22020-21020-21 MMEN’SEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GGAMEAME NNOTESOTES WAVES AIM TO BUILD ON GOOD START VS. #22 UCLA PEPPERDINE VS. #22 UCLA 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date ......................Friday, November 27, 2020 Date Opponent (TV/Video) Time/Score Site ..............................................Viejas Arena .............................................. San Diego, Calif. 11/25 % UC Irvine W 86-72 Time ..................................................... 12 p.m. 11/27 % #22 UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) 12 p.m. TV .........................................Pac-12 Networks 12/2 San Jose State (WCC Network) 5 p.m. Audio .............................................WaveCasts Series ...................................UCLA leads 19-4 12/5 Fresno State (WCC Network) 3 p.m. Last Meeting ...................Bruins 81, Waves 67 12/9 California (WCC Network) 5 p.m. ...............................11/19/2015 in Los Angeles 12/12 CSUN (WCC Network) 1 p.m. PEPPERDINE WAVES UCLA BRUINS 12/14 at UNLV 2020-21 Record .....................................1-0 2020-21 Record .....................................0-1 2019-20 Record ..........................16-16 2019-20 Record..........................19-12 12/16 Concordia-Irvine (WCC Network) 5 p.m. WCC Record .......................... 8-8 (6th) Pac-12 Record ................... 12-6 (2nd) 12/19 UC Santa Barbara (WCC Network) 3 p.m. Head Coach....................... Lorenzo Romar Head Coach.............................Mick Cronin 12/23 Tarleton (WCC Network) 1 p.m. Website ......... www.PepperdineWaves.com Website ................... www.UCLABruins.com Twitter ............................ @PeppBasketball Twitter ....................................@UCLAMBB 12/31 * BYU (ESPN/2/U) 1/2 * at Saint Mary’s WAVEPOINTS 1/7 * at San Francisco (ESPN/2/U) • Pepperdine and #22 UCLA meet in the post-Thanksgiving fi nal day of competition at San Diego State’s multi-team event. 1/14 * at Gonzaga (ESPN/2/U) • The Waves’ last win against a ranked opponent was 11/27/2004 at home against #20 1/16 * Portland Wisconsin. The last victory against a ranked opponent that came away from home was 11/28/2001 at #10 UCLA — the last time the Waves beat the Bruins. UCLA has 1/21 * Pacifi c won the last fi ve meetings. 1/23 * at BYU (ESPN/2/U) • Colbey Ross, named to the Naismith and Cousy preseason watch lists, needs 10 1/30 * Gonzaga (ESPN/2/U) points to tie and 11 points to pass Stacy Davis for Pepperdine’s all-time scoring record. Ross will have set the record in 25 fewer games if it happens against UCLA. 2/4 * San Diego He should make his 100th consecutive start (and 100th career start) on Friday. 2/6 * San Francisco • Ross is also the NCAA’s active career assists leader and Pepperdine record-holder. He needs 10 made free throws to become the program’s all-time leader in that category 2/11 * at Loyola Marymount as well. 2/13 * Saint Mary’s • Last year, Ross averaged 25.7 points in three games against the Pac-12, including a 2/18 * at Portland then-career-high 38 at USC, the most-ever by a Wave against a Power 5 school. • Kessler Edwards began his junior campaign with a team-high 20 points in 2/20 * at Santa Clara Wednesday’s 86-72 win against UC Irvine. Five Waves scored in double-fi gures and 2/25 * Loyola Marymount seven scored at least eight points. 2/27 * at San Diego • Ross and Edwards were named to the preseason All-WCC team (Pepperdine and Gonzaga were the only schools to put multiple players on the 10-man list). 3/4-9 # at WCC Championships • Three Waves made their debuts on Wednesday, including grad transfer Kene Chukwuka, who scored 10 points. * West Coast Conference game % SDSU MTE (San Diego, Calif.) • Lorenzo Romar is in his third season this time around at Pepperdine, his sixth season # WCC Championships (Las Vegas, Nev.) in all with the Waves over two stints, and his 24th season as a head coach. He Home games in bold. was an assistant coach at UCLA for four seasons, which included the 1995 NCAA championship team. • The Waves feature an experienced squad, with seven of the top nine scorers from last season back. A total of 11 players had previously seen action for Pepperdine. PEPPERDINE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • The Waves were picked to fi nish fourth in the WCC preseason coaches’ poll. 