SERIES 
HISTORY:
| Washington leads the series 5-1. The Huskies won the
last two meetings both played during the 1990-91 season
64-60 on Dec. 11, 1990 in Reno and 61-60 in overtime on
Jan. 22, 1991. UW is 2-1 in games played in Seattle.
Nevada’s win in the series was 92-90 on Nov. 30, 1988. |
| UP NEXT: | After the Christmas break Nevada travels to Portland, Ore.
to play at the University of Portland on Dec. 27 at 7 p.m.
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ABOUT THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES— The University of Washington is 7-3 and has been ranked in the top 25 during a portion of the early season polls. Head coach Lorenzo Romar is in his ninth season and has posted 178-94 (.654) record at Washington and is 271-182 (.598) in his 15th season as a head coach.
The Huskies have four players averaging double figures on the season led by 5-9, junior guard Isaiah Thomas who is scoring 15 points per game and dishing out 3.9 assists per contest. Matt Bryan-Amaning a 6-9, senior forward scores 13.7 points and grabs a team-high 6.1 rebounds per game. Senior forward Justin Holiday (6-6) is scoring 12.6 points per game and is second on the team averaging 5.9 rebounds per game. Abdul Gaddy, a 6-3 sophomore guard is fourth on the team in scoring at 10.2 points per game.
UW averages 90.6 points per game and has scored 100 or more points five times this season. The Huskies outscore their opponents by an average of 21.6 points per game. From the field they are shooting 49.6 percent and holding opponents to 41.7 percent. From behind the 3-point line UW is shooting 42.9 percent while opponents shoot just 29.7 percent. The Huskies are plus four in rebounds per game at 39.3 to 35.3.
HUNT LEADING THE WAY — Junior forward Dario Hunt is averaging near a double-double scoring 12.1 points per game and grabbing 9.5 rebounds per outing. The 12.1 ppg is second on the team and 11th in the WAC while the 9.5 rpg tops the conference
Hunt also ranks 11th in field goal percentage (46.4 %), seventh in blocks per game (1.2 bpg), first in offensive rebounds (4.2 orpg) and fifth in defensive rebounds (5.3 drpg) in the WAC.
In the Pack’s game versus San Francisco State he scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds which were game highs as he posted his third double-double of the season.  It was his fourth career double-double. The 25 points marked the second game of 20 or more points in his career with the first being 21 points against BYU last season. He finished with five blocks, one off his career best against the Gators.
Hunt led the Pack in scoring the first four games of the season and in rebounding the first three games of the year. It marked the first time in Hunt’s career that he has led the team in scoring in any contest and the first time he reached double figures in more than two consecutive games. In 11 games he has topped Nevada in scoring five times with two being game highs and reached double figures eight times on the year.
He grabbed 12 of more rebounds in three consecutive games until finishing with seven vs. ASU in the last game. Nine times he led the Wolf Pack in rebounding with two of those rebounding efforts tying for the honor. Seven of his rebounding totals were game highs.
YOUNG GUNS EQUAL 80% — Nevada has used four different lineups the first 11 games of the season but all have been dominated by young and first year players. Freshman point guard Deonte Burton has started all 11 games as has sophomore transfer Malik Story and returner Dario Hunt. Freshman Kevin Panzer has made eight starts, Jordan Burris six, Jerry Evans, Jr. three, Devonte Elliot three and Jordan Finn one. Junior transfer Olek Czyz made his first start versus Portland State on Monday.
Newcomers have scored 598-of-750 points on the season which equates to 80 percent of the offense. In the top 11 scorers on the team 10 are first-year players other than Dario Hunt’s 12.1 per game which ranks second on the team
TELL ME A STORY — Indiana transfer Malik Story has been one of the top offensive weapons for Nevada in his first season in the Silver & Blue, starting all 11 games.  After Story’s team-high 20 points against Portland State he is now the Pack’s top scorer at 13.5 points per game which also ranks eighth in the WAC. The 20 point game came after he led the Pack with 19 points in the Arizona State contest.
Seven times this season he has scored in double figures including a career and game-high 21 at Houston.  In four of the last five games and in five of the last seven he has scored in double figures. He scored nine points in the two games in the last seven in which he did not reach double digits and eight in the game prior.
He has two of Nevada’s three 20 point games with 21 at Houston and the 20 versus Portland State. His lowest output of the season was three versus Pacific, the second game of the season on Nov. 15.
