Nov. 24, 2015
Nevada game notes 
Portland State game notes
INTERNET STREAM
NevadaWolfPack.tv
Pregame starts 30 minutes prior to tip-off
? Ryan Radtke (Play-By-Play)
? Len Stevens (Color Analyst)
ON RADIO
Wolf Pack Radio Network - 94.5 FM, 630 AM
Pregame starts 30 minutes prior to tip-off
? Ryan Radtke (Play-By-Play)
? Len Stevens (Color Analyst)
ONLINE
? Audio - NevadaWolfPack.com/audio
? Live statistics - nevadastats.com
TWITTER
? Official Twitter: @NevadaWolfPack
? Men's Basketball Twitter: @NevadaHoops
? Live Twitter: @WolfPackGameday
NEVADA HOST PORTLAND STATE FOR HOME OPENER
? After going 3-1 away from Reno to begin the season the Nevada men's basketball team hosts Portland State (2-1) in its home opener on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
? Nevada is off to its best start since the 2012-13 season when the Wolf Pack also started the year 3-1. The last 4-1 start was to begin the 2004-05 season.
? Game promotions for the home opener at $2 beers and $1 hot dogs.
? The team will debut their new pregame warmup routine prior to tip-off on Wednesday against Portland State.
STATS OF NOTE
? Senior guard Marqueze Coleman has scored 30 plus points in the last two games with 34 at Hawai`i and 31 at Pacific. Coleman's 24.8 points per game is second in the conference and 13th nationally.
? Senior forward AJ West has three double-doubles in the first four games of the season. West averaged a double-double last season and has 19 in his career along with 24 double digit rebound games at Nevada.
WOLF PACK LAYUPS
? Three Nevada players are averaging double figures; Marqueze Coleman (24.8 ppg), D.J. Fenner (15.8 ppg) and Tyron Criswell (10.8 ppg). Cameron Oliver (9.8 ppg) and AJ West (9.3 ppg) are close behind, averaging just under 10 points per game.
? Senior Marqueze Coleman has produced back-to-back 30 plus point games with 34 at Hawai`i and 31 at Pacific. Coleman's 24.8 points per game ranks second in the MW and 13th in NCAA I.
? Coleman's 43 free throws made and 53 attempted are fist in NCAA I. He is attempting 13.3 free throws per game and making 10.8.
? Coleman played all 50 minutes at Pacific and D.J. Fenner 48 minutes.
? After coaching over 900 games at the professional level first-year head coach Eric Musselman won his first as a college head coach when the Wolf Pack defeated Coastal Carolina 73-56 to begin the season.
? First-year head coach Eric Musselman's professional head coaching record is 566-340. Musselman has coached professional in the NBA, CBA, NBA-DL and USBL.
? Nevada's three wins away from Reno this season is one more than the team totaled all last season going 2-11 in true road games and 0-3 at neutral sites.
? West has recorded double-doubles three times this season; vs. Coastal Carolina (12 pts, 11 rebs), vs. Montana State (11 pts, 12 rebs) and at Pacific (11 pts, 16 rebs). He has 19 career double-doubles.
? Nevada is averaging 7.5 blocks per game to lead the MW and rank ninth nationally.
? As a team Nevada tops the MW and is 34th in the country with a 34.3 field goal percentage defense. The Pack is also tops in three-point field goal percentage (25%) in the conference and 26th in NCAA I.
? Nevada is third in the MW and 90th nationally shooting 71.9 percent from the free throw line.
? Of Coleman's 99 points this season 78 have been scored after halftime. He scored 32 of his career-high 34 at Hawai`i after the break.
? Coleman scored 15 of Nevada's 20 points in the two overtimes at Pacific. He had eight in the first OT and seven the second OT period.
? Coleman's 34 points is the high by a Pack player since Malik Story scored 35 points at home against Yale on Dec. 28. The last 30-point game at Nevada came on Jan. 22, 2014 at Fresno State when Deonte Burton scored 32 points and Cole Huff had 31 in a 96-86 double overtime Wolf Pack victory.
? Nevada has been outscored by its opponents 124-122 in the first half but have outscored opponents after the break by 42, 194-152 which includes a 20-17 advantage in overtime.
? Coleman and AJ West were named to the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic all-tournament team.
? Freshman guard Lindsey Drew returned to the starting lineup at Pacific after missing the game at Hawai`i with an ankle injury. Drew scored season highs with five points and eight rebounds against the Tigers.
? In each game a Nevada player has posted the game-high in rebounds and all four times it was a double figure rebound game; West three times with 11 vs. CCU, 12 vs. MSU and 16 at Pacific while Cameron Oliver grabbed 13 vs. Hawai`i.
? Oliver, a freshman, is averaging 9.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in 26.8 minutes per game. Oliver made his first career start at Pacific and totaled eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks before fouling out of the game.
? Nevada has won the rebounding battle in all four games; 46-45 vs. CCU, 40-33 vs. MSU, 38-37 at UH and 61-55 at Pacific.
? Five Pack players scored in double figures in the win over Montana State; Coleman (20 pts), Fenner (17 pts), Oliver (13 pts), West (11 pts) and Cooper, Jr. (11 pts). Nevada had four in doubles figures against CCU and at Pacific. Three reached double figures at Hawai`i.
? Coleman and Fenner have scored in double figures in all four games this season. West and Criswell have scored in double figures in three games.
