HAWAI'I WARRIORS (9-11, 2-5 WAC) vs. NEVADA WOLF PACK (12-8, 4-3 WAC)
GAME #21
Sat., Jan. 30, 2010 - 7:05 p.m. PT - Lawlor Events Center (11,536) - Reno, Nev.
TELEVISION: ESPNU
Trey Bender (play-by-play) & Bob Donewald (color)
RADIO: University of Nevada Sports Network (ESPN Radio 630 AM, Reno;
KELK 1240 AM, Elko; KHWG 750 AM, Fallon & KSVL 92.3 FM, Yerington)
Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) & Len Stevens (color), pregame show starts at 6:30 p.m. PT
SERIES HISTORY: Nevada leads the series with Hawai'i 16-9
LAST MEETING: Nevada has won the last seven meetings between the two teams, turning in a 47-46 victory over Hawai'i on Feb. 14, 2009 in Honolulu.
Following an 87-77 loss at Fresno State Saturday night, the Nevada Wolf Pack (12-8, 4-3 WAC) returns to Lawlor Events Center Saturday to play host to the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (9-11, 2-5 WAC). Saturday's game will tip off at 7:05 p.m. Pacific Time and will be televised nationally by ESPNU. It can also be heard live on Nevada's flagship radio station, ESPN 630 AM, with Ryan Radtke and former Wolf Pack head coach Len Stevens calling the action. Saturday's game is the lone home contest for the Wolf Pack in a stretch of four of five away from Reno. Last week's loss at Fresno State snapped Nevada's two-game winning streak, while the Wolf Pack is now part of a three-way tie for fourth in the WAC with a 4-3 conference mark. Nevada has turned in a 9-1 record at home this season and has won 28 of its last 34 WAC regular-season home games. Following Saturday's game, the Wolf Pack returns to action on Feb. 6, traveling to Logan, Utah, to take on the Utah State Aggies in a nationally televised contest on ESPNU.
Under the direction of first-year head coach David Carter, the Wolf Pack returned three starters and a total of eight letterwinners from last year's 21-13 team, including the preseason WAC Player of the Year in sophomore forward Luke Babbitt who led the team in scoring and rebounding last season as a true freshman and preseason first-team All-WAC selection junior guard Armon Johnson who was second on the team in scoring and paced the Wolf Pack in assists last year. This season's team also features three seniors in guards Brandon Fields and Ray Kraemer and forward Joey Shaw as well as five new faces. Last season, Nevada turned in its sixth consecutive year with at least 20 wins and earned the team's seventh consecutive postseason appearance with an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational.
COACHES VS. CANCER
The Wolf Pack will team up with the American Cancer Society for Saturday's game with Hawai'i as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend.
Fans can show their support for the American Cancer Society by purchasing limited edition NSPIRE t-shirts featuring the Nevada logo for $10 each at the game. T-shirts can also be purchased ahead of time at the American Cancer Society's Reno office at 691 Sierra Rose Drive, Suite A, Reno, NV, 89511, or by calling (775) 329-0600. Proceeds from the sale of the NSPIRE t-shirts will benefit the American Cancer Society's efforts in Reno.
Along with college coaches around the country, head coach David Carter and his staff will be wearing sneakers instead of dress shoes with their suits at Saturday's game to show support for the National Association of Basketball Coaches' collaborative initiative with the American Cancer Society.
Fans are encouraged to wear their NSPIRE t-shirts and tennis shoes to the game to show their support for the American Cancer Society.
In addition to participating in the NSPIRE and Suits vs. Sneakers awareness weekend, Carter will team up with the American Cancer Society later this spring for the third annual Suits and Sneakers Ball. This year's event is set for May 1 at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa.
More information about the American Cancer Society can be found at www.cancer.org, while additional details about the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign can be found at www.coachesvscancer.org.
WINNING AT LAWLOR
The Wolf Pack has won 67 of its last 81 contests at Lawlor Events Center, dating back to the start of the 2005-06 season. Including a 9-1 record this year, the Wolf Pack has turned in a 95-18 record at Lawlor Events Center since the start of the 2003-04 season (.841 winning percentage).
