March 2, 2012
Game_Notes 
Louisiana Tech at NEVADA
Nevada (24-5, 12-1 WAC) closes out the regular season hosting Louisiana Tech (16-14, 6-7 WAC) on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. The Wolf Pack clinched the 2012 WAC?regular-season championship on Thursday defeating New Mexico State 65-61. LA?Tech has won a season-high five in row after downing Fresno State 75-70 on Thursday. Seniors Olek Czyz and Dario Hunt will be honored prior to the game.
Saturday, 7:05 p.m. PT
Lousiana Tech Bulldogs
(16-14, 6-7 WAC)
at
NEVADA WOLF PACK
(24-5, WAC: 12-1)
Lawlor Events Center (11,536)
RADIO: University of Nevada Sports Network (KUUB 94.5 FM Reno; KPLY 630 AM Reno; KELY 1230 AM Ely; KWNA 1400 AM Winnemucca; and KSVL 92.3 FM Yerington)
Ryan Radtke (play-by-play), Len Stevens (analyst) - pregame starts at 6:30 p.m.
TELEVISION: none
Live stats: Live stats link
WEB STREAMING: NevadaWolfPack.tv
SERIES?HISTORY: Nevada leads the series with Louisiana Tech 18-5. The Wolf Pack won the first meeting in Ruston 65-63 on Jan 28. The Pack has won the last four meetings and 17-of-19 which included a stretch of 12 in a row. All 22 meetings have come since Nevada joined the WAC for the 2000-01 season. The Pack is 8-3 a Lawlor Events Center.
UP?NEXT: Nevada opens the WAC tournament on Thursday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas versus San Jose State at 6:00 p.m. PT.
ABOUT?THE LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS - The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs has won a season-high five games in a row for first-year head coach Michael White. White has led the Bulldogs to a 16-14 overall mark and 6-7 record in the WAC.
LA?Tech has three players averaging in double figures led by 6-2 freshman guard Raheem Appleby who is scoring 14 points per game. Appleby led LA?Tech with 17 points in the first meeting won by the Wolf Pack 65-63 on Jan. 28 in Ruston, La.
Senior guard Trevor Gaskins (6-2) is scoring 11 points per game and grabbing 3.9 rebounds per contest. Gaskins scored 11 points in the first game with the Wolf Pack. Sophomore guard Cordarius Johnson is scoring 10 points per game and averages 4.1 rebounds.
Freshman Kenneth Smith (6-3) tops the Bulldogs in assists averaging 4.3 per game which is fifth in the WAC. Senior guard Brandon Gibson (6-5) tops the Bulldogs in rebounding averaging 4.6 per game and contributes 7.7 points per contest.
Offensively the Bulldogs are scoring 69.4 points per game and allow one point less 68.4. LA?Tech is shooting 41.8 percent from the field and opponents 43.8. From behind the three-point line the Bulldogs has made 32.6 percent of their attempts while opponents shoot 31.8 percent. They shoot 64.4 percent from the free throw line and opponents 67.4. On the glass LA?Tech grabs 35.8 rebounds per game and opponents 36.5.
LAST GAME: Nevada Wins Outright WAC Title Downing New Mexico State 65-61
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Olek Czyz scored 15 points and Malik Story 14 as Nevada held off New Mexico State 65-61 Thursday night to clinch the Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship.
Dario Hunt added 10 points for the Wolf Pack (24-5, 12-1), who will carry the No. 1 seed in next week's conference tournament in Las Vegas.
Wendell McKines led New Mexico State (22-9, 9-4) with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
The Wolf Pack led 63-54 with 3:02 remaining before the Aggies reeled off seven straight points to make it 63-61 with 57 seconds left.
The Aggies could not score in the final seconds, however, and Deonte Burton hit a pair of free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining to put the game away.
Nevada hit 7 of 16 3-point attempts and shot 43 percent overall from the floor. New Mexico State shot just 34 percent.
