During the first half of BYU basketball's home game over Pepperdine, point guard Alex Barcello saw a loose ball and didn't think twice. Diving on the ground, the 6-foot-2 senior from Chandler, Arizona, took an accidental elbow from Pepperdine freshman Kendall Munson and immediately grabbed for his mouth. As the whistle blew, Barcello reacted and spit into his hand: sure enough, there was a half-tooth sitting in his palm following the fracas, which resulted in Barcello earning a foul for his role...
The Waves (6-6, 2-1 WCC) are among the hottest teams in the conference, led by junior forward Kessler Edwards, who recorded his 1,000th career point Thursday with a career-high 37 against Pacific. Pepperdine makes its way to Provo on Saturday (8 p.m. MST) for the first of a back-to-back, home-and-away series with the Cougars, having won consecutive games in league play and boasting the second-best scoring offense in the WCC at 78.0 points per game.
Former Portland Trailblazer Terry Porter, the Pilots head coach, is well liked but hasn’t had a ton of success in the Rose City. Due to graduation and defections, Porter was forced to rebuild his team from Division I or junior college transfers. All five starters are new to the program this year, including leader scorer Ahmed Ali.
CONF | OVR | PF | PA | |
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6-0 | 15-0 | 1416 | 1059 | |
4-1 | 13-3 | 1231 | 1063 | |
3-2 | 9-4 | 853 | 854 | |
2-2 | 6-7 | 990 | 955 | |
2-2 | 5-3 | 544 | 551 | |
4-4 | 10-8 | 1319 | 1212 | |
3-3 | 8-6 | 967 | 918 | |
2-3 | 11-5 | 1070 | 990 | |
1-3 | 2-6 | 523 | 589 | |
0-7 | 6-10 | 1128 | 1293 |