Postgame Notes:
- With the 74-70 win over Fresno State on Wednesday night, Nevada improved to 16-9 overall and 8-4 in WAC play and won for the third consecutive game, while Fresno State fell to 13-14 overall and 6-7 in conference action.
- The Wolf Pack is now 12-1 at home this year and has won four consecutive bowl games. Nevada also won for the 31st time in its last 37 WAC regular-season games and is 98-18 overall at Lawlor Events Center since the start of the 2003-04 season.
- Sophomore Luke Babbitt led the team in scoring for the 16th time this season, turning in 27 points on 8-of-18 shooting and 10-of-11 free throw shooting. It also marked his 17th 20-point game of the year.
- Junior Armon Johnson added 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting. He scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half.
- Babbitt also turned in his team- and WAC-leading 15th double-double with 12 rebounds. It was the 19th time he has led the team in rebounding this year.
- Johnson dished out four assists in the game and moved into sixth on the Nevada career list with 391 assists.
- Nevada was outrebounded 37-35, marking the eighth time in nine games that the Wolf Pack has been outrebounded. In addition to Babbitt's 12 boards, sophomore Dario Hunt and junior Armon Johnson each pulled down seven. For Johnson, the seven rebounds tied his career high.
- The Wolf Pack is now 9-7 in games decided by 10 points or less and 3-0 in contests decided by five points or less.
- Nevada trailed 43-37 at the half but held Fresno State to 27 points on 23.1 percent shooting in the second half (6-26). The Wolf Pack has trailed at halftime and come back to win in each of the last two games.
- Nevada returns to action Saturday afternoon, traveling to Springfield, Mo., to take on Missouri State in the ESPNU BracketBusters. Saturday's game will tip off at 2 p.m. Central Time (12 p.m. Pacific Time) and will be televised nationally by ESPN2. It can also be heard on Nevada's flagship, ESPN 630 AM, with Ryan Radtke calling the action.
