Nevada at Southern Illinois Postgame Notes:
- With the 74-49 loss at Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon in the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters, Nevada fell to 17-10 overall on the season.
- It marked Nevada’s first loss and first road game in five appearances in the BracketBusters event (now 4-1).
- Three players senior Marcelus Kemp, sophomore JaVale McGee and freshman Armon Johnson tied for the team lead with 12 points each.
- The Wolf Pack scored a season-low 49 points. Its previous low was 55 points in its Dec. 22 win at Northern Iowa.
- The team matched its season high with 21 turnovers and allowed Southern Illinois 14 steals, a season best by a Wolf Pack opponent this year.
- Senior Demarshay Johnson led the Wolf Pack with nine rebounds, marking the fifth time this year that he has paced the team in the category.
- Freshman Malik Cooke scored a career-best eight points in the contest and pulled down seven rebounds.
- Nevada outrebounded Southern Illinois 38-27 and lost for just the second time this year when outrebounding its opponent (11-2 record in those games).
- With his two blocked shots, sophomore JaVale McGee moved into the Nevada career top five in the category. With 104 blocks in 60 career games, McGee has moved past David Palm (103 blocks, 1981-82) for fifth on the Nevada career list.
- Nevada returns to Western Athletic Conference play this week, playing host to New Mexico State at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28. The Wolf Pack will play its regular-season home finale on Saturday, March 1 vs. Louisiana Tech. That game will tip off at 6:05 p.m., and Nevada will honor its four seniors David Ellis, Demarshay Johnson, Marcelus Kemp and Curry Lynch prior to that game. The team ends the regular season on March 8 at Fresno State.
