University of Nevada Athletics

-Junior T Moe recorded the program's first triple-double during Friday night's win over UCSB

-Head coach Jane Albright coached her 900th career game Friday night, and is 12 wins shy of 500

-Senior Mimi Mungedi tied her career-high on Friday with 24 points

-Nevada has not lost a season-opening game in the Jane Albright era (last loss was 2005-06 season)

-Pack fell one rebound shy of having three players with double figures in at least two stat categories

NAME CHANGE

For the past two seasons, junior guard T Moe has been referred to by her given name of Terilyn. While Terilyn will still appear on stat sheets this year for record keeping purposes, she will be listed on all other roster sheets and in game notes as T Moe.

LOCAL TIES

This year's Wolf Pack roster, while bigger than most, will feature three local student-athletes from the Reno and Sparks areas. Senior Emily Burns is a Reno product out of Galena High School, junior Nyasha LeSure is a native of Sparks and Reed High School, and walk-on Shannon Gough is a graduate of Reno High School.

LAST TIME OUT

RENO, Nev. - Junior guard T Moe began the year with a bang Friday night as she recorded her first career triple-double in a 71-58 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara.

Moe tallied 19 points and posted career-highs with 12 rebounds and 11 assists to capture the feat, which is believed to be the first triple-double in Wolf Pack women's basketball history. Nyasha LeSure enjoyed a solid opening night as well tallying 12 points and tying her career-best with 12 rebounds. Senior Mimi Mungedi rocketed out of the gates with 18 first half points and finished the contest tied for her career-high with 24 on 11-of-13 shooting. Mungedi fell one rebound shy of the fifth double-double of her career and started off her quest for the all-time career blocking record with four batted shots.

Nevada opened up the first half with a sizeable lead, going ahead 16-4 before the Gauchos' (0-1) Jasmine Ware knocked down a free throw with 12 minutes to play to register her team's fifth point. Mungedi tallied 10 of those 16 points in the first six minutes of the game.

Despite going up big in the first half, UCSB made a run of its own in the later goings of the half and came within one point of the Pack, 25-24, with under five to play. That's as close as the Gauchos would get in the contest as Nevada never trailed and took a 35-27 lead into the break.

In the second half, Nevada consistently hovered around a 10 point advantage until the 2:09 mark when Makala Roper drained a three-point shot to cut the deficit to five points. A couple of costly turnovers by the Gauchos however allowed the Pack to drive to the other end and give itself some breathing room as time ticked away.

The Wolf Pack was dominant in the paint, scoring 46 of its 71 points down low and posted 10 points in transition, where UCSB had zero. Nevada's defense held its opposition to under 30 percent shooting for the game as the Gauchos connected on just 19-of-68 shots.

BY THE NUMBERS

1 - Triple-doubles in Wolf Pack women's basketball history

8 - Blocks put up in the season-opener (4 by Mungedi)

9 - Straight seasons with a season-opening victory

13 - Players who saw minutes Friday night

14 - Rebounding margin for the Pack

MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Junior T Moe earned Mountain West Player of the Week honors after securing the first triple-double in Wolf Pack women's basketball history. Moe finished the game with 19 points and set career-highs with 12 rebounds and 11 assists. It is the first weekly honor for Nevada in the Mountain West, and the first conference weekly award since the 2011-12 season.

WOLF PACK BLOCK PARTY

Over the last couple of years, Nevada has been fortunate enough to have a few skilled shot blockers at its disposal. Seniors Mimi Mungedi and Emily Burns combined for six blocks during Friday night's opener and thus moved up in the career records. Mungedi's four blocked shots gives her 92 for her career, good for sixth all-time, while Burns collected two blocks to total 78 and a solo hold on ninth all-time. As a team, Nevada posted eight blocks in the game, the second-highest total in a single game in the Mountain West so far.

HEIGHT ADVANTAGE

The Wolf Pack has the upper hand of having a fairly tall roster to work with this season with seven players standing at least six feet tall. The obvious standout of the group is senior Mimi Mungedi who towers above the competition at 6-8. Nevada has three additional players who come close to the 6-0 mark, falling just shy at 5-10 and 5-11.

PACK PICKED FIFTH IN MW PRESEASON POLL

The University of Nevada women's basketball team is slated to finish fifth in the Mountain West this season. The voting is conducted by the league's 11 head coaches and select women's basketball media from around the conference.

1. Colorado State

2. Boise State

3. Wyoming

4. Fresno State

5. Nevada

6. UNLV

7. San Diego State

8. Utah State

9. New Mexico

10. San Jose State

11. Air Force

HISTORICAL TEAM INFORMATION

The University of Nevada women's basketball program began in the year 1899, when the team, coached by Ada Edwards, earned its first win over a varsity opponent, Stanford. Since its inception in 1899, records of the program's history have not accurately been kept up to date. For the purposes of all records, wins and losses and other statistical information related to the Nevada women's basketball program, the 1981-82 season will be considered the first for the program, the first year women's basketball was recognized by the NCAA.

WOLF PACK ORIGIN

In the 1921-22 athletic season, a local writer described the spirited play of a Nevada team as a 'pack of wolves'. The name stuck and soon almost every reference to the athletic teams was the Nevada Wolves. In 1923, the students officially designated 'Wolves' as the school's mascot.

Since all teams are a group of players, the word pack followed quickly. In 1928-29, the Nevada student handbook referred to the athletic teams as Wolf Pack and two school songs were adopted, entitled 'The Wolf Pack' and 'Here Comes the Wolf Pack'.