Saturday night. 1/11 * at San Diego (WCC Net) 7 p.m. • Colbey Ross, who set Pepperdine’s career record for assists on December 14, is now taking aim at the career scoring record. On Thursday night, he passed Doug Christie 1/16 * LMU (Spectrum SN) 6 p.m. for 18th place on the all-time list. He’s now just 386 points shy of the record. 1/18 * Saint Mary’s (CBS SN) 1 p.m. • Ross is averaging a WCC-best 7.2 assists per game. Nationally, he’s fourth in total 1/23 * at Santa Clara 7 p.m. assists (108) and eighth in assists per game. Ross has more career assists than any 1/25 * Portland (WCC Net) 5 p.m. junior in the country with 526 (second place is 69 assists behind). • The Waves boast three of the top seven scorers in the WCC: Ross (second at 19.5), 1/30 * at BYU (CBS SN) 6:30 p.m. MT Kameron Edwards (third at 16.7) and Kessler Edwards (seventh at 15.3). The trio 2/1 * at LMU (Spectrum SN) 3 p.m. has scored 64.3% of the Waves’ points this season. 2/6 * Santa Clara (WCC Net) 7 p.m. • The Waves rank fi rst nationally in free throw percentage at 84.6%. They have hit 80% 2/8 * at Pacifi c (WCC Net) 7 p.m. or better of their free throws in 13 of their 15 games, and they have had a better free throw percentage than the opponent in 14 of 15 games. Pepperdine has made 253 2/13 * San Diego (Spectrum SN) 8 p.m. free throws as a team, tied for fi fth-most nationally. The Waves have three of the top 2/15 * Gonzaga (ESPN/2/U) 7 p.m. fi ve free throw shooters in the WCC (Ross fi rst at 91.9%, Kameron third at 82.8% 2/20 * at Portland (Spectrum SN) 6 p.m. and Kessler fi fth at 78.7%). 2/22 * at USF (Spectrum SN) 3 p.m. • Kessler Edwards leads the WCC in rebounding (8.1), blocked shots (1.6) and double- doubles (fi ve, tied). 2/29 * BYU (CBS SN) 3 p.m. • Other notable WCC stats: Ross is fi rst in minutes (36.6) and fourth in three-pointers 3/5-10 % at WCC Championships made (2.3), Darryl Polk Jr. is third in steals (1.6), Kessler Edwards is sixth in * West Coast Conference game minutes (33.5) and seventh in three-point percentage (44.6%), Skylar Chavez is # Wooden Legacy (Anaheim, Calif.) sixth in three-pointers made (2.1) and Kameron Edwards is ninth in rebounding (6.2). % WCC Championships (Las Vegas, Nev.) • Pepperdine has been without three injured scholarship players of late. The Waves have Home games in bold. been without at least three of their players nine times so far this season. • The Waves, who are off on Thursday night, next play at San Diego on Saturday (Jan. 11). PEPPERDINE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Roger Horne _______________________________________________________________________ E-Mail [email protected] LAST GAME’S STARTING LINEUP Offi ce ........................................ 310-506-4455 # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG Cell ...........................................805-279-4551 4 Colbey Ross G 6-1 180 Jr. Aurora, Colo. 19.5 4.1 7.2 Morgan Davenport 15 Kessler Edwards F 6-8 200 So. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 15.3 8.1 1.1 E-Mail [email protected] 20 Kameron Edwards F 6-6 230 Sr.* Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 16.7 6.2 1.2 Offi ce ........................................ 310-506-6018 33 Skylar Chavez G 6-5 185 Jr. Woodacre, Calif. 10.2 2.1 1.1 Cell ...........................................405-763-7694 34 Victor Ohia Obioha C 6-9 205 So. Owerri, Nigeria 2.3 2.7 0.5 1 VS. GONZAGA SERIES MATCHUP Pepperdine is 31-57 all-time against Pepperdine Gonzaga CAREER STATS VS. GONZAGA Gonzaga. The Waves won 26 of the fi rst 76.6 Points/Game 88.3 31 in the series, but the Bulldogs have 77.3 Opp. Points/Game 68.6 -0.7 Scoring Margin +19.8 GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG won 52 of the 57 since, including 37 in a Ross 4/4 16.3 3.3 5.3 33.5 row. Pepperdine’s last win in the series .427 FG% .503 J. Smith 4/2 7.5 4.0 1.0 21.3 came at home in 2002. The last victory in .459 Opp. FG% .421 Kam E. 3/3 6.3 5.0 1.0 27.3 