2018-19_Pepperdine_Waves_men's_basketball_team

2018–19 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
2018–19 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	16–18 (6–10 WCC)
Head coach	Lorenzo Romar (1st, 4th overall season);
Assistant coaches	Ken Bone; Curtis Allen; Reggie Morris Jr.;
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2018–19 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves were led by head coach Lorenzo Romar, in the first season of his second stint after coaching the Waves from 1996 to 1999. They played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Pacific, Loyola Marymount, and San Francisco to advance to the semifinals of the WCC tournament were they were defeated by Gonzaga.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non conference regular season
November 7, 2018* 7:00 pm		Cal State Dominguez Hills	W 100–66	1–0	20 – Cooper Jr.	13 – Edwards	7 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,027) Malibu, CA
November 13, 2018* 6:00 pm, PlutoTV		at Northern Colorado	W 88–80	1–1	22 – Edwards	9 – Edwards	4 – Ross	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,778) Greeley, CO
November 16, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. Towson The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase quarterfinals	W 74–65	2–1	23 – Ross	5 – Smith	5 – Ross	Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (342) Nassau, Bahamas
November 17, 2018* 5:00 pm		vs. Georgia Southern The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase semifinals	L 78–88	2–2	25 – Ross	9 – Edwards	5 – Ross	Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (523) Nassau, Bahamas
November 18, 2018* 2:00 pm		vs. Miami (OH) The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase 3rd place game	W 86–80	3–2	25 – Ross	6 – Cooper Jr.	5 – Ross	Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (427) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2018* 7:00 pm		Idaho State	W 97–82	4–2	23 – Cooper Jr.	7 – Edwards	11 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (625) Malibu, CA
December 1, 2018* 5:00 pm		Abilene Christian	W 77–62	5–2	19 – Edwards	9 – Ross	8 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,044) Malibu, CA
December 3, 2018* 7:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	L 83–90	5–3	24 – Ross	8 – Dunn	11 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,215) Malibu, CA
December 6, 2018* 7:00 pm		at UC Riverside	L 71–75	5–4	19 – Ross	6 – Smith	6 – Ross	Student Recreation Center Arena (414) Riverside, CA
December 8, 2018* 7:00 pm		Jackson State	W 69–66	6–4	21 – Ross	11 – Edwards	6 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (715) Malibu, CA
December 15, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Southern Utah	L 69–78 ^OT	6–5	24 – Ross	10 – Smith	7 – Ross	America First Events Center (1,772) Cedar City, UT
December 17, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	L 67–82	6–6	15 – Ross	6 – Smith	8 – Ross	Gill Coliseum (3,534) Corvallis, OR
December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Long Beach State	L 66–67	6–7	23 – Ross	11 – Smith	5 – Ross	Walter Pyramid (1,679) Long Beach, CA
December 31, 2018* 3:00 pm		Alabama A&M	W 100–64	7–7	19 – Smith	6 – Dunn	13 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (725) Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, SPCSN		Loyola Marymount	W 77–62	8–7 (1–0)	15 – Smith	8 – Smith	12 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,118) Malibu, CA
January 5, 2019 5:00 pm		San Francisco	L 69–72	8–8 (1–1)	19 – Edwards	11 – Edwards	4 – Edwards	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,518) Malibu, CA
January 10, 2019 8:00 pm		at Santa Clara	L 64–67	8–9 (1–2)	13 – Edwards	11 – Edwards	10 – Ross	Leavey Center (1,650) Santa Clara, CA
January 12, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN		at San Diego	W 76–71	9–9 (2–2)	27 – Ross	8 – Edwards	3 – Ross	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,693) San Diego, CA
January 17, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPNU		BYU	L 76–87	9–10 (2–3)	24 – Ross	9 – Smith	5 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,714) Malibu, CA
January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN		at Loyola Marymount	L 70–74	9–11 (2–4)	22 – Edwards	6 – Edwards	10 – Ross	Gersten Pavilion (1,646) Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2019 5:00 pm, SPCSN		Saint Mary's	W 84–77 ^OT	10–11 (3–4)	29 – Ross	9 – Smith	9 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,815) Malibu, CA
January 31, 2019 7:00 pm		at Portland	W 83–58	11–11 (4–4)	14 – Edwards	12 – Edwards	9 – Ross	Chiles Center (1,751) Portland, OR
February 2, 2019 7:00 pm		at Pacific	L 59–66	11–12 (4–5)	16 – Edwards	12 – Edwards	2 – Cooper Jr.	Alex G. Spanos Center (2,731) Stockton, CA
February 7, 2019 7:00 pm		Santa Clara	L 71–79	11–13 (4–6)	20 – Ross	8 – Edwards	10 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (874) Malibu, CA
February 9, 2019 1:00 pm, SPCSN		San Diego	W 70–67	12–13 (5–6)	19 – Ross	10 – Edwards	10 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,015) Malibu, CA
February 14, 2019 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 77–89	12–14 (5–7)	21 – Ross	7 – Edwards	9 – Ross	War Memorial Gymnasium (1,836) San Francisco, CA
February 16, 2019 8:00 pm, SPCSN		at Saint Mary's	L 65–72	12–15 (5–8)	22 – Ross	9 – Edwards	5 – Ross	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
February 21, 2019 6:00 pm, RTNW		at No. 2 Gonzaga	L 64–92	12–16 (5–9)	16 – Dunn	7 – Dunn	8 – Ross	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
February 23, 2019 5:00 pm		Portland	W 86–80	13–16 (6–9)	23 – Ross	11 – Edwards	10 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,045) Malibu, CA
March 2, 2019 5:00 pm		Pacific	L 72–73	13–17 (6–10)	36 – Ross	7 – Edwards	3 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,157) Malibu, CA
WCC tournament
March 7, 2019 10:00 pm, TheW.tv	(8)	vs. (9) Pacific Opening round	W 61–53	14–17	15 – Polk Jr.	11 – Edwards	3 – Ross	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
March 8, 2019 10:00 pm, TheW.tv	(8)	vs. (5) Loyola Marymount Second round	W 68–65	15–17	20 – Ross	9 – Ohia Obioha	6 – Ross	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(8)	vs. (4) San Francisco Third round	W 89–72	16–17	26 – Ross	7 – Edwards	9 – Ross	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
March 11, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN	(8)	vs. (1) No. 1 Gonzaga Semifinals	L 74–100	16–18	20 – Ross	9 – Smith	3 – Ross	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Amadi Udenyi	0	G	6'0"	195	RS Senior	Oakland, CA	Graduated
Elijah Lee	1	G	5'10"	160	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Graduate transferred to Midwestern State
Trae Berhow	11	G	6'5"	195	Freshman	Watertown, MN	Transferred to Northern Iowa
Caleb Martin	15	G	6'2"	190	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Knox Hellums	21	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Tomball, TX	Transferred to UTSA
Harrison Meads	22	F	6'7"	215	Junior	New Plymouth, New Zealand	Left the team due to personal reasons
Nolan Taylor	31	F	6'7"	260	Sophomore	Keller, TX	Transferred to Cal Poly
Kevin Hempy	34	F	6'6"	200	RS Senior	Santa Barbara, CA	Walk-on; graduated
Matthew Atewe	41	F/C	6'9"	250	RS Senior	Toronto, ON	Graduated

