22019-20019-20 MMEN’SEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GGAMEAME NNOTESOTES WAVES END REGULAR SEASON WITH SENIOR DAY AGAINST #17 COUGARS PEPPERDINE VS. #17 BYU 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date ....................Saturday, February 29, 2020 Date Opponent (TV/Video) Time/Score Site .................................Firestone Fieldhouse 11/5 at California (Pac-12 Net) L 71-87 ............................................. Malibu, California 11/9 UC Irvine (WCC Net) W 77-73 Time ....................................................... 3 p.m. TV ...................................CBS Sports Network 11/12 at CSUN W 94-82 Audio .............................................WaveCasts 11/16 at Abilene Christian W 73-69 Series .....................................BYU leads 15-9 11/19 at USC (Pac-12 Net) L 84-91 Last Meeting ..............Cougars 107, Waves 80 11/23 Sacramento State (WCC Net) L 72-77 ...........................................1/30/2020 in Provo 11/28 # vs. #14 Arizona (ESPN2) L 91-93 PEPPERDINE WAVES BYU COUGARS 11/29 # vs. UCF (ESPNEWS) L 65-78 2019-20 Record .................................15-14 2019-20 Record ...................................23-7 12/1 # vs. Providence (ESPNU) L 77-80 WCC Record ...................................8-7 WCC Record ................................12-3 Home Record..................................9-4 Away Record ..................................5-5 12/6 Idaho State (WCC Net) W 77-65 Head Coach....................... Lorenzo Romar Head Coach...............................Mark Pope 12/14 Central Arkansas (WCC Net) W 92-79 Website ......... www.PepperdineWaves.com Website ..................www.BYUCougars.com 12/17 Portland State (WCC Net) W 77-71 Twitter ............................ @PeppBasketball Twitter ..............................@BYUbasketball 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 regular season comes to an end this Saturday afternoon when the Pepperdine 1/4 * at #1 Gonzaga (ESPN2) L 70-75 men’s basketball team hosts #17 BYU. 1/11 * at San Diego (WCC Net) W 85-78 • Pepperdine seniors Kameron Edwards and Robbie Skead will be honored before the game. 1/16 * LMU (Spectrum SN) W 75-67 • The Waves have locked in a top-six fi nish in the WCC (meaning a fi rst-round bye in the 1/18 * Saint Mary’s (CBS SN) L 69-78 WCC Tournament). A win on Saturday and a San Francisco loss at LMU would give 1/23 * at Santa Clara W 90-86 (ot) Pepperdine the #5 seed. Either a Pepperdine loss or a USF win would result in #6. 1/25 * Portland (WCC Net) W 80-69 • The Waves are attempting to defeat a ranked opponent for the fi rst time since beating #20 Wisconsin at home on 11/27/2004. 1/30 * at BYU (CBS SN) L 80-107 • Colbey Ross, who made the Lou Henson Award midseason watch list, is on a pace to 2/1 * at LMU (Spectrum SN) W 68-67 (ot) break his own school record with 7.2 assists per game. Nationally, he’s second in 2/6 * Santa Clara (WCC Net) W 91-77 total assists (209) and fi fth in assists per game. Ross has more career assists than 2/8 * at Pacifi c (WCC Net) L 78-79 any junior in the country with 627 (second place is 34 assists back) and he’s seventh among all active Division I players. He’s one assist away from entering the WCC’s 2/13 * San Diego (Spectrum SN) W 72-69 all-time top 10 (he’ll pass BYU great Kyle Collinsworth for 10th). 2/15 * #2 Gonzaga (ESPN) L 77-89 • Overall, Ross leads the WCC in assists (7.2) and is second in scoring (20.2). In 2/20 * at Portland (Spectrum SN) W 66-59 conference games only, he’s fi rst in assists (7.0) and second in scoring (20.6). He 2/22 * at San Francisco L 61-63 (ot) has scored at least 20 points in six straight games. • Ross set Pepperdine’s career record for assists on December 14 and is now taking aim 2/29 * BYU (CBS SN) 3 p.m. at the career scoring record. He’s in third place (1,694), seven points behind second 3/6 % at WCC Championships place (Dane Suttle) and 92 points away from Stacy Davis’ record. * West Coast Conference game • Kameron Edwards ranks fi fth in the WCC in both scoring (16.7) and rebounding (7.3). # Wooden Legacy (Anaheim, Calif.) • Kessler Edwards leads the WCC in blocked shots (1.9). His 54 blocks rank ninth on % WCC Championships (Las Vegas, Nev.) the Waves’ single-season list. He’s 10th all-time at Pepperdine with 88 career blocks. Home games in bold. • Pepperdine ranks second nationally in free throw percentage at 79.5%. Ross leads the WCC at 85.9% and has made 158 free throws, eighth-most nationally. • The Waves will open the WCC Tournament on Friday, March 6, as the #5 or #6 seed. 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 0 Sedrick Altman G 6-2 180 Fr. Rialto, Calif. 5.3 2.4 0.9 Morgan Davenport 4 Colbey Ross G 6-1 180 Jr. Aurora, Colo. 20.2 4.4 7.2 E-Mail [email protected] 15 Kessler Edwards F 6-8 200 So. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 13.3 7.4 1.3 Offi ce ........................................ 310-506-6018 20 Kameron Edwards F 6-6 230 Sr.* Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 16.7 7.3 1.2 Cell ...........................................405-763-7694 33 Skylar Chavez G 6-5 185 Jr. Woodacre, Calif. 10.1 2.3 1.0 1 VS. BYU SERIES MATCHUP BYU leads the all-time series 15-9. The Pepperdine BYU CAREER STATS VS. BYU Cougars have won four straight and six 76.2 Points/Game 80.6 of seven overall. It wasn’t long ago that 76.7 Opp. Points/Game 69.1 -0.4 Scoring Margin +11,5 GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Pepperdine won four straight home games .435 FG% .503 Ross 4/4 16.8 2.3 5.5 34.2 over BYU (2014-17) but the Cougars have Kam E. 5/5 16.2 5.4 1.0 26.8 won each of the last two years in Malibu. .458 Opp. FG% .442 Altman 1/1 11.0 1.0 0.0 27.0 The all-time record is tied 5-5 in Firestone .350 3FG% .422 .384 Opp. 3FG% .311 Kessler E. 2/1 10.5 6.5 1.0 28.0 Fieldhouse. Ohia Obioha 1/0 10.0 7.0 1.0 20.0 .795 FT% .706 J. Smith 2/1 7.5 6.5 4.0 21.5 CONNECTIONS 34.0 Rebounds/Game 33.0 Chavez 1/1 5.0 1.0 2.0 32.0 -1.9 Rebounding Margin -0.6 K. Smith 1/0 3.0 2.0 1.0 19.0 Pepperdine head coach Lorenzo Romar 14.8 Assists/Game 17.6 Polk Jr. 2/0 1.0 1.0 1.5 15.5 and BYU junior Alex Barcello were both 12.7 Turnovers/Game 11.0 Ball 1/0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 part of Arizona’s program during the 2017- +1.7 Turnover Margin +2.0 Perrot 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 18 season. Stormo 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 (stats with Pepperdine only) COUGARS NOTABLE PERFORMANCES BYU has won eight in a row and is coming off a 91-78 home win over then-#2 Gonzaga this past Saturday. The Cougars lead the nation in three-point shooting (42.2%) and Sedrick Altman are second in assist-turnover ratio (1.6) and third in assists per game (17.6) and three- 11 pts (1/30/20, A) pointers per game (10.6). Jake Toolson ranks fourth nationally in three-point shooting Kameron Edwards (46.2%). 13 pts, 9 rbs (1/23/16, H) 16 pts (1/30/16, A) LAST MEETING 10 pts (2/15/18, H) 22 pts, 7 rbs (1/17/19, H) Back on January 30, 2020, in Provo ... BYU had a record-tying night shooting from 20 pts (1/30/20, A) distance and the Waves could only match one of the Cougars’ big runs in a 107-80 Kessler Edwards loss. BYU outscored the Waves 23-2 early to go up by 21 points, but the Waves later 15 pts (1/30/20, A) countered with a 16-0 run to get the defi cit down to six. It was 46-38 at halftime, but 13 Victor Ohia Obioha straight Cougar points early in the second half pushed the lead back up to 20, where 10 pts, 7 rbs (1/30/20, A) it stayed for most of the remainder of the game. BYU made a school-record-tying 17 Colbey Ross three-pointers on 28 attempts (60.7%) and outshot the Waves 61.2% to 49.1% overall. 16 pts, 5 ast (1/11/18, A) 11 pts, 5 ast (2/15/18, H) Kameron Edwards scored a team-high 20 points. 24 pts, 5 ast (1/17/19, H) Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics 16 pts, 7 ast (1/30/20, A) Pepperdine vs BYU Jadé Smith 01/30/20 6:30 p.m. MT at Provo, Utah (Marriott Center) 10 pts, 9 rbs (1/17/19, H) Pepperdine 80 • 11-11,4-4 WCC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds LAST 5+ YEARS ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 EDWARDS, Kessler f 6-91-22-4134215011129 20 EDWARDS, Kameron f 6-122-36-7145420140127 2014-15 A W 67-61 00 ALTMAN, Sedrick g 5-101-10-0011311030127 04 ROSS, Colbey g 4-91-47-8134416730128 H W 80-74 33 CHAVEZ, Skylar g 1-60-33-40110 5211132 2015-16 H W 71-65 02 POLK JR., Darryl 0-1 0-1 0-2 1120 0300214 11 SMITH, Keith 1-41-20-00220 3100019 A L 77-88 25 PERROT, Everett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 1 2016-17 A L 70-99 34 OHIA OBIOHA, Victor 5-50-00-0257210110220 50 STORMO, Jackson 0-10-00-00000 00000 3 H W 99-83 Team 000 2017-18 A L 63-83 Totals 28-57 6-16 18-25 6 20 26 15 80 15 13 2 9 200 H L-OT 70-75 FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd half: 15-30 50.0% Game: 28-57 49.1% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 6-16 37.5% Rebounds 2018-19 H L 76-87 FT % 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 18-25 72.0% 2 2019-20 A L 80-107 BYU 107 • 16-7,5-3 WCC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 23 Yoeli Childs f 10-151-10-0369321631028 40 Kolby Lee f 4-50-02-2022010010017 04 Alex Barcello g 5-73-40-0044413411223 05 Jake Toolson g 9-137-100-0033225500232 30 TJ Haws g 3-72-44-6033312620128 02 Zac Seljaas 3-71-30-00442 7200015 03 Blaze Nield 0-00-00-00001 01000 3 13 Taylor Maughan 1-11-10-00000 30000 1 24 Evan Troy 0-10-00-00000 00000 5 33 Dalton Nixon 2-40-12-22352 6110020 44 Connor Harding 4-72-40-1123310230028 Team 213 Totals 41-67 17-28 8-11 8 28 36 20 107 27 11 2 5 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-29 58.6% 2nd half: 24-38 63.2% Game: 41-67 61.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 17-28 60.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 4-4 100.0 Game: 8-11 72.7% 1 Officials: Ron Brokenbrough,Shawn Lehigh,Bob Staffen Technical fouls: Pepperdine-ALTMAN, Sedrick.