Spokane was in 1998. .345 3FG% .390 Ball 1/0 5.0 2.0 0.0 14.0 .400 Opp. 3FG% .348 Kessler E. 2/2 4.5 2.5 0.5 30.5 CONNECTIONS .846 FT% .655 Ohia Obioha 2/1 4.5 1/5 1.0 15.5 33.8 Rebounds/Game 41.1 Polk Jr. 2/0 3.5 1.0 1.5 16.0 Pepperdine graduate manager Connor -2.1 Rebounding Margin +8.3 Stormo 2/0 0.0 0.5 0.5 5.0 Griffi n began his college career at 14.9 Assists/Game 17.9 Wexler 2/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Gonzaga and played in 29 games as 13.2 Turnovers/Game 10.6 Yoon 2/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 a walk-on in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 +1.5 Turnover Margin +3.8 (stats with Pepperdine only) seasons ... Pepperdine associate head NOTABLE PERFORMANCES coach Ken Bone served as a special assistant at Gonzaga during the 2016-17 season. Kameron Edwards 7 pts, 5 rbs (2/6/16, H) BULLDOGS Kessler Edwards Gonzaga has won seven in a row since its only loss of the season to Michigan. The 6 stl (2/21/19, A) Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring off ense (88.3), are second in scoring margin (+19.8) Colbey Ross and fi fth in fi eld goal percentage (50.3%). 12 pts (1/4/18, H) 21 pts, 6 ast (2/17/18, A) LAST MEETING 12 pts, 8 ast (2/21/19, A) 20 pts (3/11/19, N) Back on March 11, 2019, in Las Vegas ... The Waves won three times in three days at the Jadé Smith WCC Championships, but the reward was a spot in the semifi nals against #1 Gonzaga, 13 pts, 5 rbs (2/21/19, A) where the Bulldogs prevailed 100-74. The short-handed Waves were down to seven 14 pts, 9 rbs (3/11/19, N) players in the rotation. Colbey Ross scored a game-high 20 points and set a Pepperdine WCC Tournament record with 80 points in the four games. LAST 5 YEARS 2014-15 H L 76-78 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics A L 48-56 Pepperdine vs Gonzaga 03/11/19 6:05 p.m. at Las Vegas, Nev. (Orleans Arena) N L 61-79 2015-16 A L 73-99 Pepperdine 74 • 16-18 H L 66-69 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 2016-17 A L 62-92 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min H L 49-96 04 ROSS, Colbey * 8-14 1-2 3-3 2 3 5 3 20 3 8 0 2 35 05 SMITH, Jade' * 6-17 1-4 1-2 2 7 9 3 14 0 2 1 2 35 2017-18 H L 59-89 15 EDWARDS, Kessler * 3-111-30-11123 7031028 A L 67-81 21 COOPER JR., Eric * 5-11 4-9 2-2 0 2 2 3 16 0 1 0 1 31 34 OHIA OBIOHA, Victor * 2-30-00-02024 4210221 2018-19 A L 64-92 02 POLK JR., Darryl 2-3 1-2 0-0 0110 5200118 N L 74-100 03 WEXLER, Michael 0-00-00-00000 00000 1 12 DUNN, Darnell 3-61-41-10221 8210024 14 YOON, Jay 0-00-00-00000 00000 1 50 STORMO, Jackson 0-00-00-00110 00000 6 Team 224 Totals 29-65 9-24 7-9 9 19 28 17 74 9 16 2 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd half: 17-37 45.9% Game: 29-65 44.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 8-17 47.1% Game: 9-24 37.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 6-7 85.7% Game: 7-9 77.8% 1 Gonzaga 100 • 30-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 PERKINS, Josh * 3-8 2-5 3-3 1 1 2 3 11 6 3 0 1 26 15 CLARKE, Brandon * 6-7 0-0 3-5 3 4 7 2 15 5 2 2 1 22 21 HACHIMURA, Rui * 6-11 1-1 3-5 0 5 5 1 16 2 2 2 1 28 23 NORVELL JR., Zach * 8-10 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 18 3 2 0 2 24 24 KISPERT, Corey * 4-9 2-7 1-1 1 4 5 1 11 1 1 1 1 25 00 CRANDALL, Geno 0-3 0-1 2-2 0222 2620427 02 BEACH, Jack 0-00-00-00000 000000+ 03 PETRUSEV, Filip 4-6 0-0 2-2 202110100010 04 FOSTER JR., Greg 0-00-00-00000 01000 2 10 LANG, Matthew 0-00-00-00000 000000+ 11 AYAYI, Joel 0-00-00-20220 00000 6 22 JONES, Jeremy 3-41-21-20220 8000015 33 TILLIE, Killian 3-4 3-3 0-0 0661 9110115 Team 101 Totals 37-62 11-23 15-22 9 28 37 13 100 26 13 5 11 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-29 58.6% 2nd half: 20-33 60.6% Game: 37-62 59.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 11-23 47.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 15-22 68.2% 4 Officials: Mike Reed, Verne Harris, Mike Greenstein Technical fouls: Pepperdine-None.