Nevada has also captured 28 of its last 34 WAC regular-season home games (.824) and 33 of its last 40 home games against WAC opponents (.825) counting the 2006 and 2009 WAC Tournaments (dating back to the 2005-06 season). A Jan. 19, 2008 loss to Boise State snapped the Wolf Pack's 14-game winning streak in WAC home games, including a perfect 8-0 mark in 2006-07 and a 2-0 mark to start the 2007-08 season (finished 7-1). That 14-game win streak had dated back to January of 2006. Nevada's losses to Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State last season marked its first back-to-back WAC home losses since falling to Louisiana Tech and SMU in January of 2002.
ABOUT THE HAWAI'I RAINBOW WARRIORS
Under the direction of third-year head coach Bob Nash (24-36 record in two-plus years at UH), the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors returned four starters and a total of 10 letterwinners from last year's 13-21 team. The Warriors finished eighth in the WAC last season with a 5-11 conference mark. Hawai'i holds a 9-11 overall mark and is seventh in the WAC with a 3-5 league mark this season. The Warriors have dropped their last two games, both at home, falling to New Mexico State 71-69 on Jan. 21 and Louisiana Tech 65-60 on Jan. 23, and will play at San Jose State on Thursday before making the trip to Reno.
Senior guard Roderick Flemings (6-7, 210) leads Hawai'i and ranks 11th in the WAC with 14.8 points per game, while junior guard Dwain Williams (6-0, 175) is averaging 14.0 points per contest after transferring from Providence College. Senior center Petras Balocka (6-8, 250) is the Warriors' top rebounder, checking in at seventh in the WAC at 8.4 rebounds per game.
IN THE SERIES
Nevada holds a 16-9 lead in the series with Hawai'i and has won the last seven games between the two schools. Last year, the Wolf Pack turned in a 74-63 victory on Jan. 22, 2009 in Reno and a thrilling 47-46 win on Feb. 14, 2009 in Honolulu. In that game in Honolulu, Armon Johnson hit a spinning 7-foot jumper with 7.6 seconds left to lift Nevada to victory. The Wolf Pack has never lost to the Rainbow Warriors in Reno, winning all 12 of the games played in its home gyms in the series which dates back to the 1946-47 season.
LAST TIME OUT
Greg Smith had 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as Fresno State held off Nevada for an 87-77 victory on Saturday night in Fresno, Calif.
Mike Ladd added 14 points, and Brandon Sperling had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Bulldogs, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Luke Babbitt scored 29 points for Nevada, including 10 in a row as the Wolf Pack trimmed a 17-point deficit to five with 3:43 remaining.
But Smith's three-point play put Fresno State ahead 78-70 with 3:20 left, and Nevada got no closer than seven the rest of the way.
LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD
Nevada leads the WAC in scoring offense and ranks 13th in the NCAA this season at 81.8 points per game, up from its average of 70.6 ppg last year. Four Wolf Pack players are averaging in double figures for scoring this season, and three are ranked in the WAC's top 15. Sophomore Luke Babbitt is leading the team and ranked third in the WAC at 21.5 points per game (14th in the NCAA), while junior Armon Johnson is seventh in the WAC at 16.1 points per game and senior Brandon Fields ranks ninth at 15.0 points per contest. Senior Joey Shaw is just out of the WAC's top 15 at 10.6 points per game.
Nevada has turned in three of its top four scoring efforts of the season recently with 104 points in its Dec. 22 loss to BYU, 99 points in the following day's victory over Tulsa and 96 in Saturday's 96-67 win over San Jose State. The team has averaged 83.8 points per game in its last 10 games (838) and 83.3 ppg in its last 14 contests (1166). This season marks the first time since 1997-98 that the team has topped the century mark twice in the same year, while its two 100-point efforts are the top two scoring efforts in the WAC so far this season. The Pack's 96 points Jan. 9 vs. San Jose State were also the most for Nevada in a WAC game since the team's 98-85 win over New Mexico State on Feb. 28, 2008 in Reno.
Nevada's season-high 112 points in its Nov. 21 win over Houston marked the most for the Wolf Pack since the team turned in a 117-88 win over Northwestern State on Dec. 19, 1991. The team's 61 points in the first half also mark the most points in a half since Nevada scored what is believed to be a school-record 71 points in the second half of a 117-88 win over Northwestern State on Dec. 19, 1991.
