Waves Suffer Road Loss to No. 20 BYU

Thursday, February 10

Provo, Utah

6:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

7-11,3-6WCC

104

BYU

20-2,10-1WCC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pepperdine	11	22	6	14	53
BYU	29	23	33	19	104

Cheyenne Givens

Photo by: BYU Photos

2/10/2022 8:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

PROVO, Utah – The Pepperdine women's basketball team suffered a 104-53 road loss to No. 20 BYU on Thursday night.

The Cougars (20-2, 10-1) dominated the shooting at 62.5% to the Waves' (7-11, 3-6) 31.7%.

BIG WAVES

Freshman Ally Stedman (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) collected 10 points and brought down three rebounds.
Redshirt junior Jayla Ruffus-Milner (North Hills, Calif./Harvard Westlake HS) had nine points by shooting 3-for-6 and had two assists and three rebounds.
Senior Cheyenne Givens (Gardena, Calif./Serra HS/Los Angeles Trade-Tech) notched seven points and grabbed four rebounds.

GAME RECAP

The Cougars started the game with a six-point scoring run. After back and forth shots, BYU scored another eight consecutive points to extend the lead at 18-6. The Cougars scored another eight straight to go up 26-8. Malia Bambrick (Santa Clarita, Calif./Bishop Alemany HS) hit a three-point shot, but the Cougars had the last shot of the first quarter to lead, 29-11.

In the second quarter, Ruffus-Milner hit a jumper to get the score at 34-13. Pepperdine had a six-point scoring run of their own to get the margin under 20 at 40-21. After another six points from the Cougars, the Waves scored five straight points of their own to get the score at 48-29. Ruffus-Milner knocked down a free throw to head into the half at 52-33.

BYU scored the first basket of the third quarter, but Stedman countered with a basket of her own. The Cougars went on another seven-point scoring run to go up 61-35. Meaali'i Amosa (Garden Grove, Calif./Mater Dei HS) had a jump shot, but the Cougars went on a 22-point scoring run to end the third leading 85-39.

The final frame started with free throws by the Cougars, but the Waves had free throws of their own thanks to Rosemary Odebunmi (Ado-Ekiti,Nigeria/Sierra Canyon HS), who made her first appearance as a Wave and collected two-points, and Helena Friend (Huntington Beach, Calif./Blair Academy) to get the score at 89-44. BYU and Pepperdine exchanged shots, but the Cougars would collect the win.

STATS

BYU forced 19 turnovers compared to Pepperdine's 11.
The Cougars had nine blocks to the Waves' four.
BYU out-rebounded Pepperdine 40 to 28.

UP NEXT

The Waves head home to Malibu to host San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 12 as part of a day and night double header with the men's team. Tipoff against the Toreros is set for 12 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on the WCC Network.