He has led the team in scoring in four games; versus Boston University (14 pts), at Houston (21 pts), tied Deonte Burton for the honor in the UNLV game as both totaled 15 points, versus Arizona State (19 pts) and the Portland State (20 pts) outing.
The Pack’s top long range shooter and one of the best in the WAC this season Story is making 47.6 (28-of-60) percent of his 3-point attempts, to rank second in the conference. His 2.55, 3-point shots made per game is third in the WAC. He has made a 3-point shot in every game but versus San Francisco State when he was 0-for-1 from behind the arc. An excellent free throw shooter his 78.1 (25-of-32) percent is 10th in the league.
BURTON ON POINT— Freshman Deonte Burton has started all 11 games at point guard in his first season at Nevada and is third on the squad averaging 11.2 points per game. Burton leads the team averaging 3.64 assists per game which is fourth in the WAC and his 1.54 assist to turnover ratio is fourth in the conference. His 80 percent shooting from the free throw line is tied for sixth in the WAC.
In the last four games he has averaged six free throws made per game and is shooting 86 percent making 24-of-28 from the line.
He produced his first double-double in a Nevada uniform and the first of the season for a Pack player with 10 points and 11 assists in Nevada’s 76-75 loss to Pepperdine. The 11 assists are the high by any player in the WAC this season. The last Pack double-double by a guard also came in a one-point loss when Armon Johnson totaled 13 points and 10 assists in an 80-79 setback at home to New Mexico State on Mar. 12, 2010 in the first game of the WAC Tournament.
Last season Luke Babbitt led the Pack with 16 double-doubles and Johnson totaled two while Dario Hunt and Joey Shaw had one each.
Burton scored in double figures in the first three games of his Pack career. Something that was not accomplished by six former Pack players that went on to NBA careers; Johnson, Babbitt, Nick Fazekas, Ramon Sessions, JaVale McGee or Kirk Snyder. Burton scored 17 in the season opening 81-66 victory over Montana then finished with 10 versus Pacific and Pepperdine.
After scoring in double figures the first three games of the season Burton struggled failing to score in double digits the next three contests averaging 5.7 per outing. He has since reached double figures in the last five games including a career-high 18 points versus Arizona State. His 15 points versus UNLV tied Malik Story for team-high honors and marked the first time he has led the team in scoring. He totaled 11 points at Houston, 12 versus San Francisco State and 13 in the Portland State contest. On the year he has produced eight double figure scoring performances.
CZYZ MAKES FIRST START— In just his second game in a Nevada uniform, Duke transfer Olek Czyz got the start versus Portland State. Czyz score five points and grabbed five rebounds playing a team-high 28 minutes.
He was had a solid performance in his first game in the Silver & Blue after sitting out a year due to NCAA transfer rules. Czyz finished with 10 points and seven rebounds in 24 minutes against Arizona State off the bench. The 6-7, forward was called for two quick fouls in the first half playing just six minutes. All his statistics were achieved in his 18 minutes played in the second half which included a thunderous put back dunk on a missed shot that brought the Wolf Pack faithful to their feet. The seven rebounds tied for game-high honors.
HUNT BLOCKS JONES LOOKING FOR FAZEKAS — Junior forward Dario Hunt ‘s five blocks in the San Francisco State game gave him 144 in his career and moved him past Edgar Jones (1975-79) into second place on the career list. The five blocks was one off his career high of six that has occurred three times with the last coming versus Hawai`i on Jan. 30, 2009. He had two against Portland State giving him 146 in 79 games played.
Hunt began the year fourth on the list but has passed both Jones and Matt Williams (1987-91) this season. Next on the chart is Nick Fazekas (2004-07) who totaled 192 during his four seasons. His 146 blocks has come in 79 games while Jones’ 142 were in 101 games and Fazekas’ 192 were accomplished in 131 contests. Based on average Hunt’s 1.85 per game is best among the three at the top of the list. Fazekas averaged 1.5 blocks per game and Jones 1.4 during their careers.
Hunt has two of the top four block seasons in school history with 67 during 2008-09 season ranking third and his 66 last year is fourth. The 67 is the freshman record at Nevada.
EVANS AND PANZER REACH DOUBLE FIGURES — Freshmen Jerry Evans, Jr. and Kevin Panzer both produced career-highs in the Pack’s last game versus Portland State. The duo reached double figures for the first time in a Nevada uniform.
Evans scored 12 points off the bench, making 4-of-8 field goals that included a 3-pointer and connected on all three free throw attempts. It was the third consecutive game in which he set a new career high after scoring seven in the San Francisco State game and eight against Arizona State.
Starting his eighth game in a row, Panzer tallied 11 points making 5-of-8 fields with one being a 3-pointer. In the previous two games he scored just two combined points.
STREAK ENDS AT SEVEN — Nevada snapped its seven-game losing skid defeating San Francisco State, 78-64 on Dec. 11. The Wolf Pack opened the season with an 81-66 home victory on Nov. 13 but went on to drop seven in a row, six were played away from Lawlor Events Center and the seventh was versus top 25 UNLV. The seven-game skid was the longest since the 2000-01 team dropped eight in a row.
The last Nevada team to start the year 1-7 was the 1990-91 team under the direction of head coach Len Stevens. The 1990-91 Pack squad ended the year 17-14.
10,862 AND COUNTING — Nevada has flown 10,682 miles to play six games this season away from Reno. The Wolf Pack flew 7,782 miles to play five games between its first home contest on Nov. 13 with Montana and a second home game on Dec. 4 versus UNLV.
In breaking down the trips, the Wolf Pack flew 388 miles each way to Los Angeles for a total of 776 miles to play Pacific and Pepperdine at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in the 2010 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off on Nov. 15-16.
Next was a road trip east of 2,275 miles to Washington, D.C. to take on George Washington and Boston University in the consolation bracket of the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off, Nov. 22-23. Returning to Reno was another 2,275 for a total of 4,550 miles.  The fifth game was a road trip to Brookings, S.D. to play South Dakota State on Nov. 30, which is a flight of 1,228 miles, times two to account for the return home so add 2,456 miles for the entire trip. The team traveled a combined 7,782 miles before playing its second home game at Lawlor Events Center on Dec. 4 with UNLV. A trip to Houston, Texas to play the University of Houston on Dec. 6 added another 3,080 miles. This is all before Western Athletic play gets underway with trips to Hawai`i (5,130 miles round trip) and Louisiana Tech (3,180 miles round trip) in the future.
The last Nevada team to start the season with so many road games was the 1963-64 team that began the season with six road games to start the year and went 1-5 away from Reno. Three of those contests were played in Alaska and one was at Montana. The 2005-06 team played four-of-five games to start the season on the road and won all four on the way to a 25-9 record.
WOLF PACK PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN WAC — Nevada has been picked to finish third in the Western Athletic Conference by both the league’s coaches and media. The Wolf Pack received 47 points in the coaches’ polls to finish behind Utah State and New Mexico State. In the media poll the Pack totaled 190 points to again rank behind Utah State and New Mexico State.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES — Dario Hunt has posted three double-doubles on the season while Deonte Burton produced the Pack’s first double-double of the season. Burton’s came versus Pepperdine on Nov. 16 when he totaled 10 points and 11 assists. It was the first double-double of his career. Hunt’s third double-double of the season came against San Francisco State when he scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. His first of the year was a 10 point, 10 rebound effort in the Boston U game. Against UNLV he totaled 14 points and grabbed 13 boards.
NEVADA 0-4 IN 2010 DICK’S SPORTING GOODS NIT SEASON TIP-OFF — Nevada went 0-4 in the 2010 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. The Wolf Pack lost 64-53 to Pacific and 76-75 to Pepperdine in the two games played at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, Nov. 15-16. The next week the Pack lost at George Washington 58-56 and 66-57 to Boston University in the two games played at GW’s Smith Center in Washington, D.C. Overall Nevada is 1-5 in the preseason NIT going 1-1 in the 2003 event defeating Vermont 69-49 at home then falling 93-79 at #1 Connecticut.
BREAKING DOWN THE PACK — The Nevada bench has scored 263 points, an average of 23.9 ppg this season compared to 220 for its opponents, 20 ppg. The Pack bench has outscored opponents in eight-of-11 games.
The Pack holds an 87-73 advantage on fast break opportunities and has outscored opponents 320-304 in the paint through 11 games. Unfortunately the Pack has turned the ball over 175 times which has led to 193 (17.5 ppg) opponent points while 141 turnovers for the opponents have resulted in 141 (12.8 ppg) points for Nevada.
NEVADA ONE OF TOP WAC TEAMS OVER LAST SEVEN PLUS SEASONS
Over the last seven plus seasons dating back to 2003-04, Nevada has turned in a 172-73 record, the second-most wins of any WAC team during that time (.702 winning percentage). In conference games, Nevada has won 90 games, the most in that same time period.