The Wolf Pack has had four different players lead the team in scoring this year. Sophomore Luke Babbitt has paced the Wolf Pack in scoring a team-best 12 times this year, including the last four games and 10 of the last 12. Most recently, he turned in 26 Jan. 4 at New Mexico State and Jan. 13 vs. Utah State, 19 Jan. 16 vs. Idaho and a season high-tying 29 Jan. 20 at Boise State and Jan. 23 at Fresno State. Babbitt also scored a season-best 29 points to pace the team Dec. 17 vs. Eastern Washington. Junior Armon Johnson has led the team in scoring five times, including a season-high 30 points Dec. 22 vs. BYU (also a team season high) and 23 in the Jan. 9 win over San Jose State. Johnson also paced the Pack in three straight games with 20 points Nov. 29 at then No. 11/12 North Carolina, 18 Dec. 5 at Pacific and 19 Dec. 8 vs. Fresno Pacific. Senior Brandon Fields had 22 in a Nov. 18 loss at UNLV and 20 Dec. 12 vs. South Dakota State, while senior Joey Shaw turned in his career-best 26 in the Nov. 14 win over Houston.
Nevada has had at least four players in double figures for scoring in 15 of its 20 games this year, including two with five (Houston and BYU). The Wolf Pack had three players reach the 20-point plateau in each of those contests.
NEVADA'S 1,000-POINT SCORERS
With a free throw late in the second half Saturday at Fresno State, sophomore Luke Babbitt became the 21st player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. Babbitt now has 1,005 career points and is one of eight players in school history to reach the mark in only two seasons. Babbitt joins junior Armon Johnson and senior Brandon Fields in that elite club, marking the first time in school history that Nevada has members of the 1,000-point club on its roster in the same season.
With his 19 points on Jan. 9 vs. San Jose State, Fields reached the 1,000-point mark and now has 1,078 points in 118 career games (16th). Johnson scored his 1,000th career point Dec. 5 at Pacific and currently ranks 13th all time at Nevada with 1,228 points in 87 career games.
NEVADA'S 1,000-POINT SCORERS
Rk. Name Games Blks
1 Nick Fazekas, 2004-07 131 2,464
2 Marcelus Kemp, 2004-08 134 1,939
3 Edgar Jones, 1975-79 101 1,877
4 Alex Boyd, 1967-70 73 1,731
5 Terrance Green, 1999-2003 119 1,646
6 Pete Padgett, 1972-76 104 1,642
7 Ric Herrin, 1989-93 109 1,512
8 Darryl Owens, 1986-89 82 1,504
9 Kirk Snyder, 2001-04 84 1,404
10 Garry Hill-Thomas, 2000-04 124 1,340
11 Kevin Soares, 1988-92 116 1,261
12 Nap Montgomery, 1964-66 N/A 1,249
13 Armon Johnson, 2007-pres. 87 1,228
14 Ken "Tree" Green, 1981-83 57 1,212
15 Mike Gray, 1977-79 55 1,125
16 Brandon Fields, 2006-pres. 118 1,078
17 Matt Williams, 1987-91 113 1,062
18 Dwayne Randall, 1984-86 58 1,060
19 Marvin Buckley, 1972-74 N/A 1,039
20 Faron Hand, 1994-97 64 1,034
21 Luke Babbitt, 2008-pres. 54 1,005
BABBITT PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR
Sophomore forward Luke Babbitt has just picked up where he left off last season, leading the Wolf Pack again in scoring and rebounding this year. He ranks third in the WAC with 21.5 points per game (14th in the NCAA) and second in the conference at 10.0 boards per contest (24th in the nation in rebounding). Babbitt is just one of three players in the country to be averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, joining Artsiom Parakhouski of Radford (23.6 ppg, 12.9 rpg) and Omar Samhan of Saint Mary's (21.6 ppg, 10.7 rpg) in that elite club. He also ranks first in the WAC in rebounding and second in scoring in conference games only, turning in 24.7 points and 10.7 boards per league tilt.
The Nevada southpaw turned in a season-high 29 points in a Dec. 17 victory over Eastern Washington, just one point shy of his career best, including 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the first half. He pulled down nine rebounds in the game to lead the Pack but saw his stretch of seven consecutive double-doubles snapped. He has also matched that season high in each of the last two games, turning in 29 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field (including 2-of-2 from three-point land) and 11-of-11 shooting from the free throw line Jan. 20 at Boise State and scoring 29 on 11-of-19 shooting Jan. 23 at Fresno State.
