PEPPERDINE VS. PACIFIC OR SANTA CLARA OR PORTLAND
WCC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Site: Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Time: 9 p.m.
TV: ESPN2
Audio: WaveCasts

#3 PEPPERDINE WAVES
2020-21 Record: 11-11
    WCC Record: 7-6
Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar
Website: www.PepperdineWaves.com
Twitter: @PeppBasketball

#6 PACIFIC TIGERS
2020-21 Record: 9-8
    WCC Record: 6-7
Head Coach: Damon Stoudamire
Website: www.PacificTigers.com
Twitter: @PacificMensBB

#7 SANTA CLARA BRONCOS
2020-21 Record: 10-7
    WCC Record: 4-5
Head Coach: Herb Sendek
Website: www.SantaClaraBroncos.com
Twitter: @SantaClaraHoops

#10 PORTLAND PILOTS
2020-21 Record: 6-14
    WCC Record: 0-11
Interim Head Coach: Ben Johnson
Website: www.PortlandPilots.com
Twitter: @PilotHoops

WAVEPOINTS
• The Pepperdine men's basketball team has earned the #3 seed for the upcoming University Credit Union West Coast Conference tournament — the program's best seeding since 2004.
• The Waves finished with a winning record in the WCC for the first time since 2016.
• Colbey Ross and Kessler Edwards both made the All-WCC first team, the first time since 2005 that the Waves put two players on the first team. Pepperdine and Gonzaga were the only schools with multiple players on the first team.
• Ross continues to move up the WCC's all-time stat rankings. He's currently seventh in points (2,158), 11 away from LMU's Anthony Ireland and sixth place. He's third all-time in assists (812), four away from SMC's Emmett Naar and second place.
• Ross is one of just three players in the history of Division I men's basketball to accumulate at least 2,100 points, 800 assists and 400 rebounds (with Gary Payton/Oregon State and Chris Thomas/Notre Dame).
• Among active Division I players, Ross ranks first in career assists (812) and free throws made (629), fourth in points (2,158) and eighth in scoring average (18.0).
• Ross ranks #5 in the nation and #1 in the WCC in assists per game (7.5). Ross is fourth in the WCC in scoring (18.0) and first in minutes (37.1).
• More school records that Ross could add to his growing list: he needs 13 points and four assists to become the program's all-time scoring leader and assist-maker at the WCC Tournament.
• Edwards ranks fifth in the WCC in blocks (1.1) and seventh in scoring (16.6) and rebounding (6.6). He's seventh all-time in blocked shots at Pepperdine (117).
• Pepperdine is #4 in the country in three-point defense (27.4%) and #16 in the country in free throw percentage (78.3%).

GAME #23 — Saturday (March 6) at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas Nevada: #3-seed Pepperdine (11-11, 7-6) vs. #6-seed Pacific (9-8, 6-7) OR #7-seed Santa Clara (10-7, 4-5) OR #10-seed Portland (6-14, 0-11) at 9 p.m.

GAME #24 — If Pepperdine wins ... Monday (March 8) at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas: #3-seed Pepperdine vs. #2-seed BYU (19-5, 10-3) at 9 p.m.

WAVECASTS — All Pepperdine men's and women's WCC Tournament games can be listened to online via WaveCasts at PepperdineWaves.com. Veteran play-by-play man Al Epstein, a 2015 Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who is now in his 36th season, will be behind the microphone. This will be his 1,091st consecutive men's basketball broadcast for the Waves.

WATCH — Saturday night's game will air on ESPN2.

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