SIX ESPN TV GAMES IN 2010-11 — University of Nevada men’s basketball games will air on ESPN’s family of networks six times this season. The Wolf Pack will make three appearances on ESPNU, two games will air on ESPN2 and one will be a regional ESPN telecast.
Home games on Dec. 17 with Arizona State, Dec. 31 versus Hawai`i and Jan. 8 with Utah State will be shown on ESPNU. Road games at Idaho on Jan. 12 and at Utah State Feb. 2 can be seen on ESPN2. The Feb. 24 Idaho at Nevada game will be a regional ESPN telecast.
WOLF PACK LAYUPS
Second-year head coach David Carter is 24-21 at Nevada, which is his first collegiate head coaching position.
Nevada is 0-4 in games decided by three points or less. The Pack lost by a point 76-75 to Pepperdine (11/16), suffered a two-point setback at George Washington (11/22) and twice lost by three points at Houston (12/6) and at home to Arizona State (12/17).
Nevada has led in 9-of-11 games except for two home games vs. UNLV and Arizona State.
Nevada has outrebounded 7-of-11 opponents on the season, all coming in the last nine games. South Dakota State (36-35) and Arizona State (36-35) are the only teams to win the battle of the boards in the last nine games by one, 36-35 in both games.
Three times the Wolf Pack has outrebounded their opponent by 10 or more. Nevada outrebounded Houston by a season high 18, 53-35. The Pack outrebounded George Washington (45-35) and Boston University (47-32) by 10 or more boards.
Nevada allowed a season-high 82 points in back-to-back losses at South Dakota State (Nov. 30) and at home versus #23/24 UNLV (12/4).
Deonte Burton’s 11 assists vs. Pepperdine is the top mark in the WAC this season.
Burton has made 19-of-21 (90%) free throws in each of the last three games connecting on 7-of-8 vs. SF State and Arizona State and made all five attempts vs. Portland State.
Dario Hunt’s 18 rebounds at Houston is the high in the WAC this season.
Hunt’s five blocks in the San Francisco State game is tied for the top mark in the WAC this season.
Nevada’s 3-8 record is at the bottom of the WAC standings.
Nevada is averaging 15.9 turnovers per game having turned the ball over 10 or more times in each contest. The season-high was 22 at South Dakota State but the Pack also had 20 at George Washington.
The 82-65, 17-point loss at South Dakota State was the largest setback of the season.
Derrell Conner’s 15 points at South Dakota State marked the first time this season Nevada’s leading scorer came off the bench and is his career-high.
Hunt had a stretch of grabbing 12 or more rebounds in three consecutive games snapped vs. ASU when he totaled seven. The three-game stretch was 12 vs. SF State, 18 at Houston and 13 vs. UNLV. He also reached double figures with 10 vs. Boston University giving him a stretch of four double figure rebound games in the last six.
Devonte Elliott (14 at Georg Washington) and Kevin Panzer (11 at Houston) has the Pack’s two other double figure rebounding games.
For the first time this season, Nevada had five players score in double figures vs. Portland State, with Malik Story (20 pts), Deonte Burton (13 pts), Jerry Evans, Jr. (12 pts), Kevin Panzer (11 pts) and Derrell Conner (10 pts) reaching the mark.
Twice the Wolf Pack had four players reached double figures in a game vs. ASU and Pepperdine. Malik Story (19), Deonte Burton (18), Olek Czyz (10) and Dario Hunt (10) reached double digits in the ASU (12/17) game. The first occurrence was versus Pepperdine on Nov. 16 when Jordan Burris (15) joined by Hunt (16), Story (15) and Burton (10).
Nevada has had seven or more players score in every game this season. A season-high 11 scored in the 81-66 victory over Montana. Six times nine players scored and three times 10 players scored in a game. A season low seven scored in the Houston game.
Five or more newcomers have scored in every contest this season with nine new players scoring in the Pacific contest. Seven times eight new players have scored points for the Pack and twice seven with a season low five new players scoring at Houston.
A total of 30 times eight different Nevada players have scored in double figures led by Dario Hunt and Deonte Burton’s eight occurrences. Malik Story scored double figures seven times. Three times Derrell Conner reached double figures. Kevin Panzer, Jerry Evans, Jr. and Olek Czyz accomplished the task once each.
Nevada’s 68.2 points per game ranks seventh in the WAC and its 70.3 points per game allowed are eighth.
