Fresno Pacific at Nevada
December 8, 2009
Postgame Notes:
- Nevada snapped a three-game losing streak with an 89-67 victory over Fresno Pacific on Tuesday night at Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack improved to 3-4 on the season and 3-0 at home this year. The game was an exhibition for Fresno Pacific, which holds a 7-1 record this season.
- Junior Armon Johnson led the Wolf Pack in scoring for the third consecutive game with 19 points.
- Tuesday marked the sixth time in seven games this year that Nevada has had four players in double figures for scoring. In addition to Johnson's 19, sophomore Luke Babbitt added 16 and seniors Joey Shaw and Brandon Fields each chipped in with 10.
- Babbitt led the team in rebounding for the fifth time in seven games and turned in his sixth consecutive double-double with 10 rebounds.
- Nevada shot 54.2 percent from the field in the game, marking the third time this year that the Wolf Pack has been over 50 percent. The team shot a sizzling 67.7 percent in the first half, making 21 of 31 attempts from the field.
- The Wolf Pack outrebounded the Sunbirds 42-23, improving to 2-2 this year when outrebounding its opponents.
- Johnson also paced the team with seven assists and moved into 10th on the Nevada career list with 294 assists in 74 games. He passed Kyle Shiloh who had ranked 10th with 293 assists in 123 career contests from 2004-07.
- With three blocks, sophomore Dario Hunt moved into eighth place on the Nevada career lists with 85 in 41 career games, topping the 83 that Quentin Stephens had in 96 career games from 1983-87. Hunt has blocked more than one shot in 26 games in his young career.
- All but 11 of the Wolf Pack players who saw action tonight scored at least two points, including freshman Patrick Nyeko who had six points in his first regular-season action of the season.
- Nevada returns to action Saturday night, continuing its four-game homestand with South Dakota State. Saturday's game at Lawlor Events Center will tip off at 7:05 p.m. Pacific Time and can be heard on Nevada's flagship, ESPN 630 AM, with Ryan Radtke calling the action.