NEVADA EARNS FOURTH OUTRIGHT WAC TITLE, SIXTH OVERALL - Nevada's 65-61 victory over New Mexico State on Thursday earned the Wolf Pack its fourth outright Western Athletic Conference Championship. The Pack shared the 2004 and 2008 titles giving them six in the last nine seasons.? The Pack won outright titles in three consecutive years; 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Head coach David Carter has been associated with all six, five as an assistant.
TRIPLE OVERTIME NUMBERS - Nevada's triple overtime game at Fresno State is just the second in the history for the Wolf Pack. ?The first was a 58-57 loss to Montana State during the 1947-48 season.
Four of Nevada's starters played career highs in minutes with senior forward Dario Hunt logging 53 of a possible 55 minutes in the game. Olek Czyz (49), Malik Story (48) and Deonte Burton (45) each played 45 minutes or more.
Steven Shepp (53) and Tyler Johnson (52) each played over 50 minutes for the Bulldogs.?When the game ended three FS players had fouled out and three others had four fouls. No Pack player had fouled out but Czyz and Jerry Evans, Jr. had four each. The FS?bench scored 27 and Nevada's Jordan Finn accounted for the Pack's bench scoring one point in the first half.
The two teams combined to attempt 131 shots. The Pack were 25-of-60 and FS?went 25-of-71. Nevada attempted 42 free throws and made 26. The Bulldogs were good on 21-of-28 attempts. There were 52 fouls called, 23 against the Wolf Pack and 29 were charge to FS. The Pack grabbed 47 rebounds and FS 50.
MOST IMPROVED - Nevada's men's basketball team is the second most improved team in NCAA I with a win difference of 12.5. Manhattan is first with a difference of 14.
BALANCING ACT - Nevada has used a balanced scoring attack all season to post a 24-5 record. The Pack is the only current WAC team that has four players averaging in double figures. The Pack is led by its backcourt duo of Deonte Burton and Malik Story. Burton is scoring 15 points per game and Story 14.3. The senior front court of Olek Czyz and Dario Hunt are averaging 13.8 and 10.2 points respectively. The Pack's fifth starter, Jerry Evans, Jr. is scoring 6.5 points per game.
At Hawai`i all five starters scored in double figures. Burton led the way with 20 points with Story close behind with 19 points. Czyz and Hunt each had 15 points while Evans scored all 13 of his points in the second half.
The five starters combine to average 59.9 of Nevada's 70.9 points per game. Of the 2,056 points scored this season 1,736 come from the Pack starters, 84.4 percent. On the year 12 times four players scored in double digits and there was the one game of five reaching double digits at Hawai`i.
Games with four Pack players scoring in double figures:
Pacific (11/17/11): Story (18), Czyz (17), Evans, Jr. (11) and Panzer (11).
Longwood (11/20/11): Story (28), Burton (14), Hunt (13) and Evans (10).
vs. BYU (11/25/11): Czyz (11), Evans (11), Story (11) and Hunt (10).
at Montana (12/10/11): Burton?(21), Czyz (17), Story (11) and Hunt (10).
UC?Riverside (12/17/11): Czyz (15), Story (15), Hunt (12) and Burton (10).
Portland?(12/22/11): Hunt (15), Czyz (15), Evans, Jr. (11) and Story (10).
Cedarville (12/28/11): Story (19), Hunt (13), Burton (13) and Czyz (10).
at Utah State (1/7/12): Burton (25), Czyz (14), Hunt (14) and Story (12).
San Jose State (1/12/12): Evans, Jr. (19), Burton (14), Story (11) and Czyz (10).
Fresno State (1/21/12): Burton (18), Story (17), Hunt (13) and Czyz (10).
at New Mexico State (1/26/12):??Burton (17), Hunt (14), Story (14) and Czyz (14).
at Iona (2/18/12): Czyz (28), Burton (21), Hunt (15) and Story.
Game with five Pack players scoring in double figures:
at Hawai`i (2/9/12): Burton (20), Story (19), Czyz (15), Hunt (15) and Evans (13).
