San Jose State at Nevada
January 9, 2010
Postgame Notes:
- With the 96-67 win over San Jose State on Saturday night, Nevada improved to 10-6 overall and 2-1 in WAC play, while SJSU fell to 8-6 and 1-1 in WAC play.
- Nevada also won for the 26th time in its last 30 WAC regular-season games and 94-17 overall at Lawlor Events Center since the start of the 2003-04 season.
- Junior Armon Johnson led the team with 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting, the fifth time this year that he has paced the team in scoring and his third 20-point game of the year.
- Johnson led four Wolf Pack players in double figures for scoring with sophomore Luke Babbitt turning in 20, senior Brandon Fields adding 19 and senior Joey Shaw chipping in with 11.
- Babbitt led the team with his league-leading 11th double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. He also made 11-of-11 free throw attempts in the game.
- With his 19 points, Fields became the 20th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. He now has scored 1,012 points in 114 career games and joins teammate Armon Johnson in that exclusive club. Babbitt now needs just 110 points to reach that career milestone.
- For the second game in a row, Nevada never trailed in the game, while Wolf Pack held a 47-29 halftime lead. The team's biggest lead was 29 points with 36 seconds to play in the second half.
- Johnson also added seven assists with just two turnovers.
- Nevada matched its season best with 10 steals, including a career-high three each by Fields and sophomore London Giles.
- Senior Ray Kraemer knocked down three three-pointers for the second game in a row, going 3-of-5 from beyond the arc for nine points.
- The Wolf Pack made 51.5 percent of its field goal attempts in the game, marking the ninth time this year the team has been above 50 percent. The team also made 7-of-17 three-point attempts (41.2 percent) and has made 43.2 percent from beyond the arc in the last two games (16-37).
- Nevada outrebounded San Jose State 34-33 and has now outrebounded its last 11 opponents. The Wolf Pack is now 9-4 when outrebounding opponents this year. In addition to Babbitt's 10 rebounds, sophomore Dario Hunt added six.
- Nevada returns to action Wednesday night, playing host to Utah State at 8:05 p.m. Pacific Time. ESPN2 will televise the game nationally, while it can be heard on Nevada's flagship, ESPN 630 AM, with Ryan Radtke and former Wolf Pack head coach Len Stevens calling the action.