Babbitt ranks tied for third in the nation with 14 double-doubles and has had nine or more rebounds in all but four games this season. Babbitt has turned in a double-double in six of the last seven games, most recently adding 29 points and 10 rebounds Jan. 20 at Boise State and again Jan. 23 at Fresno State.
Babbitt has had 23 career games with at least 20 points (including 12 this year and nine of the last 10 games) and has led the team in scoring 27 times in his young career (15 times last year and 12 this season). He has scored in double figures in 51 of 54 career games at Nevada, including all 20 contests this year. In the last 10 games, Babbitt is averaging 23.9 points per contest (239). The preseason WAC Player of the Year, Babbitt was named to the preseason watch lists for the 2009-10 John R. Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy. Both awards are annually presented to the top player in college basketball.
Babbitt turned in 27 points to go along with 13 rebounds Nov. 27 at VCU, scoring 23 of his 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting in the second half in Nevada's near comeback. He also had 14 points and a career-best 17 rebounds Nov. 21 vs. Houston and opened the year with 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting in the team's Nov. 14 win over Montana State.
Babbitt, a 6-9, 225-pound forward from Reno, Nev., was named the 2009 WAC Freshman of the Year last season after leading the team in scoring and rebounding with 16.9 points and 7.4 boards per game. An all-district selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the United States Basketball Writers Association, he ranked second among the nation's freshmen in scoring behind just Liberty's Seth Curry who averaged 20.2 points per game last year. Babbitt finished third in the WAC in scoring and rebounding and led the league in free throw shooting. Babbitt also set nearly every Wolf Pack freshman single-season record, including scoring with 573 total points.
KRAEMER LIGHTS IT UP FROM BEYOND THE ARC
Senior Ray Kraemer leads the WAC and ranks tied for eighth in the nation in three-point percentage, knocking down 50.0 percent of his long-range attempts (38-76). He has shot 53.5 percent in the last 10 games (23-43), including a 4-of-4 outing Jan. 13 vs. Utah State to match his career best for three-pointers made. He has drained a career-best four trey three times this season with 4-of-6 efforts Nov. 21 vs. Houston and Dec. 22 vs. BYU and the 4-of-4 showing vs. the Aggies.
Kraemer has made at least one three-pointer in 17 of 20 games this season, including 10 contests with more than one. He has already made 38 three-pointers this season, surpassing the 23 he had in his first two seasons combined.
At 44.2 percent for his career (61-138), he ranks second in career three-point percentage at Nevada, just behind Byron Strachan who made 45.0 percent (68-151) from 1986-88.
SHOOTING TOUCH
Nevada leads the WAC and ranks 15th in the nation in field goal percentage, knocking down 48.9 percent of its field goal attempts, compared to just 42.7 percent from the field last season. The Wolf Pack has shot 50.0 percent from the field in its last 10 games (334-667), including a 58.8-percent effort Dec. 22 vs. BYU and a 56.3-percent showing Dec. 23 vs. Tulsa.
The Wolf Pack has shot over 50 percent in 10 of its 20 games this season (including three of the last six) and holds a 9-1 record in those games. Nevada shot a sizzling season-high 60.9 percent in its Nov. 21 victory over Houston. That marked the team's first 60-percent effort since a 62.3-percent shooting night at San Jose State on Feb. 12, 2009.
Nevada's roster features three players ranked in the WAC's top 15 for field goal percentage. Sophomore Luke Babbitt is ranked 11th in the WAC and 57th in the nation at 52.8 percent, junior Armon Johnson checks in at 13th at 50.7 percent and senior Joey Shaw is 15th at 48.7.
Nevada has also checked in at 40.3 percent from three-point land in the last 10 games (71-176), including a season-high 53.8 percent Jan. 20 at Boise State (7-13). The team had shot just 20.5 percent from three-point land in its three previous games (9-44) before the recent effort. Nevada has made 50 percent of its three-point attempts five times this year (6-of-12 at UNLV, 11-of-22 vs. Houston, 9-of-18 vs. Tulsa, 9-of-18 Jan. 13 vs. Utah State, 7-13 Jan. 20 at Boise State) and made nine in its Jan. 4 win at New Mexico State (45.0 percent, 9-20). The 11 three-pointers made vs. Houston marked the most for Nevada since it made 11 in a Feb. 9, 2008 win over Hawai'i.