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Keith Smith	11	F	6'7"	215	Junior	Seattle, WA	Transferred from Oregon. Under NCAA transfer rules, Smith will sit out the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
M. J. Cage	35	F	6'10"	225	RS Sophomore	Santa Ana, CA	Transferred from Oregon. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cage will sit out the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Darryl Polk #86 PG	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Polytechnic High School	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	135 lb (61 kg)
Darryl Polk #86 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59
Andre Ball #73 SF	Chino Hills, CA	Chino Hills High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
Andre Ball #73 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Kessler Edwards #73 SF	Etiwanda, CA	Etiwanda High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
Kessler Edwards #73 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Jackson Stormo C	Santa Barbara, CA	San Marcos High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (120 kg)
Jackson Stormo C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Victor Ohia Obioha C	Owerri, Nigeria	Hillcrest High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	N/A
Victor Ohia Obioha C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Pepperdine Waves 2018 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2018 Pepperdine Waves Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2018 Pepperdine Waves Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2018-19_Pepperdine_Waves_men's_basketball_team

2018–19 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class of 2018

Roster

Schedule and results

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Gonzaga	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	4	.892
Saint Mary's †	11	–	5	.688	22	–	12	.647
BYU	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
San Francisco	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Loyola Marymount	8	–	8	.500	22	–	12	.647
Santa Clara	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
San Diego	7	–	9	.438	21	–	15	.583
Pepperdine	6	–	10	.375	16	–	18	.471
Pacific	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Portland	0	–	16	.000	7	–	25	.219

† 2019 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll