MALIBU, California – Colbey Ross and Kameron Edwards combined for 46 points, but BYU's duo of TJ Haws and Yoeli Childs had 54 and the Pepperdine men's basketball team fell at home to the Cougars, 87-76, on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play.
 
The Waves (9-10, 2-3) kept things close to the end despite being outshot 56.0% to 37.7% by the Cougars (12-8, 4-1).
 
BIG WAVES

• Sophomore guard Colbey Ross (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS) scored 24 points, including a 10-for-12 effort from the foul line, and he added five assists. It was his ninth time this season scoring 20 or more points.
• Junior forward Kameron Edwards (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS) scored 22 points and had seven rebounds and three steals.
• Sophomore guard Jade' Smith (Oakland, Calif./St. Joseph Notre Dame HS) had 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
• Senior guard Eric Cooper Jr. (Ontario, Calif./St. Anthony HS/Nevada) scored eight points.
• Freshman forward Kessler Edwards (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS) had six points and nine rebounds.

KEY STATS

• The Waves were outrebounded 38-34 but turned 13 offensive rebounds into a 15-6 edge in second-chance points.
• The Waves made eight three-pointers to the Cougars' five.
• Both teams attempted 34 free throws but BYU made 26 to the Waves' 22.
• BYU's Haws had 34 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, while Childs scored 20 points.

PLAY BY PLAY
 
There were five lead changes and six ties in the first 10 minutes. But a 10-0 BYU run turned a 21-18 deficit into a 27-21 Cougar lead with nine minutes left. A 6-0 run helped BYU to its first double-digit lead, and the Cougars went up by as many as 11 before going into the halftime break with a 44-35 lead.
 
The Waves opened the second half on a 15-5 run and took a 50-49 lead after a Kessler Edwards three-pointer. Later, a 6-0 run, with five of the points from Kameron Edwards, put the Waves ahead 58-56 with 10:45 to play. That was Pepperdine's last lead, however. It was last tied at 62-62 with 8:44 left after a pair of Ross free throws.
 
It was still just a three-point game at 76-73 after a Cooper Jr. three-pointer with 3:10 left, but that was Pepperdine's final field goal of the game, and the Cougars extended their lead in the final minutes.
 
NOTABLES

• BYU's Haws set a Pepperdine opponent record for free throws made (18) and attempted (22).
• For the first time in five WCC games, Pepperdine trailed at halftime.
• After winning four straight against BYU in Firestone Fieldhouse, the Cougars have now won the last two.
• Ross and Kameron Edwards each scored more than 20 points for the second consecutive game.
• Pepperdine Coach Lorenzo Romar was recognized before the game for winning his 400th career victory last weekend, and he received a commemorative ball from Director of Athletics Dr. Steve Potts.

UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine visits PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount on Saturday (Jan. 19) at 1 p.m. in the WCC Game of the Week. It'll be shown locally on Spectrum SportsNet and there will also be an audio-only WaveCasts with Al Epstein.