University of Nevada Athletics

-Senior Emily Burns is 13 points shy of reaching 600 career points

-The Pack has won each of its last two meetings with San Diego State

-Nevada is currently in the middle of a season-high losing streak at six games

-The Pack has out-rebounded its opponent in 11 of 19 games this season

-Jane Albright is seven wins shy of 500 career victories

-Junior Kelsey Kaelin set career-highs in points (10) and rebounds (7) against Wyoming

MIMI'S BLOCK PARTY

A historic feat was witnessed by all at Lawlor Events Center against UNLV as senior center Mimi Mungedi passed Katie Golomb to become Nevada's all-time leading shot blocker. Mungedi needed four blocks on the night to break the record and finished the game with five. She continues to add to her total, now with 134 for her career.

INJURY BUG

Unfortunately for the Pack, the team has been bitten pretty heavily by the injury bug this season. Nevada lost starting point guard T Moe to a torn ACL at San Francisco and freshman guard Mariah Williams also to a torn ACL back in December. Both Moe and Williams will miss the remainder of the season.

LAST TIME OUT

RENO, Nev. - The University of Nevada women's basketball team dropped its sixth-straight Mountain West contest Saturday afternoon by the final of 61-45 to visiting Wyoming.

The Cowgirls (9-10, 4-5 MW) outscored the Wolf Pack (6-13, 2-6 MW) 27-4 in the final 11:59 of the game to regain the lead and stretch it out to a 16-point advantage when the final buzzer sounded. Nevada ended the last 5:34 of the game without a single point.

The run for Wyoming started at 11:59 when Natalie Baker hit a layup inside to cut the Cowgirls' deficit to five points. From there, the visitors used a 21-2 run over the next seven minutes and a three-pointer by the game's leading scorer Marquelle Dent to stretch the lead out to 10. Five of Wyoming's last six field goals were from beyond the arc.

Nevada led at halftime, 27-25, and suffered its first loss of the season when leading at the break. Senior Emily Burns led the Pack in scoring for the second straight game, tallying 13 points. Junior Kelsey Kaelin posted new career-highs with 10 points and seven rebounds, her first game in double figures as a member of the Pack.

Wyoming scored 13 points off of 15 Nevada turnovers, while the Pack converted just four points off of seven Cowgirls turnovers. For the first time since facing Boise State in February of 2013, senior Mimi Mungedi was held without a made field goal (0-of-8). The Pack shot under 30 percent (16-of-58) for the third straight contest.

BURN BABY BURN

After a bit of a slow start coming back from an injury that sidelined her for eight games, senior Emily Burns seems to be back on track. Burns totaled just six points in her first two games back, but in her last two outings the Reno native has tallied 30 points, including a career-high 17 at UNLV. She has also pulled down 15 rebounds, collected four assists, blocked two shots and had two steals in those contests. In a career-high 37 minutes played against Wyoming, Burns knocked down a season-best three triples to aid in her team-high point total for the game. She is five blocked shots shy of moving into a tie for seventh all-time.

COUNTDOWN TO 500

With the win against UNLV, the first for the Pack under head coach Jane Albright, she is now seven wins shy of eclipsing 500 victories for her career. Over the years she has established herself as one of the NCAA's winningest active coaches in Division I. At the start of the season, Albright ranked 32nd among active head coaches in college women's basketball by victories.

With the seven wins needed, tickets for the game are just $7! For each remaining home game, game tickets will be the same price as the number of wins Albright needs to reach 500.

BY THE NUMBERS

6 - Season-long losing streak for the Wolf Pack

7 - Wins shy of 500 career victories for Jane Albright

10 - Career-high points for Kelsey Kaelin against Wyoming

11 - Previous meetings between the Pack and Aztecs

13 - Points shy of 600 career points for Emily Burns

41 - Consecutive starts for Mungedi dating back to last year

134 - Mungedi's all-time leading blocked shots number

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

2014-15 ROSTER BREAKDOWN

By Class: Senior (5), Junior (4), Sophomore (4), Freshman (3)

By State/Country: Nevada (3), California (8), New Mexico (1), Oregon (1), Wisconsin (1), New Zealand (1), Gabon (1)

By Position: Guard (8), Forward (7), Center (1)

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.'