University of Nevada Athletics

-Nevada will honor its five-member senior class prior to the start of tonight's game

-The Pack has out-rebounded its opponent in 18 of 28 games and seven by double figures

-No matter the outcome of tonight's game, Nevada will be the No. 10 seed and will face SDSU in the conference tournament

-Junior Kelsey Kaelin posted a team and career-best 16 points in the last game at Colorado State

-Jane Albright is five wins shy of 500 career victories

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

SENIOR NIGHT FESTIVITIES

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 21 of 28 games.

LAST TIME OUT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A basket by junior Julia Shelbourn with 4:15 to play tied the game at 52-52 but Colorado State pulled away late to down the University of Nevada women's basketball team 68-61 Tuesday night.

Junior Kelsey Kaelin finished the game with a team and career-high 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting and added a career-best five assists. Senior Mimi Mungedi also reached double figures and recorded her 12th double-double of the year with 12 points and 10 rebounds. As a team, Nevada dished out a season-high 23 assists and were led by senior Emily Burns who recorded a career-best seven helpers.

The Wolf Pack hung with the league's first-place team for a majority of the first half. After the Rams stretched their lead out to four, Shelbourn hit a hard fought layup inside, drawing the foul. Shelbourn sunk the ensuing free throw to bring Nevada to within one point.

With 7:14 remaining in the opening half, Nevada was working on a string of six consecutive points to take a 22-20 lead. From there, Colorado State took advantage of a scoring drought that lasted 6:06 for the Wolf Pack and scored 14 unanswered points to take a 12-point lead.

Coming out of halftime down by 10, the Pack began the second half on an 8-0 run to cut it to two. Colorado State had gotten its lead back up to eight and as the half continued on, Nevada fought and clawed to stay within striking distance. With 7:52 on the clock, Mungedi's short jumper helped her team to just a 48-45 deficit.

Nevada again was able to cut it down to three with under six to play after three straight offensive rebounds led to a Shelbourn layup. That started three consecutive buckets by Shelbourn, the third of which tied it at 52-52 with 4:15 left.

The difference maker down the stretch, however, was a 10-3 Colorado State run over the next three minutes. The Pack faced a 10-point deficit once more with 1:03 left and made things interesting. A basket by junior Nyasha LeSure, a steal in the backcourt by senior Aja Johnson, missed jumper, offensive board and quick jumper by Kaelin made it a two possession game with 39 ticks left.

Colorado State hit its free throws in the final 30 seconds, however, to seal the win and at least a share of the Mountain West regular season title. The turnover game proved to be the ultimate difference maker in the contest as 19 Nevada turnovers led to 22 points off turnovers for the Rams. Nevada turned seven CSU turnovers into just two points.

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

5 - Nevada seniors being honored prior to the start of Friday's game

5 - Wins shy of 500 career victories for Jane Albright

8 - Point differential between the two teams last time they met

10 - Seeding for Nevada in the upcoming MW Tournament

STRONG ON THE GLASS

As a team, Nevada collected a season-best 74 rebounds against San Jose State, making it 18 games that the Pack has out-rebounded its opponent and has seven 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.

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 TO FACE SAN DIEGO STATE IN MW TOURNAMENT

No matter the outcome of tonight's contest, Nevada will be the No. 10 seed for the upcoming Mountain West Tournament, which begins on Monday. The Pack will face tonight's opponent, San Diego State, once again as the Aztecs have locked up the No. 7 seed. The 7/10 game will be the second game of the day on Monday and will begin at 4:30 p.m. from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Nevada and SDSU met in the quarterfinal round of the 2013-14 Mountain West Tournament with the Pack edging the Aztecs 53-48.

GRAB THAT BOARD

Despite its 8-20 record, the Wolf Pack's play on the glass has been something

to take note of. Nevada has out-rebounded its opponent in 18 of 28 games this

season and is working on a string of seven of its last nine games. For the year, the Pack owns a 6.9 rebounding margin, which ranks first in the Mountain Westand 26th in the nation.

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.'