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Kendall Munson vs. UCSB
Martin A. Folb
75
Winner UC Santa Barbara UCSB 4-1
63
Pepperdine PEP 4-4
Winner
UC Santa Barbara UCSB
4-1
75
Final
63
Pepperdine PEP
4-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UC Santa Barbara UCSB 31 44 75
Pepperdine PEP 23 40 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | by Athletic Communications

Waves Drop Home Contest to UCSB

MALIBU, California – Colbey Ross scored 20 points and Kendall Munson had an impressive debut, but the Pepperdine men's basketball team couldn't overcome a cold-shooting afternoon in a 75-63 home loss to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday.
 
The Waves (4-4) never led against the Gauchos (4-1) and shot just 38.6% from the field.
 
BIG WAVES
  • Senior guard Colbey Ross (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS) had his fifth 20-point game of the season and he also had six assists.
  • Freshman forward Kendall Munson (Seattle, Wash./Garfield HS) scored 16 points in 20 minutes in his first collegiate contest. He went 6-for-7 from the field and also had two rebounds, two steals and a block.
  • Sophomore guard Robbie Heath (Whittlesea, Australia/Abington HS/West Chester) also had a productive debut with nine points (including 7-for-8 from the foul line).
  • Sophomore guard Andre Ball (Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills HS) provided eight points and a career-high seven rebounds.
KEY STATS 
  • Pepperdine shot 28.6% from the field in the first half, and improved to 48.3% in the second.
  • UCSB hit on 40.0% in the first half, then 52.0% in the second half, good for 45.5% overall.
  • Ross went 3-for-6 on three-pointers but the rest of the Waves were 0-for-12. UCSB made nine threes to Pepperdine's three.
  • UCSB had three players score in double-figures, led by Jaquori McLaughlin's 23 points and eight assists.
PLAY BY PLAY
 
UCSB jumped out to an 11-2 lead after four minutes. A 6-0 run helped Pepperdine pull within a point at 19-18, but the Gauchos scored 12 of the next 14 points to go up 31-20. It was 31-23 at the break.
 
The Waves made a couple of runs in the second half to get close, but the Gauchos always had an answer. UC Santa Barbara's largest lead of the game was 14 points at 37-23. The Waves got it down to three points at 44-41, but UCSB scored the next five points. UCSB pushed the lead back up to 10, but the Waves reduced the deficit to two points at 58-56 with 4:46 after two Munson free throws. UCSB scored the next six points, however, and the Waves never got closer than six the rest of the way.
 
NOTABLES 
  • Two key players left the contest with injuries and did not return. Kessler Edwards went out with 19:15 remaining in the second half. Sedrick Altman departed with 8:33 to go in the game. The Waves were already missing Kene Chukwuka and Victor Ohia Obioha.
  • UCSB won its fifth consecutive meeting in the series.
UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine hosts CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday (Dec. 23) at 3 p.m. in the non-conference finale. The game will be streamed online via WaveCasts on the WCC Network with Al Epstein on the call.
 
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