Nevada at Boise State
January 20, 2010
Postgame Notes:
- With the 88-82 win at Boise State Wednesday night, Nevada improved to 12-7 overall and 4-2 in WAC play, while Boise State fell to 9-11 and 0-7 in WAC play.
- Nevada also turned in its second true road win of the season (both in conference play) and is now 34-11 in WAC road games since the start of the 2004-05 season.
- Sophomore Luke Babbitt matched his season high with 29 points on 8-of-10 shooting and turned in his league-leading 13th double-double of the year with 10 rebounds. He was also 11-of-11 from the free throw line in the game.
- Babbitt led the team in scoring for the 11th time this season and the third consecutive game.
- Senior Brandon Fields added 21 points, including 17 in the second half, while junior Armon Johnson had 13.
- Sophomore Dario Hunt had one of the most efficient nights of his career, scoring nine points, pulling down eight boards and blocking three shots in 19 minutes.
- Nevada was outrebounded for the third consecutive game (39-36) after outrebounding its previous 11 opponents.
- Nevada made a season-best 53.8 percent of its three-point shots (7-13) and shot 54.5 percent from the field, the 10th time this year the team has been over 50 percent from the field.
- The Wolf Pack shot just 61.8 percent from the free throw line (21-34) and had 17 turnovers in the game.
- Nevada returns to action Saturday night, traveling to Fresno State. Saturday's game will tip off at 7:37 p.m. Pacific Time and will be televised locally by KAME-TV 21. It can also be heard on Nevada's flagship, ESPN 630 AM, with Ryan Radtke calling the action.