ASSISTS MACHINE
Junior guard Armon Johnson ranks second in the WAC and 37th in the nation this year with 5.15 assists per game this year. The leftie dished out a career-best 12 assists Nov. 21 vs. Houston for his second career double-double, had eight assists in a Dec. 17 victory over Eastern Washington and turned in nine assists Jan. 13 vs. Utah State. He is also second in the WAC with 5.71 assists per game in league play. Last year, Johnson turned in 11 points and 11 assists in a win over Oregon State, which marked Nevada's first points-assists double-double since Ramon Sessions had his lone career double-double in 2004-05 vs. Boise State (11 points and 10 assists). Johnson's 12 assists win over Houston are still the most by a WAC player so far this season.
With his seven assists in the Dec. 8 win over Fresno Pacific, Johnson entered the Nevada career chart for assists and currently ranks eighth with 358 career assists. He has also become just the sixth player in Wolf Pack history to turn in 1,000 points and 250 assists in his career. Only Nevada standouts Marcelus Kemp, Pete Padgett, Darryl Owens Kevin Soares and Matt Williams have previously scored at least 1,000 points and dished out 250 or more assists as members of the Wolf Pack. Johnson was on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award, which is annually presented to the top collegiate point guard in the country.
A 2009 first-team All-WAC selection, Johnson has led the Pack in scoring five times this year and checks in at seventh in the WAC in scoring with 16.1 points per game this season. He scored a season-high 30 points in the Dec. 22 game with BYU, his second career 30-point game and just three points shy of his career best of 33 last year vs. California. He has also turned two other 20-point games this year, including 22 points in the Nov. 21 win over Houston and a game-high 23 Jan. 9 vs. San Jose State.
WOLF PACK NOTES
- In addition to its 9-1 home mark, Nevada has put up some gaudy offensive numbers at Lawlor Events Center this season. The Wolf Pack is averaging 83.7 points per game and shooting 51.6 percent from the field in its nine home games. Sophomore Luke Babbitt is averaging 20.5 points per home game, while junior Armon Johnson is adding 16.4 ppg. Johnson is shooting the ball particularly well at home, making 57.4 percent of his shots at Lawlor (70-122). He has also dished out 6.2 assists per home game. Senior Ray Kraemer is knocking down 52.5 percent of his three-point attempts at home (21-40), including a perfect 4-of-4 outing Jan. 13 vs. Utah State.
- Nevada has shot just 63.4 percent from the free throw line in the last three games (64-101), including a season-low 50.0 percent (9-18) in its Jan. 13 overtime loss to Utah State.
- Sophomore Luke Babbitt ranks second in the WAC and 19th in the nation at 89.1 percent from the free throw line this year (106-119), including a 10-of-10 effort Nov. 18 at UNLV and 11-of-11 showings Jan. 9 vs. San Jose State and Jan. 20 at Boise State. In the last nine games, Babbitt has made 59-of-66 free throw attempts (89.4 percent), while his miss in the second half Jan. 4 at New Mexico State snapped a stretch of 22 straight made free throws for him. Last year, Babbitt led the WAC in free throw percentage and ranked 24th in the country last year as a freshman at 86.4 percent.
- Senior Brandon Fields ranks second on the team with 48 assists and has the Wolf Pack's best assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.55 (48 assists and just 31 turnovers). He tied his career best with five assists and no turnovers Jan. 4 at New Mexico State.
- Fields is turning in 15.0 points per game this season (third on the team and ninth in the WAC), up 5.6 ppg from his average of 9.4 last year. He tied his career best with four three-pointers made Jan. 23 at Fresno State.
- Nevada tied Fresno State in rebounding with 31 Saturday and had been outrebounded in each of its previous three games. The team had outrebounded its previous 11 opponents. Nevada has still outrebounded 13 of its last 18 foes and is now 9-4 when outrebounding its opponent this season.
- Nevada continues to lead the WAC in rebounding with 40.2 boards per contest and has two players ranked in the WAC's top 10. Sophomore Luke Babbitt is second in the WAC and 24th in the nation with 10.0 rebounds per game, while sophomore Dario Hunt checks in at ninth in the WAC at 7.3 boards per contest. Four Wolf Pack players set or tied career bests for rebounding in the season-high 57-rebound performance vs. Houston, including a career-high 17 by Babbitt, a career best-tying nine by senior Joey Shaw and Hunt (since broken) and a career high-matching seven by junior Armon Johnson. Senior Brandon Fields also matched his career best with nine rebounds Nov. 27 at VCU.
