PEPPERDINE AT PORTLAND
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
Site: Chiles Center (Portland, Oregon)
Time: 7 p.m.
TV: ROOT Northwest/TheW.tv
Audio: WaveCasts
Series: Pepperdine leads 60-38 
Last Meeting: Waves 75, Pilots 64 (2/24/2018 in Malibu)

PEPPERDINE WAVES
2018-19 Record: 10-11
WCC Record: 3-4
Away Record: 1-7
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball

PORTLAND PILOTS
2018-19 Record: 7-15
WCC Record: 0-7
Away Record: 6-6
Head Coach: Terry Porter
Website: www.PortlandPilots.com
Twitter: @PilotHoops

WAVEPOINTS
• After a thrilling overtime win at home against Saint Mary's on Saturday, the Pepperdine men's basketball team is on the road for five of the next seven games, a stretch that begins Thursday evening at Portland.
• The Pilots are looking for their first WCC win, while the Waves are looking to win in the Chiles Center for the first time since 2013.
• Colbey Ross was named WCC Player of the Week on Monday after scoring a career-high 29 points in Saturday's win over Saint Mary's, which included 11 points in overtime.
• Ross is fifth in the WCC in scoring (19.1) and first in assists (7.3). Nationally, he's fifth in assists and first in free throws made (142) and attempted (170).
• Kameron Edwards has scored 23, 22, 22 and 24 points in his last four games. In league games only, he ranks third in the conference in scoring (18.7).
• Overall, the Waves lead the WCC in three-pointers made per game (9.2) and three-point percentage (37.8%). The Waves haven't finished in the top three in the conference in either category in at least a decade. Pepperdine has made 25 three-pointers over the last two games.
• In league games only, the Waves lead the conference in both three-point offense (39.9%) and three-point defense (27.3%).
• Fourteen times this season, it's been a five-point game or less in the final five minutes. Nine times this season, it's been a three-point game or less in the final minute. 
• Lorenzo Romar has helped elevate the Waves as he begins his second stint as head coach. He recorded his milestone 400th career victory on January 12 at San Diego.
• The Waves matched their 2017-18 win total of six in their 10th game, and surpassed it with their seventh win in the 14th game. Their 10th win gave them double-digit wins for the first time since 2015-16.
• The Waves continue this road trip at Pacific on Saturday evening.
• To help Pepperdine students affected or displaced by November's Woolsey Fire, please visit impact.pepperdine.edu/crisisresponse.

WAVECASTS — Both games 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 1,025th consecutive broadcast for the Waves).

WATCH — Thursday's Portland game is being produced by ROOT Sports Northwest and will also be shown on NBC Sports California and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain. Fans in Southern California (and other regions) can watch on TheW.tv. Tom Glasgow and Francis Williams have the call ... Saturday's Pacific game is being shown everywhere on TheW.tv. Dave Friedman and Dave Miller are the announcers.

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.