NEVADA GETTING DEFENSIVE - Nevada leads the WAC in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 40.8 percent shooting and in WAC play tops the league at 39.8 percent. The Wolf Pack is second in scoring defense allowing 64.7 points per game and in conference play the 65.5 points per game is also second. Nationally the Pack is 64th in field goal percentage defense and 112th in scoring defense.
In the WAC the Pack is fourth in 3-point field goal percentage defense, overall (33%) and in conference play (32.8%). Nevada tops the WAC in blocks averaging 4.76 per game and is fourth in steals swiping 6.03 per game. In WAC?play Nevada averages 4.69 blocks to lead the conference and 5.31 steals are fourth. In the national rankings the Pack is 41st in blocks.
BYU, Idaho and Iona are the only opponents to shoot over 50 percent versus the Pack. In the first meetings with Utah State and Hawai`i both teams shot exactly 50 percent in losses to the Pack.
Nevada has held 11 opponents below 40 percent shooting with a season low 30 percent coming versus UC?Riverside and CSU?Bakersfield. Nevada has held three opponents to season-low 47 points three times, Prairie View A&M, UC?Riverside and CSUB.
HUNT SEEKING TO BECOME FOURTH 1,000-1,000 NEVADA PLAYER - Senior forward Dario Hunt became the 22nd player at Nevada to score 1,000 points in the Iona game and now has his sights set on becoming the fourth player to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds. Hunt is the fifth player with 900 points and 900 rebounds at?Nevada. He has 976 rebounds leaving him 24 away from the magic mark.
The 976 rebounds ranks fourth in school history and is tied for 15th all time in the WAC with SMU's Jeryle Sasser's (1997-2001). Tulsa's Michael Ruffin is 14th with 979 boards. In the WAC his 9.7 rebounds per game is tied for second and nationally he ranks 26th.
He is 20th in school history with 1,041 career points. Matt Williams (1987-91) and Dwayne Randall (1984-86) are 18th and 19th with 1,062 and 1,060 points respectively.
Against New Mexico State he tied his career-high with six blocks increasing his school record total to 260. Hunt's 260 career blocks is fifth all-time in the WAC. Hunt is first in the WAC and 30th in the nation in blocked shots averaging 2.34 per game.
He broke the Nevada career blocks record in the season-opener versus Missouri State with the 193rd block in his career. He came into the season tied with Nick Fazekas (2004-07) with 192.
His 68 blocks this season is the record for a senior and is the third best single season at Nevada. He has the third, fourth, fifth and sixth best block years at Nevada.
CZYZ GETTING OFFENSIVE - Senior forward Olek Czyz has led the Pack in scoring the last five games with the first four being game highs. Czyz scored a career-high 28 points at Iona making nine-of-16 field goals and 10-of-13 free throws. The 10 free throws made tied his career high and the 13 attempted are a career high. It was the second time in three games he posted a career high after scoring 27 at San Jose State. Seven times on the season he has posted a game-high.
At Fresno State he finished the night with 25 points and 11 rebounds in a career-high 49 minutes to record his fifth double-double of the season and seventh of his career. The 11 rebounds tied his career high as did the 11 field goals made.
Three of his five 20 point games on the season has come in the last five outings. He has scored in double figures 23 times which is tied with Malik Story for tops on the team. In the last seven games he has scored double figures and 14 times in the last 15 games.
At SJSU Czyz scored 15 of Nevada's final 22 points of the game. He also had 10 rebounds to post his fourth double-double of the season. At Hawai`i he just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Czyz has increased his average to 13.8 points per game which is third on the team and 11th in the WAC. His 6.4 rebounds per contest are second on the team and sixth in the conference. He ranks fifth in the WAC?and 29th nationally making 55.3 percent of his shots.
At Louisiana Tech he scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Czyz grabbed an offensive rebound, scored the basket, was fouled and made the free throw with 37 seconds to play against the Bulldogs to put the Pack up 65-62 as they went on to win 65-63.
