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Nevada Game Notes
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Who: Nevada Wolf Pack (8-19, 4-12 MW) at Colorado State Rams (21-6, 13-3 MW)

-Senior Mimi Mungedi has posted a double-double in six of her last seven games

-The Pack has out-rebounded its opponent in 17 of 27 games and seven by double figures

-Nevada embarks on its final regular season road trip at Colorado State

-Last time these two teams met, the Rams squeaked out a close one-point game, 59-58

-Jane Albright is five wins shy of 500 career victories

-Mimi Mungedi needs four rebounds to break into the top-10 in career rebounds

MIMI DOES IT AGAIN

Senior Mimi Mungedi's career season keeps on getting better and better. During the team's outing against San Jose State, Mungedi posted a monster game of 24 points, 29 rebounds and six blocked shots. The 29 rebounds is not only a single-game school and MW record, but ranks in the top-10 all-time in NCAA Division I. It is tied for the highest rebounding total in DI this season as well. She followed that up with 15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks in a win over Utah State and 11 points and 17 boards at New Mexico. Mungedi has scored in double figures in 20 of 27 games.

STRONG ON THE GLASS

As a team, Nevada collected a season-best 74 rebounds against San Jose State, making it 17 games that the Pack has out-rebounded its opponent and its sixth by double figures. The 74-rebound total is the most in the Mountain West and the NCAA DI this season and is five shy of tying the single-game school record.

LAST TIME OUT

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Senior Mimi Mungedi notched her 10th double-double of the season during an 81-72 road loss at San Jose State Saturday.

The 6-8 center recorded a new career-high of 25 points and added 14 rebounds. Sophomore Ashlee Jones also put up career numbers by draining five three-pointers to post a career-best 15 points.

When teams play the Spartans, there is a high probability of a high scoring affair, and things were no different this afternoon. San Jose State began the ballgame by recording the first six points. Following the first media timeout, Jones hit a three-pointer that provided the Wolf Pack with its first lead at 9-8.

With under seven minutes to play in the opening half, Jones hit her second shot from downtown to once again put Nevada ahead, 28-27. As time began to tick away in the period, the two teams traded basket after basket, but the Pack could not regain the lead before halftime. A bucket from beyond the arc at the buzzer by SJSU's Chereese Thomas sent the Spartans into the locker room with a 47-40 lead.

The 40 points posted by the Pack in the first half is the most in a half since Nevada put up 42 in the second half against Cal State Stanislaus back in early December.

Facing a seven-point deficit coming out of halftime, the Wolf Pack started its comeback quest by outscoring the opposition 10-5 by the first media timeout of the half. A jumper, however, by SJSU's Nyre Harris with 11 minutes remaining made it a 62-52 advantage for the Spartans, their largest of the game to that point.

Nevada was able to get within four points following an 8-0 run on offense that was capped off by a Mungedi layup with 3:42 to play. San Jose State stretched its lead back out to seven on its next field goal by Rebecca Woodberry, who was fouled going to the basket. A three-point shot by the game's leading scorer, Ta'Rea Cunnigan, with just over a minute on the clock pushed the lead to 10 ultimately sealing the win for SJSU.

Free throws proved to be one glaring difference maker in the game as the Spartans made 17-of-24 foul shots, while the Pack went to the line just eight times, hitting four. San Jose State's transition game bested Nevada's by a 26-5 margin on fast break opportunities. The Wolf Pack shot above 40 percent in both halves and finished with 46.3 percent for the game, while SJSU connected on 39.2 percent.

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 153 for her career.

Against New Mexico, Mungedi set a new Nevada single-season blocking record as well. Mungedi broke the record in which she set last year with her first block against the Lobos. She now has 65 on the year.

COUNTDOWN TO 500

With the win against Air Force, head coach Jane Albright is now five 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 five wins needed, tickets for the game are just $5! For each remaining home game, game tickets will be the same price as the number of wins Albright needs to reach 500.

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.

BY THE NUMBERS

1 - Home games remaining for Nevada

4 - Rebounds needed for Mungedi to break into top-10 career list

5 - Wins shy of 500 career victories for Jane Albright

12.0 - PPG average for Ashlee Jones since taking over at the point

REEVES SELECTED FOR WBCA'S "SO" PROGRAM

Senior guard Kayla Reeves has been selected to participate in this year's Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) "So You Want to Be a Coach" program. Reeves is one of 58 from around the nation, and around all NCAA Divisions, to be selected for the program. The participants will learn about recruiting, the administrative side to coaching, how to get hired, skill development, the importance of knowing the rules and how to balance work and life.

The program will run in conjunction with the WBCA National Convention, April 3-5 in Tampa, Fla., the site of this year's NCAA Women's Final Four.

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

'POINT' ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Since taking over as the team's starting point guard, sophomore Ashlee Jones has fit in well to her new role. Normally a shooting guard, Jones has started the last two games at the point and is averaging 12.0 points per game. She posted a career-best 15 points in her last outing at San Jose State, thanks to knocking down a career-high five triples. In addition to points, Jones is shooting well above her season average, hitting 50 percent the last two contests. She set career-high numbers with five assists and two blocks as well vs. 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.'