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Colbey Ross vs. BYU
Martin A. Folb
Colbey Ross
91
Winner Pepperdine PEP 8-8,4-3 WCC
70
Portland POR 6-12,0-9 WCC
Winner
Pepperdine PEP
8-8,4-3 WCC
91
Final
70
Portland POR
6-12,0-9 WCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Pepperdine PEP 47 44 91
Portland POR 35 35 70

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

Double-Doubles Abound as Waves Win at Portland

PORTLAND, Oregon – Three Pepperdine men's basketball players had double-doubles, led by Colbey Ross' 24 points and 12 assists, as the Waves went to Portland and earned a 91-70 victory in West Coast Conference play on Saturday.
 
The Waves (8-8, 4-3) picked up their first true road win of the season and sent the Pilots (6-12, 0-9) to their 10th straight loss.
 
BIG WAVES
  • Senior guard Colbey Ross (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS) continued his assault on the WCC record books, moving up to third place on the all-time assist list and 10th on the scoring chart. It was his fifth career game with at least 20 points and 10 assists. He made four three-pointers, putting him over 200 for his career, and making him just one of four Waves to achieve that feat. Ross had one turnover against his 12 assists.
  • Junior forward Kessler Edwards (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS) had 11 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and the 15th of his career. He also had three steals.
  • Grad transfer forward Kene Chukwuka (Stockholm, Sweden/Pitt) recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
  • Junior guard Jade' Smith (Oakland, Calif./St. Joseph Notre Dame HS) had 13 points, six rebounds and three assists.
  • Sophomore guard Sedrick Altman (Rialto, Calif./Colony HS) scored 13 points, his third straight game in double-figures, along with three assists and a pair of blocks.
  • Sophomore forward Jan Zidek (Prague, Czech Republic) had nine points and four rebounds.
KEY STATS 
  • The Waves improved to 5-0 this season when shooting 50% or better and finished at 51.5%. They held the Pilots to 41.4% shooting.
  • Pepperdine made 11 three-pointers to Portland's six.
  • The Waves committed just seven turnovers, tying their lowest output of the season, and forced 13. Pepperdine had an 18-5 edge in points off turnovers.
  • The Waves turned 10 offensive rebounds into a 16-7 advantage in second-chance points.
  • Portland put three players into double-figures, led by Ahmed Ali's 19 points.
PLAY BY PLAY
 
Ross had a huge first half with 14 points and eight assists, playing a part in 35 of the Waves' 47 points. The Waves never trailed and the game was only tied once at 5-5. The Waves took their first double-digit lead at 20-10 after a lay-up by Chukwuka. A pair of Ross three-pointers made it a 10-point game again at 30-20. Three different Waves sank three-pointers in a 13-2 run that gave Pepperdine its largest lead of the half at 45-31. The lead was 47-35 at the break.
 
At 54-38, the Pilots made one run to get back into the game, going on a 13-5 spurt to close within eight points at 59-51 with 12 1/2 minutes left. But the Waves responded with a 10-3 run, capped off by a Zidek three-pointer, to make it 70-54 with 8 1/2 minutes to go. The lead stayed in double-digits the rest of the way and the final score was also the biggest margin of the night as the Waves ended the contest on a three-pointer by redshirt freshman guard Majok Deng (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS).
 
NOTABLES 
  • Ross moved past three WCC greats (Yoeli Childs, Jim McPhee, Bo Kimble) on the conference's all-time scoring list and into 10th place. He now has 2,034 points. He also passed a pair of legends (Matthew Dellavedova and Christopher Anderson) on the assist list and is now third all-time in WCC history with 769.
  • The Waves' 47 points were their most in the first half against a Division I team this season. The 91 points were the most in regulation against a Division I team, as was the 21-point margin of victory.
  • The Waves beat Portland for the seventh straight time, and for the third consecutive year in Portland.
  • Portland was playing its first game under interim coach Ben Johnson after former head coach Terry Porter was dismissed on Friday.
  • This game was originally scheduled for February 18 but was moved up by the WCC to fill the void in both teams' schedules.
UP NEXT
 
The Waves visit San Francisco on Wednesday (Feb. 10) at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on Prime Ticket and there will be an audio-only WaveCasts with Al Epstein at PepperdineWaves.com.
 
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