Czyz posted back-to-back double-doubles at home with 24 points and 11 rebounds against Hawai`i then had 16 points and 10 rebounds versus Nebraska Omaha.
Three times he has tied teammates for team-high honors in scoring with 11 vs. BYU, 15 vs. UC?Riverside and 15 vs. Portland.
In conference play he averages 15.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and shoots 58.5 percent.
HUNT RECORDS FIVE CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLE - Senior forward Dario Hunt had a streak of five consecutive double-doubles come to an end on Thursday versus New Mexico State when he scored 10 points but grabbed just five rebounds. Hunt's fifth double-double was at Fresno State when he finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds in the 79-76 triple overtime victory. The 20 points is a season high.
The double-double at FS was his 12th of the season, all coming in a 20-game span. Hunt had another stretch of four in a row earlier this season. The 12 double-doubles is second most in the WAC and 30th nationally.
In the last 21 games Hunt is averaging a double-double scoring 11.2 points and grabbing 10.4 rebounds per game. Over the same 21-game stretch he is shooting 52.5 (93-of-177) percent from the field.
On the season Hunt has 16 double figure rebounding games and 33 in his career. ?He has grabbed a game high in rebounds 18 times and led the team in rebound a team-high 21 times. In his career Hunt has led the Pack in rebounding 58 times.
Hunt made his 100th career start versus Washington (12/2) and now has 121 in the Silver &?Blue. The 6-8 forward, has started 121-of-129 games played in his career. He has started the last 65 games and 98 of the last 99.
NEVADA WINS 20 GAMES FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN NINE YEARS - Nevada won its 20th game of the season after defeating Hawai`i 88-79 on Feb. 11. It is the 13th time a Wolf Pack men's basketball team has won 20 games in a season. The Pack has posted 20 win seasons in eight of the last nine years. The current 24 victories is the sixth highest win total in Nevada history. The 2003-04 and 2004-05 teams won 25 games. In 2005-06 the Pack went 27-6, the 1945-46 squad was 28-5 and the 2006-07 team won a school record 29 games ending the year 29-5.
Third-year head coach David Carter has led the Pack to a pair of 20 win seasons making him just the second coach at Nevada to have more than one 20 win season leading the Wolf Pack. Mark Fox (2004-09) won 20 or more games all five years he coached the Pack. Carter's first team went 21-13 and the 24 wins this year are the most by Pack team he has coached.
PACK CONTINUES TO RECEIVE VOTES - Nevada continues to receive votes in the ESPN/USA?Today Coaches' poll for the eighth week in a row. In consecutive weeks the Pack received one vote, three votes, 12 votes, 18 votes, nine votes, a season-high 21 votes and one vote in each of the last two polls. Nevada got six votes in the Jan. 30 AP Top 25 but after a loss did not receive votes the last three weeks. The last Pack squad to receive votes was the 2006-07 team, which was also the last Nevada team to qualify for the NCAA?Tournament.
24 WINS 11 MORE THAN ALL OF LAST YEAR - Nevada's 24 wins this season is 11 more than last season when the Wolf Pack posted a 13-19 record. Last season the Wolf Pack was 12-17 after 29 games compared to a 24-5 mark this season. Last year the Wolf Pack's 13th and final victory came on March 9, 2011 when Nevada defeated Fresno State 90-80 in the first round of the WAC?tournament.
In addition to improving the overall record the Pack has surpassed its win total away from Reno. This year Nevada is 10-3 away from Lawlor Events Center, 9-2 in true road contests and 1-1 in two neutral site games played in Chicago.
Last season Nevada was 3-10 in away games and 1-4 at neutral sites for a combined 4-14 record outside of Lawlor Events Center. Nevada was 0-10 away from Reno until a 69-67 victory at?Boise State on Jan 15, 2011.
