Saturday, December 15
Cedar City, Utah
12:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
at
Southern Utah
Kessler Edwards
Photo by: Martin A. Folb
Men's Hoops Begins Road Trip at Southern Utah
12/12/2018 12:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PEPPERDINE AT SOUTHERN UTAH
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Site: America First Event Center (Cedar City, Utah)
Time: 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT
TV: PlutoTV
Audio: WaveCasts
Series: Southern Utah leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Thunderbirds 88, Waves 82 (11/29/2017 in Malibu)
PEPPERDINE WAVES
2018-19 Record: 6-4
Away Record: 0-2
WCC Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball
SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
2018-19 Record: 4-3
Home Record: 2-0
Big Sky Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Todd Simon
Website: www.SUUTBirds.com
Twitter: @SUUBasketball
WAVEPOINTS
• After a short break for final exams, the Pepperdine men's basketball team plays its next three games on the road, beginning with a Saturday afternoon contest at Southern Utah.
• The Thunderbirds won in Firestone Fieldhouse last season and so the Waves will be looking to return the favor in their second-ever trip to Cedar City.
• The Waves have already matched their 2017-18 win total, with their sixth victory coming in the 10th game.
• Lorenzo Romar's second stint as head coach with the Waves is well underway. Romar now has 397 career wins, three shy of a milestone 400.
• Colbey Ross, who led the Waves with 21 points in the last victory vs. Jackson State, is fifth in the WCC in scoring (19.9) and second in assists (6.8). Nationally, he ranks second in free throws made (73) and 12th in assists.
• The Waves lead the WCC in turnover margin (+3.9) and they've committed fewer turnovers than the opponent in nine of 10 games.
• The Waves hope to stay healthy after being decimated by injuries the last two years. They lost 99 player-games in 2016-17 and 81 in 2017-18. But, last year's leading scorer, Kameron Edwards, has already missed seven games, including the last six.
• Pepperdine continues this road trip at Oregon State on Monday night. The Waves will then return to Southern California, but have another road game at Long Beach State next Thursday.
• To help Pepperdine students affected or displaced by the recent Woolsey Fire, please visit impact.pepperdine.edu/crisisresponse.
WAVECASTS — Saturday's game can be listened to online with WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, will be behind the microphone (now in his 34th season, this will be his 1,014th consecutive broadcast for the Waves).
WATCH — The Southern Utah game will be shown for free on PlutoTV ... The Oregon State game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
PEPPERDINE — Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports — one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). The Waves have produced 205 conference championships, 318 All-Americans and 53 Olympians. Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #46 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Site: America First Event Center (Cedar City, Utah)
Time: 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT
TV: PlutoTV
Audio: WaveCasts
Series: Southern Utah leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Thunderbirds 88, Waves 82 (11/29/2017 in Malibu)
PEPPERDINE WAVES
2018-19 Record: 6-4
Away Record: 0-2
WCC Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball
SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
2018-19 Record: 4-3
Home Record: 2-0
Big Sky Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Todd Simon
Website: www.SUUTBirds.com
Twitter: @SUUBasketball
WAVEPOINTS
• After a short break for final exams, the Pepperdine men's basketball team plays its next three games on the road, beginning with a Saturday afternoon contest at Southern Utah.
• The Thunderbirds won in Firestone Fieldhouse last season and so the Waves will be looking to return the favor in their second-ever trip to Cedar City.
• The Waves have already matched their 2017-18 win total, with their sixth victory coming in the 10th game.
• Lorenzo Romar's second stint as head coach with the Waves is well underway. Romar now has 397 career wins, three shy of a milestone 400.
• Colbey Ross, who led the Waves with 21 points in the last victory vs. Jackson State, is fifth in the WCC in scoring (19.9) and second in assists (6.8). Nationally, he ranks second in free throws made (73) and 12th in assists.
• The Waves lead the WCC in turnover margin (+3.9) and they've committed fewer turnovers than the opponent in nine of 10 games.
• The Waves hope to stay healthy after being decimated by injuries the last two years. They lost 99 player-games in 2016-17 and 81 in 2017-18. But, last year's leading scorer, Kameron Edwards, has already missed seven games, including the last six.
• Pepperdine continues this road trip at Oregon State on Monday night. The Waves will then return to Southern California, but have another road game at Long Beach State next Thursday.
• To help Pepperdine students affected or displaced by the recent Woolsey Fire, please visit impact.pepperdine.edu/crisisresponse.
WAVECASTS — Saturday's game can be listened to online with WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, will be behind the microphone (now in his 34th season, this will be his 1,014th consecutive broadcast for the Waves).
WATCH — The Southern Utah game will be shown for free on PlutoTV ... The Oregon State game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
PEPPERDINE — Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports — one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). The Waves have produced 205 conference championships, 318 All-Americans and 53 Olympians. Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #46 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
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