The Cougars took 65 shots against LMU and 64 against Pepperdine, but they could not get nearly as many to drop in their fourth straight road game.
"I think we just missed shots, honestly," Emery said. "We got a little bit too excited when we were open. Those shots, we just gotta knock them down, and we didn't do it."
Pepperdine had 16 assists on 30 field goals, so it wasn't like the statisticians were stingy on awarding dimes, as they sometimes can be.
After getting 15 assists Thursday, a career high, Kyle Collinsworth was held to just three, a season low.