NEVADA'S 12-1 RECORD EQUALS BEST WAC START, PACK GO 7-0 ON THE ROAD - Nevada's 12-1 start in WAC?play equals the 2006-07 team for best start for a Wolf Pack squad since joining the conference for the 2000-2001 season. The 2006-07 team went 29-5 overall and won the WAC?title with a 14-2 mark and were 13-1 before suffering a second WAC loss. The Pack's 8-0 start this season is first time a Nevada team won its first eight games in the WAC. The perfect 7-0 road record equals the 2004-05 team that also posted perfect WAC?road record going 9-0. The 2004-05 Nevada squad was the last WAC?team to post a perfect road record until the 2011-12 team accomplished the feat.
STORY THIRD IN THE WAC, 16TH NATIONALLY - Junior guard Malik Story ranks third in the WAC?and 16th nationally making 43.2 percent of his 3-pointers. Story has made 80-of-185 attempts on the season. His 2.76 made three-pointers per game is third in the conference and 26th in the country. Story has made a three-pointer in 27-of-29 games this season. After missing all eight attempts at Fresno State he was four-of-seven in the NMSU game on Thursday. He made 3-pointers on four consecutive trips down the floor in just 1:40.
He made a career-high seven, 3-pointers in Nevada's 80-78 victory over Longwood. Story was good on seven-of-10, three-point attempts versus the Lancers and finished with 28 points on the night. The 28 points is tied with Deonte Burton for the second highest scoring game for the Pack this season.
Story is second on the team and seventh in the WAC?in scoring at 14.3 points per game. The 6-5 guard, is shooting 73.8 percent from the free throw line which is 13th in the conference.
PACK TURNAROUND IN CLOSE GAMES - Another of the turnarounds for the 2011-12 squad from last season is success in close games. Nevada is 15-3 in games decided by 10 points or less this season with two losses being four point setbacks at nationally ranked UNLV (71-67), and at home to Idaho (72-68). ?The third was a six point setback in a BracketBusters game at Iona (90-84). The Pack is 8-2 in games decided by five points or less.
Last season the Pack went 6-12 in games decided by 10 points or less. Nevada was 4-10 in games decided by six points or less last season.
EVANS DEADLY NIGHT FROM THREE - Sophomore guard Jerry Evans, Jr. had his best offensive night for the Wolf Pack in Nevada's 81-57 victory over San Jose State on Jan. 12, 2012. Evan's scored a career and game-high 19 points making six-of-seven shots from the field. He made his first six shots of the game which included five in a row from behind the three-point line. His only miss was a three-pointer with 4:08 to play. At the free throw line he made two of his three attempts. The 6-8 guard also grabbed seven rebounds which tied for game-high honors.
On the season he is averaging 6.5 points and 4.7 rebounds. He is 15th in the WAC?in rebounding at 4.7 per game and is 13th in blocks averaging .62 per game. In WAC?play his 43.3 percent shooting from behind the arc is fourth.
BURTON ON POINT(S) - Sophomore point guard Deonte Burton has put up some impressive numbers in his second season in the Silver &?Blue averaging a team-high 15 points per game which is fifth in the WAC. In WAC?play his 17.1 points per game is fourth in the conference. In the latest NCAA?rankings he was 45th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio and is currently fourth in the conference at 2.22.
In the last two games he has struggled making a combined six-of-25 shots (24%). In the NMSU game he scored nine points and at Fresno State scored 19 but 12 came at the free throw line in the triple overtime game.
Posted his team-high eighth 20-point game of the season at Iona, two more than all last year. His 19 double figure scoring games are third on the squad. Against Washington he recorded his first career 30-point game finishing with 31.
Seven of his 20-point games has come on the road. In 11 road games he is averaging 20.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.4. From the field he is shooting 46.3 percent and 44.4 percent from behind the 3-point arc. His high output on the road was 28 at UNLV and Arizona State with the low being six at SJSU but did have eight assists and no turnovers against the Spartans.
In 17 of the last 22 games he has scored in double figures.
