Jan. 18, 2016
Nevada game notes | Gameday
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• Silver Legacy Resort and Casino
• Wednesday, January 27th
NEVADA CLOSES REGULAR SEASON SERIES AT WYOMING ON WEDNESDAY
• The Nevada men's basketball did not stay on campus for long as the Wolf Pack hits the road again to wrap up the regular season series against the Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie at 6 p.m. PT on Jan. 20.
• The Wolf Pack broke a three-game losing streak in the all-time series with a 71-68 win at Lawlor Events Center back on Jan. 2.
• Nevada looks to win back-to-back games for the first time in the 17 meetings between the two programs.
• The Pack's last road contest was an 86-63 victory over Air Force.
STATS OF NOTE
• Senior Marqueze Coleman ranks fourth in the MW with 4.1 assists per game and his eight assists against Boise State is tied for the third most in a single game this season in the league.
• In conference play, Coleman ranks first with 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game
• Sophomore Eric Cooper Jr. has scored three or more 3-pointers in seven games this season.
• Cooper has also scored in double-figures in three straight games and in eight of the last 10 contests.
WOLF PACK LAYUPS
TEAM NOTES
• The Wolf Pack is only one of two teams in the Mountain West, UNLV being the other, that ranks in the top three in blocked shots, steals and field goal percentage defense.
• The Wolf Pack dropped its first game at Lawlor Events Center this season to Boise State and now sits at 6-1 at home, its best home record through seven games since 2009-10.
• With its win over Air Force on Jan. 9, Nevada won its 10th game of 2015-16, surpassing its win total of nine from last season.
• The Wolf Pack has had four or more players score in doubles-figures nine times this season against Coastal Carolina, Montana State, at Pacific, PSU, HNU, Fresno Pacific, Drake, Santa Clara and Air Force. A season-best seven players scored in double figures against Fresno Pacific.
• Nevada has four players averaging double figures led by senior Marqueze Coleman's 17.9 points per game. D.J. Fenner (12.7 ppg), Cameron Oliver (10.8 ppg) and Tyron Criswell (10.8 ppg) are also averaging double figures. Eric Cooper, Jr. (9.9 ppg) nearly averages double-figures. The four players combine to score 66 percent of the Pack's points (878-of-1330) an average of 51.6 points per game.
• Coleman has scored in double-figures in 15 games this season, Fenner in 12, Cooper 11 times with Criswell and Oliver in eight contests.
• In 12 games this season, the Pack's bench has outscored the opponent's. 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.
• 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 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.
• Nevada tops the MW in blocks per game (6.5), defensive rebounds per game (28.1), total rebounds per game (41.2 rpg) and total blocks (110). The Pack is second in field goal percentage defense (39.7) and scoring (78.2 ppg).
• Nevada is fifth in the NCAA with 6.5 blocks per game and ninth with 110 total blocks. The Pack had a season-high 11 blocks at Oregon State.
COACH MUSSELMAN NOTES
• 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 Division I era.
•Through 16 games, Musselman's squad is went 10-6. Through 16 contests last season, the Pack was 6-10.
• Musselman became the fifth Wolf Pack head coach to win his season-opener since Nevada moved to NCAA Division I when the Pack defeated Coastal Carolina 73-56 to begin the season.
• Musselman tied the Nevada record for the best start by a first-year Nevada head coach in the NCAA I era when he led the Wolf Pack to a 4-1 start.
Marqueze Coleman NOTES
• Senior Marqueze Coleman has scored in double figures in the last 10 games and a team-high 15 times on the season.
• Seven times this season Coleman has scored 20 or more points in a game which includes two 30 plus point games.
• Coleman's 108 made free throws ranks 11th and his 137 free throws attempted ranks 13th in the nation. He is shooting 78.8 percent from the charity stripe and went to the free throw 10 or more times in the first four games of the season and six times on the year. Coleman averages 6.4 made free throws on 8.1 attempts per game.
• In conference play, Coleman leads the MW with 5.0 assists per game and 2.6 steals per contest.
• Coleman has had five games this season where he has totaled five or more assists. His career-high 11 in the HNU game is the high in the MW this season.
• This season, Coleman scores 69 percent of his points (210-of-304) after halftime.
• Coleman's 17.9 points per game this season is nearly 10 more points than his career average of 8.3.
• Coleman set a new career-high with eight rebounds in the victory over Air Force.
• Coleman scored 22 or more points in each of the Pack's first three MW games. Coleman's 17.9 points per game is fourth in the MW and 20.0 points per game in conference play is third.
• Coleman produced back-to-back 30 plus point games with 34 at Hawai`i and 31 at Pacific.
• 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.
Cameron Oliver NOTES
• Freshman Cameron Oliver leads the MW averaging 2.8 blocks per game. Nationally he ranks 22nd in blocks per game and 20th with 43 total blocks. At Oregon State he blocked a season-best five shots.
• Oliver finished with two blocks against Boise State, the sixth consecutive game and the 13th time this season that Oliver tallied two or more swats.
• Oliver recorded his second career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in the victory at Air Force.
Tyron Criswell NOTES
• Senior Tyron Criswell has played himself into a starting role the last two games and is one of the top rebounding guards in the Mountain West where he ranks 20th with 5.6 boards per game.
• 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.
D.J. Fenner NOTES
• Junior D.J. Fenner currently ranks 17th in the MW with 12.7 points per game and 10th with 32.2 minutes per contest.
• Fenner matched his season-high in field goals made for the third time against Boise State after shooting 7-of-13 from the field with 15 points.
• Fenner's 12.7 points per game is 5.6 more than his career average of 7.1 per outing.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• After coming off the bench to score three 3-pointers against Boise State, sophomore Eric Cooper Jr. has now hit three or more shots from beyond the arc in seven games this season.
• Cooper has scored in double-figures in three-consecutive games and eight of the last 10.
• Cooper leads the team with 30 made 3-pointers and a 33.7 shooting clip from beyond the arc.
• Sophomore Elijah Foster matched his career-high with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field in the Wyoming game.
• Senior Lucas Stivrins scored a game-high 21 points against Holy Names, all coming in the final 9:19 of the game. Stivrins made 6-of-7, 3-pointers and made his final four 3-point attempts.
