Nevada Game Notes: - With the 79-62 win over Utah State on Saturday night, Nevada improved to 19-2 overall and 7-1 in WAC play this year. Nevada also maintained a share of the WAC lead with New Mexico State, which turned in an 85-78 win at San Jose State. - The victory marked the team's eighth consecutive home win and its 20th in 21 tries at Lawlor Events Center. - Senior Nick Fazekas paced the Wolf Pack with 24 points and a career high-tying 18 rebounds. He also tied his season best with four assists (and no turnovers) and added three blocked shots. - That marked Fazekas' 13th double-double of the season and the 54th of his career. - Fazekas also moved into sixth on the WAC career scoring list with 2,195 points and fifth on the WAC career rebounding list with 1,123 boards. - Juniors Marcelus Kemp and Ramon Sessions added 15 and 13 points, respectively. Senior Kyle Shiloh turned in 10 points, including 2-of-3 three-point attempts. Shiloh also tied his season best with six assists without any turnovers. - With his three three-pointers tonight, Kemp moved into sixth on the Nevada career list with 125 career treys. - Nevada returns to action on Wednesday, traveling to Louisiana Tech to take on the Bulldogs for the second time in three games.
Nevada Quotes
Nevada forward Nick Fazekas on his rebounding:
“Because of my ankle, I haven’t had much lift the last two or three games. I was relying on the ball to come to me. I did a much better job tonight, but I still have strides to make with my ankle.”
Fazekas on the win:
“We have a lot of respect for Utah State. We’re going to try and keep this going.”
Fazekas on Nevada’s energy:
“We seem to find a way to win. It’s not good when we come out flat. If we do, we try to come back.”
Fazekas on Nevada’s freshmen:
“Coach is trying to get them as much experience as possible and trying to limit their mistakes. The freshmen give us a good lift off the bench.”
Nevada guard Ramon Sessions on the game:
“Utah State is a great team and a great program.”
Nevada guard Kyle Shiloh on Nevada’s game at La Tech on Jan, 31st:
“It’s a long trip in a hostile environment. La Tech is a good team.”
Shiloh on always taking the toughest defensive assignment:
“I take it as a big accomplishment. There are a lot of good players in this league. I look forward to it. I just got the job done tonight.”
Nevada head coach Mark Fox on the execution of his team:
“I’m pleased. Offensively, we showed good patience and got a lot of assists.”
Fox on Nevada’s defensive pressure of Utah State player Jaycee Carroll:
“He got 15 points. He is a terrific player and he hurt us in the second half. I was pleased for the most part with our defense on him. You’re not going to shut that kid down. He’s just too darned good.”
Fox on Shiloh’s defense:
“He is a huge part of the team and he is very good in a lot of ways. Tonight he scored in double figures.”
“Kyle is such a winner. He just does whatever we need.”
Fox on the crowd:
“It makes you feel for our kids to come to the game and see sold out’ flashing on the board (outside the arena). The fans showed up here tonight and brought energy. Our kids fed on it.”
Utah State Quotes
Utah State coach Stew Morrill
On Nevada’s defense
“They are good defensively and play very physical. They always put their hands on the ball.”
On Ramon Sessions
“He is better in every phase of the game. He is a classic example of a guy in a good program getting better every year.”
On the second half
“We got ourselves in the game but made about four or five mistakes in a row. We had a tough stretch where we had a couple bad possessions and missed defensive assignments.”
On Nevada’s size
“We ran out of gas. Their size wore us down. We had a tough time scoring on their defense because of their size.”
Utah State guard Jaycee Carroll
On Nevada
“They were physical and did a great job defensively. They are one of the top teams in the league on me defensively.”
On Ramon Sessions
“Sessions has gotten better and is doing a great job running the team.”
On Nevada’s offense
“They got a lot of weapons, especially with Kemp and his confidence.”