His most recent heroics came with the Pack trailing Utah State 52-50, he made a 3-pointer falling down with 11.8 seconds to play to give Nevada the lead as they held on for the 53-52 victory. He finished with 13 points, all in the second half as Nevada won its school record tying 16th consecutive game.
In the 77-74 home victory over Hawai`i he scored 25 points, 20 in the second half to help the Pack rally from a seven-point deficit. With Nevada trailing 70-66 with 4:09 to play he scored nine consecutive points to put the Pack up 75-71. His only 3-pointer of the game broke a 70-70 tie and the Pack did not trail the rest of the game. In total he scored nine of Nevada's final 11 points of the game.
In the Pack's first two WAC?road wins he scored game highs with 26 points at Idaho and followed that with 25 at Utah State. He also averaged 5.5 assists and 1.5 steals with an assist-to-turnover-ratio of 3.7. From the field he shot 59.4 (19-of-32) percent and from behind the arc 46.7 (7-of-15). For his play he earned WAC?Player of the Week honors for the third time this season.
For the first time in his career Burton played the entire game logging 40 minutes at Utah State. The 10 field goals and 19 field goal attempts at USU were also career bests.
He had an outstanding three game stretch posting game-highs with 31 points versus Washington (12/2), 28 at Arizona State (12/7) and 21 at Montana (12/10) in three wins. He followed that with 10 in the UC?Riverside (12/17) game but after battling foul trouble tied his career low with two points against Portland (12/22). Burton had 13 points versus Cedarville then produced the back-to-back 20-point games in the two WAC?road victories at Idaho and Utah State.
The majority of Burton's points came after halftime in the four consecutive double figure games when he scored 66 of his 90 points, 73 percent. After the break he shot 67 (18-of-27) percent, 83 (10-of-12) percent from behind the 3-point line and 87 (20-of-23) percent at the free throw line.
On the season 265 of Burton's 436 points have come after halftime, 60.71 percent an average of 9.1 per game.
At Montana, Burton made five-of-12 field goals, three-of-six 3-pointers and eight-of-nine free throws. He also had five rebounds, five assists, blocked a shot and for the second game in a row did not have a turnover. He scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half.
At ASU he made six-of-11 field goals, three-of-five, 3-pointers and 13-of-15 free throws. The 13 free throws made and 15 attempted are career highs. He scored 21 of his 28 points in the second half.
In the Washington game Burton scored 19-of-22 points at one stretch of the game from 5:54 to play in the second half with his final point coming at the free throw line with 1 minute to play in overtime. He scored 19 of Nevada's final 24 points in the game.
With 4.3 seconds to play he nailed a 3-pointer to tie the score at 66 and send the game into overtime. ?In overtime he scored the Pack's first eight points and his assist on a Kevin Panzer basket closed out the scoring for Nevada. With 1:41 to play in overtime his fourth, 3-pointer of the game put the Pack on top to stay 72-70. He made both of his free throw attempts with 1 minute to play to close out his scoring. Of his 31 points, 22 came after halftime.
Burton's first 20-point game of the season came at UNLV when he scored a then career-high 28 points versus the Rebels. He scored 20 of Nevada's 29 first half points at UNLV.
THREE-POINT RECORD SETTING EXPLOSION - Eight different Nevada players contributed to a record breaking night as the Wolf Pack set single game school records with 16 made three-pointers and 32 attempted, a 50 percent shooting clip against San Jose State on Jan. 12, 2012. The old record of 15 came versus Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 11, 1999. The previous record for attempts was 29 that occurred three times with the last being on Dec. 20, 2010 versus Portland State.
Jerry Evans, Jr. led the way with his career-high five, three-pointers on six attempts. Deonte Burton made three in his seven shots from behind the arc with Malik Story connecting on three-of-nine. The five players with one, three-pointer each were; Brice Crook (1-for-1), Keith Feutsch (1-for-2), Jordan Finn (1-for-2), Jordan Burris (1-for-3) and?Kevin Panzer (1-for-2).
