RENO, Nev. - Led by Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year Luke Babbitt, the Wolf Pack basketball team's prolific offense broke several Nevada single-season records this season.
Nevada scored 2,703 points this year to break the school record for points scored, besting the mark of 2,632 that the Wolf Pack had in its 2006-07 campaign. This year, the Wolf Pack led the WAC and ranked 14th in the nation in scoring, averaging 79.5 points per game. That marked the most points per game since the 1991-92 squad averaged 84.0. Nevada reached 100 points in three games this year, which was the most since the 1991-92 team did it four times.
The Wolf Pack also surpassed its school records for field goals made (983) and attempted (2040) this season, surpassing the 31-year old mark of 950 field goals by the 1978-79 Nevada squad and 1,991 attempts the 2003-04 team put up. The team made 48.2 percent of its field goal attempts to rank second in the WAC and 17th in the NCAA this season.
Babbitt led the team, finished second in the WAC and ranks eighth in the NCAA with 21.9 points per game, the most for a Wolf Pack player since Darryl Owens averaged 22.7 in 1988-89. Babbitt shattered Nevada's single-season scoring record this year, finishing with 743 points to pass the 721 Nick Fazekas had in 2005-06.
He also set the school single-season records for free throws made with 199 and free throw percentage at 91.7 this year and made his final 34 free throw attempts of the season to claim the school record of consecutive free throws made from Todd Okeson (28 consecutive in 2003-04).
Under the direction of first-year head coach David Carter, Nevada turned in a 21-13 overall record in 2009-10, marking its seventh consecutive 20-win season and its ninth straight winning season. The Wolf Pack finished in a tie for second in the WAC with an 11-5 record, its seventh consecutive finish in the WAC's top two.
Nevada also earned its eighth consecutive postseason appearance with a bid to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament and won its opening round postseason game for the fourth time in seven years.