- The Wolf Pack is now 5-7 in games decided by 10 points or less and has lost its eight games this year by an average of just 7.6 points per contest (61).
- The Wolf Pack ranks second in the WAC with 4.40 blocked shots per game after leading the conference in the category with 4.79 per tilt last season. The WAC's leader last year, sophomore Dario Hunt is second in the league in blocked shots this year with 2.00 per game (58th in the NCAA), including a career-high matching six Jan. 13 vs. Utah State, five in the season opener vs. Montana State and three in five other games. He has blocked at least one shot in 46 of 54 career games (18 of 20 contests this season) and has turned in 31 career games with more than one block, including five with five or more. Hunt has 107 blocks in his career (in 54 games, 1.98 per game), which already ranks tied for fifth on the Nevada career list. Hunt's 67 blocks last season set the school freshman record and ranked third in the Nevada single-season record book.
- Nevada blocked a season-high 11 shots Jan. 13 vs. Utah State with sophomore Dario Hunt matching his career best with six rejections and sophomore Luke Babbitt setting a career high with four blocks.
- Sophomore Keith Olson saw the first action of his Wolf Pack career Dec. 19 vs. Wagner, turning in five points on 2-of-4 shooting and pulling down four rebounds in 11 minutes. The Gardnerville, Nev., native and Douglas High School graduate transferred to Nevada from Northern Arizona and sat out the first semester due to NCAA rules.
- Sophomore London Giles turned in a career-high six assists in 10 minutes of action in the Dec. 17 Wagner game, while senior Brandon Fields matched his career high with five. The pair accounted for 11 of Nevada's 19 assists in the contest.
- The contest-cinching three-pointer that senior Brandon Fields hit to with 4.3 seconds left in its Dec. 17 victory over Eastern Washington marked the first game-winning field goal for Fields in his Nevada career. He had been 0-of-5 from three-point land in the game before nailing the shot.
- All 11 of the Wolf Pack players who saw action in the Dec. 12 win over South Dakota State scored at least two points, including freshman Keith Fuetsch who scored the first four points of his career. Ten of 11 players scored in the Dec. 8 win over Fresno Pacific. The Wolf Pack got two of its three highest bench scoring outputs recently, including a season-high 26 bench points in the Dec. 8 win over Fresno Pacific and 22 in the Dec. 12 victory over South Dakota State. Nevada also got 23 bench points in its Nov. 21 victory over Houston. Senior Ray Kraemer is Nevada's leading scorer off the bench, turning in 6.8 points per game.
- Freshman Marko Cukic turned in season highs with six points on 3-of-3 shooting and five rebounds Dec. 5 at Pacific and bested those marks in the Dec. 8 win over Fresno Pacific with seven points and six boards.
- Sophomore Luke Babbitt was on the preseason watch list for the Wooden Award, marking the fourth time in five seasons that Nevada has had a player considered for that prestigious award with Marcelus Kemp making the preseason list in 2007-08 and Nick Fazekas in 2005-06 and 2006-07. Fazekas was named to the final ballot for the Wooden Award in each of those years and in 2006-07, he was named one of 10 Wooden Award All-Americans and finished eighth in the final voting for the award.
TIMEOUT LUNCHEONS
The remaining University of Nevada's Time-Out Luncheons with first-year Wolf Pack head men's basketball coach David Carter is set for Monday, Feb. 1.
The luncheon will take place at the Silver Legacy. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., and the cost is $16 per person at the door.
The luncheon will feature a gourmet buffet prepared by the Silver Legacy, and the program includes game recaps and previews by Carter as well as appearances by other Wolf Pack coaches and staff. The room will be announced on the day of the luncheon.
For more information, call the Wolf Pack Athletics Department at 775-784-6900.
UP NEXT
Following Saturday's game with Hawai'i, Nevada continues its stretch of four of the five on the road with the team heading to Utah State (Feb. 6) and Idaho (Feb. 10). The Wolf Pack's next home game is a Feb. 13 showing against Boise State.