CARTER NEARS 60TH WIN - Third-year head coach David Carter notched his 50th win at Nevada when the Pack defeated Fresno State 74-61 at home. Carter is now closing in on 60 wins after a 65-61 victory over New Mexico State. He is 58-37 leading the Wolf Pack basketball program. In his first season the Pack went 21-13 and advanced the second round on the NIT. Last year the young squad posted a 13-19 record. The 58 wins is 10th among Pack coaches, seven back of Jim Carey (1976-80) who was 65-46 in four seasons.
2011-12 TEAM TIES SCHOOL RECORD 16-GAME WIN STREAK - The 2011-12 Nevada squad won 16 consecutive games to tie the 1965-66 team for the longest win streak in school history. The streak came to an end when the Wolf Pack fell 72-68 at home to Idaho on Feb. 4.
The streak was the second longest in country when it ended to then undefeated Murray State and is tied for the fifth longest this season. The Wolf Pack's 12-game home court win streak also ended and it was tied for 19th longest in the nation at that time.
The 1965-66 squad went on to post a 21-6 record for head coach Jack Spencer.
The 24-5 start is the best since the 2006-07 squad began the year 26-3 on the way to a 29-5 record. Nevada has won 24-of-27 after starting the season 0-2.
NUMBERS DURING THE 16-GAME STREAK - During Nevada's 16-game win streak the Wolf Pack averaged 71.8 points per game and allowed 61.7, plus 10.1. The Pack scored 70 or more points 11 times which included twice scoring 81 points. ?
The Wolf Pack shot 47.4 percent and held opponents 40 percent during the streak. From behind the arc the Pack shot 40.5 percent and opponents 32.1. At the free throw line Nevada converted 65.7 percent of its attempts and opponents 67.8. Nevada outrebounded opponents by 1.8 per game, 34.9-33.1.
Four players averaged double figures during the stretch; Deonte Burton (16.9), Malik Story (14.8), Olek Czyz (13.3) and Dario Hunt (10.5).
PACK PERFECT IN JANUARY AND DECEMBER - Nevada was 6-0 in December and 8-0 in January. It is the only squad in school history to go undefeated in December and January. The last Wolf Pack men's basketball team to post a perfect December was the 1978-79 squad that went 8-0 on the way to a 21-7 record. The 1965-66 squad was the last team to have a perfect January going 7-0 and finished the year 21-6.
4 GAMES, 4 CITIES, 4 STATES, 3 TIME ZONES IN 10 DAYS - Nevada recently completed a four-game stretch of playing in four cities, in four states, in three different time zones over 10 days. It began with a Feb. 9 game in Honolulu against Hawai`i at 7 p.m. HT. Game two was in San Jose, Calif. against San Jose State at 8 p.m. PT on Feb. 11. The third game was at home versus CSU?Bakersfield on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. PT. The final game was a BracketBusters contest on Feb. 18 in New Rochelle, N.Y. at Iona. The Pack won the first three games before suffering a loss at Iona. The four games stretched from Honolulu to New York across five time zones. It is 4968 miles from Honolulu to New York.
BURTON FIFTH PACK PLAYER TO EARN PRESEASON WAC POY NOD - Point guard Deonte Burton became the fifth Nevada player and sixth overall to be selected as the WAC?Coaches' Preseason Player of the Year. Kirk Snyder (2003-04), Nick Fazekas (2005-06 & 2006-07), Armon Johnson (2008-09) and Luke Babbitt (2009-10) were all preseason players of the year with Fazekas earning the honor twice. Snyder, Fazekas?(twice) and Babbitt all earned the honor at the end of the season when chosen as the preseason player of the year. Like Burton, Babbitt and Johnson were both sophomores when they earned the preseason honor.
A?Nevada player has been named the season ending WAC?Player of the Year in five of the last eight seasons with Fazekas grabbing the honor three consecutive seasons from 2003-2007.