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 6-1 185 Sr. Aurora, Colo. 13.0 6.0 8.0 Morgan Davenport 5 Jadé Smith G 6-4 185 Jr.* Oakland, Calif. 13.0 7.0 1.0 E-Mail [email protected] 15 Kessler Edwards F 6-8 215 Jr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 20.0 7.0 2.0 Offi ce ........................................ 310-506-6018 24 Kene Chukwuka F 6-9 225 Gr. Stockholm, Sweden 10.0 3.0 0.0 Cell ...........................................405-763-7694 34 Victor Ohia Obioha C 6-9 220 Jr. Owerri, Nigeria 8.0 6.0 0.0 1 VS. UCLA SERIES MATCHUP UCLA leads the all-time series, 19-4. All Pepperdine 19-20 UCLA 19-20 ALL-TIME SERIES but two of the games have taken place 76.3 Points/Game 69.5 at UCLA, and this will be the fi rst-ever 77.1 Opp. Points/Game 67.1 -0.8 Scoring Margin +2.5 UCLA neutral-site game between the two (4-19) schools. Pepperdine’s last win came in .434 FG% .434 1943-44 A W 48-36 November 2001, and UCLA has won the .458 Opp. FG% .429 H L 38-40 last fi ve meetings. The 1976 and 1979 .351 3FG% .323 1944-45 H W 36-33 .381 Opp. 3FG% .375 matchups came in the NCAA Tournament. A L 28-41 .792 FT% .718 1945-46 A W 47-37 1949-50 A L 41-55 BRUINS 34.5 Rebounds/Game 36.6 1950-51 A L 60-75 -1.4 Rebounding Margin +5.6 1951-52 A L 70-72 UCLA is ranked 22nd in the AP poll and 14.8 Assists/Game 12.9 1953-54 A L 68-103 21st in the USA Today coaches poll. 12.7 Turnovers/Game 13.2 1975-76 A L 61-70 Second-year head coach Mick Cronin +1.2 Turnover Margin -0.2 1978-79 A L 71-76 1980-81 A L 63-81 returned all fi ve starters and eight of 1981-82 A L 69-76 the team’s top 10 contributors from the 1986-87 A L 82-95 previous season, which saw UCLA go 19-12 overall and 12-6 in the Pac-12 for second 1990-91 A L 85-108 1991-92 A L 58-98 place. 1999-00 A L 66-68 2001-02 A W 85-78 CONNECTIONS 2004-05 A L 83-85 2009-10 A L 52-71 Pepperdine head coach Lorenzo Romar was a UCLA assistant for four seasons (1993- 2010-11 A L 69-79 96), including the 1995 national championship team ... UCLA men’s basketball athletic 2011-12 A L 39-62 trainer Shane Besedick was previously the Pepperdine men’s basketball athletic trainer. 2015-16 A L 67-81 LAST MEETING Back on November 19, 2015, at Pauley Pavilion ... Lamond Murray Jr. scored 22 points but the Waves got off to a slow start and lost at UCLA, 81-67. Pepperdine made just two of its fi rst 17 shots as the Bruins quickly took a double-digit lead, which they maintained throughout the game. Kameron Edwards added 10 points and nine rebounds. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Pepperdine vs UCLA 11/19/15 7:30 p.m. at Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion) Pepperdine 67 • 1-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 DAVIS, Stacy f 4-140-40-05493 8230335 45 RAINES, Jett f 2-61-44-61013 9211027 00 UDENYI, Amadi g 1-101-60-20002 3520232 03 MAJOR, Jeremy g 3-41-21-21343 8200127 30 MURRAY JR., Lamond g 9-180-04-4202422100128 11 RUSSELL, Atif 3-51-20-01341 72000 9 13 EDWARDS, Kameron 5-110-10-0459110041231 25 JOHN, A.J. 0-30-10-01122 0020011 Team 404 1 Totals 27-71 4-20 9-14 19 16 35 19 67 14 13 2 9 200 FG % 1st Half: 13-35 37.1% 2nd half: 14-36 38.9% Game: 27-71 38.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 4-20 20.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 9-14 64.3% 1,1 UCLA 81 • 2-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 23 Parker, Tony f 7-110-01-451015215142136 40 Welsh, Thomas c 2-50-02-24264 6110018 03 Holiday, Aaron g 5-102-34-4134316440236 10 Hamilton, Isaac g 4-102-50-0033110530034 20 Alford, Bryce g 9-161-50-0044119510133 00 Olesinski, Alex 0-00-00-00111 00100 7 05 Ali, Prince 2-31-17-7011112010012 43 Bolden, Jonah 1-50-31-23471 3121224 Team 112 Totals 30-60 6-17 15-19 14 29 43 14 81 17 17 3 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 30-60 50.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 6-17 35.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd half: 7-7 100.0 Game: 15-19 78.9% 3 Officials: Tony Padilla, Kevin Brill, Kelly Pfeifer Technical fouls: Pepperdine-None.