Nevada game notes

New Mexico Game Notes

At New Mexico
Wed. • Dec. 30 • 6 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
Wisepies Arena - The Pit (15,411)
Albuquerque, N.M.

NEVADA OPENS MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY AT NEW MEXICO
• After posting an 8-4 record in nonconference play, Nevada opens Mountain West play at New Mexico (7-6) on Wednesday. The game will air on ROOT Sports.
• The Pack enter the game winners of four of its last six while the Lobos have dropped four in a row. Nevada had its three-game win streak snapped at Wichita State.
• Nevada is off to its best start after 12 games since the 2012-13 team also started 8-4.
• UNM was picked to finish sixth in the preseason MW media poll and the Wolf Pack ninth.

STATS OF NOTE

• Nevada's eight wins is one short of equaling the nine the team totaled all last season.
• Senior guard Marqueze Coleman played his 100th game in a Nevada uniform at Wichita State and made his 40th start in the Shockers game.
• Freshman Cameron Oliver leads the MW and ranks 23rd nationally averaging 2.42 blocks per game.
• Coleman's 17 points per game this season is more than double his career average of 7.9.

TELEVISION - ROOT Sports
• Marc Stout (Play-By-Play)
• Dave Bollwinkel (Color Analyst)

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

TELEVISION - KRNV-TV
• Wolf Pack All Access - Sunday's Following NFL Football

WEEKLY RADIO SHOW - 94.5 FM
• Wolf Pack Coaches' Show - Monday's at 6 p.m.

TIMEOUT LUNCHEONS - $17
• Silver Legacy Resort and Casino
• Wednesday, January 27th

WOLF PACK LAYUPS

• Nevada head coach Eric Musselman coached New Mexico head coach Craig Neal with the Rapid City Thrillers in 1993. Another member of the 1993 Rapid City Thrillers team was current Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle who Musselman coached against on Dec. 5. The Beavers won 66-62 in Corvallis, Ore.

• Nevada has five players averaging double figures led by senior guard Marqueze Coleman's 17 points per game. D.J. Fenner (13.3 ppg), Tyron Criswell (10.8 ppg), Eric Cooper, Jr. (10.4 ppg) and Cameron Oliver (10.4 ppg) are also averaging double figures. They combine to score 76.8 percent of the Pack's points (743-of-967) an average of 61.9 points per game.

• The Pack's eight wins this season is nearing the nine it totaled all last season. 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.

• Nevada has won the rebounding battle in 11-of-12 games this season. Wichita State was the first team to outrebound the Pack, 38-33.

• The Wolf Pack has had four or more players in doubles-figures eight times this season against Coastal Carolina, Montana State, at Pacific PSU, HNU, Fresno Pacific, Drake and Santa Clara. A season-best seven players scored in double figures against Fresno Pacific.

• Freshman Cameron Oliver recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the victory over Santa Clara.

• Oliver leads the MW averaging 2.4 blocks per game. He has a block in every game this season and two more in eight contests.

• In the last three games Oliver has scored all 37 of his points in the second half.

• Eric Cooper, Jr. has scored in double figures in the last five games and seven of the last eight. In the last five games he is 14-of-33 (42.4%) from behind the arc.

• Coleman has scored in double in 10 games this season, Fenner in nine, Cooper eight times, Criswell in seven contests and Oliver five games.

• Eight times this season the Pack's bench has outscored the opponent. Against Holy Names the bench scored 73 points and the Hawks totaled just 57. Nevada's bench totaled 62 points in the Fresno Pacific victory.

• Senior Tyron Criswell had 26 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field and made all eight free throw attempts in the win over Fresno Pacific, both career-bests.

• Criswell followed the FPU performance with his second-career double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds) in the win over Drake.

• Nevada's 119 points in the victory over Fresno Pacific is the most for the Wolf Pack since scoring 120 in a win over Loyola Marymount on Nov. 29, 1991 at Lawlor Events Center. The 119 points is also the high in the MW this season.

• The Pack set a new program record with 73 points in the second half against Fresno Pacific. It's the most since scoring 71 in the second half against Northwestern State on Dec. 19, 1991.

• Fenner tied his career-high with 24 points and three made 3-pointers at Oregon State.

• Senior Marqueze Coleman produced back-to-back 30 plus point games with 34 at Hawai`i and 31 at Pacific. Coleman's 17.6 points per game is fifth in the MW. Coleman scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games until his nine at Cal State Fullerton.

• 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.

• Coleman was named to the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic all-tournament team after averaging 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

• Coleman played all 50 minutes in the double overtime win at Pacific and Fenner played 48 minutes.

• Coleman scored just two points on a pair of free throws in the Holy Names game but dished out a career and MW season-high 11 assists.

• Nevada tops the MW in blocks per game (7.1), defensive rebounds per game (29.8), offensive rebounds per game (14.4), total blocks (85), and rebounds per game (44.2). The Pack is second in field goal percentage defense (38.1) and scoring (80.6).

• Nevada's 85 total blocks leads NCAA I and 7.1 blocks per game is second. The Pack had a season-high 11 blocks at Oregon State.

• Coleman's 74 made free throws ranks 10th and 94 free throws attempted ranks 14th in the nation. He is shooting 78.7 percent from the charity stripe and went to the free throw 10 or more times in the first four games of the season. Coleman averages 6.2 made free throws on 7.8 attempts per game.

• Senior Lucas Stivrins made 6-of-7, three-pointers against Holy Names and finished with a career and game-high 21 points. All Stivrins' points came in the final 9:19 of the game. He made his final four 3-point attempts and scored the Pack's final nine points and 21 of the final 25.

• 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. His 4-1 start tied the school record for a first-year coach in the NCAA I era.