Johnson and Babbitt are currently on the roster of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. Snyder was first round pick of the Utah Jazz and Fazekas was chosen in the second round by the Dallas Mavericks. Both played for several teams in the NBA.
Burton was the fourth Pack player to earn WAC?Freshman of the Year honors last year when he averaged 13.7 points and 3.5 assists per game. ?Ramon Sessions (2005), Johnson (2008) and Babbitt (2009) were the previous Nevada players named WAC?Freshman of the Year. Sessions, a second round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks, is currently on the roster of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
REMEMBERING MILTON - In remembrance of University of Nevada president Milton D. Glick who passed away of a stroke on April 16, 2011, the Wolf Pack men's basketball team will wear an MG patch on their shorts. Glick, 73, was the 15th president of the University of Nevada.
WINNING AT LAWLOR - Nevada has won 83 percent of its games over the past eight plus seasons posting a 124-26 record at Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack has posted a 60-12 WAC mark during that same stretch, a winning percentage of 83. Last year was the first year the Pack did not win 10 or more games at the on-campus facility in the last eight plus seasons.
RECORD?AT?LAWLOR?EVENTS?CENTER (since 2003-04)
Year Overall WAC Play
2003-04 15-0 9-0
2004-05 13-4 7-2 (also 0-1 in WAC Tournament)
2005-06 17-1 7-1 (also 3-0 in WAC Tournament)
2006-07 15-1 8-0
2007-08 13-3 7-1
2008-09 13-8 5-3 (also 2-1 in WAC Tournament)
2009-10 15-2 7-1 (also 1-1 in WAC Tournament)
2010-11 9-5 5-3
2011-12 14-2 5-1
Totals 124-26 60-12 (61-14 with WAC Tournament)
CARTER INKS FOUR DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD - University of Nevada head men's basketball coach David Carter signed three players to National Letters of Intent for the 2012-13 season. Guard Marqueze Coleman along with forwards Cole Huff, Raphael Carter and Cheikh (Ali) Fall will join the Pack next season.
Coleman, of Encino, Calif., is a 6-3, 180-pound shooting guard who averaged 13.1 points, 2.1 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks for Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, Calif. last season. He earned first-team All-CIF and second-team Mission League honors following his junior year. The Warriors posted a 20-11 record last year.
The 6-8, 200-pound Huff from Altadena, Calif. attends Campbell Hall High School in North Hollywood, Calif. As a junior, the small forward averaged 16.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, 1.3 steals and 1.2 assists per game. He helped the Vikings to a 17-10 record last season.
Carter is a 6-8, 215-pound forward who is currently in his sophomore season at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. The Columbus, Ohio native earned first-team All-Big 8 Conference and honorable mention all-state honors as a freshman last season. He helped the Vikings to the conference title with a 13-1 mark and an overall record of 26-5. His freshman year he averaged 9.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.
Fall is a 6-9, 240-pound center who is in his sophomore year at Barstow Community College in Barstow, Calif. Last season, Fall helped BCC to a first place finish in the Foothill Conference posting, a 10-4 mark and the team went 22-7 overall. Originally from Senegal, he attended Meitoku Gijuku School in Kochi, Japan. He earned All-Japan honors and was the top scorer and rebounder in the Western Conference during the 2007-08 season.
WOLF PACK BASKETBALL FANS ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME DUE TO VIRGINIA STREET
CONSTRUCTION - Wolf Pack fans are encouraged to allow extra time and use alternate routes when coming to basketball games this season due to an ongoing construction project on Virginia Street.
For questions and concerns about the project, contact Reno Direct, the City of Reno's non-emergency information center, at 775-334-INFO (4636), 775-333-7701 (TTY) or renodirect@reno.gov. The City of Reno has created a website, http://Reno.gov/NorthVirginia, and fans are encouraged to check the website for updates to avoid delays.
For information on exiting campus following men's games check out this link http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/m-baskbl/parking-exit.html
