Men's Hoops Ends Homestand on Saturday vs. NAU

PEPPERDINE VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA
Date: Saturday, December 21, 2019
Site: Firestone Fieldhouse (Malibu, California)
Time: 1 p.m.
TV: none
Video: WaveCasts on the WCC Network
Series: Pepperdine leads 13-3
Last Meeting: Waves 49, Lumberjacks 40 (12/7/2011 in Flagstaff)

PEPPERDINE WAVES
2019-20 Record: 6-6
   WCC Record: 0-0
   Home Record: 4-1
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball

NAU LUMBERJACKS
2019-20 Record: 5-2
   Big Sky Record: 0-0
   Away Record: 1-1
Head Coach: Shane Burcar
Website: www.NAUAthletics.com
Twitter: @NAUBasketball

WAVEPOINTS
• The Pepperdine men's basketball team will try to make it a perfect four-game homestand when the Waves host Northern Arizona on Saturday afternoon.
• Pepperdine has won three straight games for the second time this season.
• Colbey Ross, who set Pepperdine's career record for assists last weekend, now takes aim at the career scoring record. He needs five points to break into the top 20 and is 442 points shy of the all-time record.
• Ross is the first Wave (men's or women's) to record 500 career assists. Ross has more career assists than any junior in the country (second place is 62 assists behind).
• Ross is averaging a WCC-best 7.3 assists per game. Nationally, he's fifth in total assists (87) and sixth in assists per game.
• The Waves boast three of the top four scorers in the WCC: Ross (second at 19.8), Kameron Edwards (third at 17.1) and Kessler Edwards (fourth at 16.7).
• Kessler Edwards leads the WCC in rebounding (8.5) and double-doubles (five).
• Kameron Edwards became Pepperdine's 43rd player to score 1,000 career points in Tuesday's game against Portland State.
• Ross scored 31 points in the comeback win vs. Portland State, his second time this season and the third time in his career scoring 30 or more.
• The Waves have hit 80% or better of their free throws in 10 of their 12 games and they rank first nationally at 84.7%.The Waves also have three of the top four free throw shooters in the WCC (Ross first at 92.3%, Kameron third at 81.6% and Kessler fourth at 81.1%).
• After a break for Christmas, the Waves finish non-conference play at San Jose State on Saturday, December 28.

WAVECASTS — Saturday's game can be viewed online via WaveCasts on the WCC Network. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, will be behind the microphone (now in his 35th season, this will be his 1,050th consecutive broadcast for the Waves).

TICKETS — Single-game tickets for most Pepperdine home games are $25 for reserved seating, $15 for adult general admission and $12 for alumni or child general admission. Select premium games are $30, $20 and $15, respectively. Tickets are available via PepperdineWaves.com or by calling (310) 506-4764.

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 #50 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.

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Players Mentioned

Kameron Edwards

Kessler Edwards

Colbey Ross

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