Nov. 29, 2016
Nevada Game Notes 
Who: UC Irvine Anteaters (0-6) at Nevada Wolf Pack (4-2)
When: Thursday, Dec. 1 - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Lawlor Events Center - Reno, Nev.
Live Stream: NevadaWolfPack.tv
Radio: NBC Sports Radio 94.1 FM/1450 AM
Audio: NevadaWolfPack.com/audio
Play-by-Play Announcer: Don Marchand
Live Stats: NevadaStats.com
QUICK HITS
• At 4-2, Nevada is off to its best start since the 2010-11 season.
• Nevada earned its fourth win last Saturday, needing just one more to tie last year's win total.
• Senior Stephanie Schmid is averaging 21.0 points per game in her last four outings.
• Sophomore Riana Everidge posted the first double-double of her career last week against Navy.
• Thursday will mark the second straight season these two teams have played one another.
SERIES HISTORY
These two teams have seen quite a bit of one another over the years, 21 times to be exact. UC Irvine holds a 14-7 edge over the Wolf Pack in the all-time series and has won the last two games. Last year in Irvine, the Anteaters squeaked out a 68-64 victory against the Pack for one of their four wins. The series began in 1983 and has been pretty back and forth in recent memory. Nevada does play the Anteaters better at home with a 5-6 record.
ALBRIGHT RETURNS FOR NINTH SEASON
Nevada head coach Jane Albright is back for her ninth season at the helm of the program and her 33rd season as a Division I head coach. Last season with a 70-64 road victory at San Diego State, Albright earned career win No. 500. She has 505 career wins and 108 wins in nine seasons at Nevada. She ranks in the top 35 among active Division I women's coaches in wins.
LAST TIME OUT
• Nevada earned its fourth win in six games last Saturday vs. Memphis.
• Stephanie Schmid poured in 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting.
• Terae Briggs notched her second double-double of the season (13, 11).
• The Wolf Pack shot 54 percent (27-of-50) for the game.
• Nevada outscored Memphis 24-15 in the third quarter.
• The Pack defense held the Tigers to just 1-of-10 from three-point range.
• Nevada had three score in double figures.
SEEING DOUBLE
Sophomore forward Terae Briggs posted her second double-double of the season last Saturday in a win over Memphis. Briggs finished the game with a season-high 13 points and 11 rebounds to record the feat. She is the only Nevada player with two double-doubles this season (first was against Portland).
POINTS, POINTS, POINTS
Nevada's offense posted 99 points during its road win over Sacramento State. That is the most points in a single game by the Wolf Pack since it scored 99 against San Jose State on Feb. 19, 2014. Nevada has scored 70 points or more in four of six games so far this season. Nevada's 78.3 points per game average through six games is 39th-best in the nation and is second in the Mountain West behind Boise State (81.4).
HOLY SCHMID
Senior Stephanie Schmid has been on fire in her last four games. It all started by helping to lead the Wolf Pack to a 99-95 win at Sacramento State. Schmid posted a career-high 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting, which included five three-pointers. The Illinois native scored 14 of her 32 points in the first quarter alone and had 21 points by halftime, which allowed her to best her previous career-high of 25. Schmid's 32 points were the most by a Wolf Pack player sine Tahnee Robinson scored 32 against Louisiana Tech in February of 2011. In her last four games Schmid is averaging 21.0 points per game and is shooting above 60 percent from the field.
THE 500 CLUB
Junior point guard T Moe has six games under her belt now this season, which is the most she has played in since the 2013-14 campaign. In those first two games she totaled 23 points, which gave her an even 500 for her career. Bitten by injury, the bulk of scoring during her career came during her sophomore year (2013-14) where she finished with 338. For her career she is averaging 10.2 points per game.
FREE THROWS FOR T Moe
Junior guard T Moe has always been one of Nevada's most consistent shooters from the free throw line and this season is no different. Moe's 35 made free throws through six games is 13th in the nation and first in the Mountain West. She has missed just three foul shots total, giving her 38 attempts on the young season, which ranks inside the top 35 nationally. In the season opener against Long Beach State, Moe made 13-of-15 free throws which tied her career-high.
TAKE A BOW
Sophomore Riana Everidge is playing some of the best basketball of her career through the first six games of the season. Everidge is second on the team in points per game, averaging 13.3 per game, which ranks 11th in the Mountain West. She fell just one point shy of tying her career high of 20 points at Sacramento State and was the only Nevada player to score in double figures until she was held to just two points against Memphis in the team's last outing.
MILESTONE WATCH
Nevada has a few players who are approaching milestones, some of whom could hit those numbers Thursday evening against UC Irvine.
• MorningRose Tobey - 11 points shy of 100
• Halie Bergman - Seven points shy of 200
• Riana Everidge - 25 points shy of 300
• Stephanie Schmid - 18 rebounds shy of 100
• T Moe - 15 rebounds shy of 200
• T Moe - 60 points shy of 600
• Teige Zeller - Five rebounds shy of 300
SUMILONG SIGNS WITH THE PACK
With the first day of the signing period last Wednesday, head coach Jane Albright announced the signing of Janelle Sumilong, a 5-7 combo guard. Sumilong hails from Hanford, Calif. and played at Hanford High School. Entering her senior year she has scored just over 1,600 points and averaged 20.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists as a junior. She will join the team for the 2017-18 season.
NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The Wolf Pack will play 11 games as a part of its nonconference schedule this season. Eight of the 11 games will be played at home in Lawlor Events Center. The only road games the team will play during November and December's nonconference slate will be Nov. 16 at Sacramento State, Nov. 20 at Pepperdine and Dec. 10 at San Diego. Nevada will host its annual Nugget Classic Nov. 25 and 26, which features Nevada, Navy, Arkansas and Memphis. The Pack concludes nonconference play with a home game against defending Big West Champions Hawai'i on Dec. 18.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Number of starting five combos the Wolf Pack has used
13 - T Moe's national rank in free throws made
21 - Points per game for Stephanie Schmid in the last four games
21 - Number of games played between Nevada and UC Irvine in history
556 - Miles traveled from Irvine, Calif. to Reno, Nev.
MEET THE NEWCOMERS
• #11 Terae Briggs | 6-3 | F | So. | Pryor, Mont./United Tribes Tech.
• #22 Sami Dinan | 5-5 | G | Fr. | Reno, Nev./North Valleys HS
• #23 Desirae Gonzalez | 5-11 | G | Fr. | Kingman, Ariz./Kingman HS
• #34 Jade Redmon | 5-7 | G | Jr. | Spokane, Wash./E. Washington
• #35 Kristin Dearth | 6-3 | F | So. | Corrales, N.M./Seattle
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Nevada has eight teams on its schedule this season who participated in postseason tournaments last year. Colorado State, the favorite once again in the Mountain West, and Big West Champions Hawai'i both competed in the NCAA Tournament. Teams to have played in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) include Long Beach State, Memphis, Utah, San Diego and Fresno State. New Mexico participated in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI).
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
By Class: Senior (1), Junior (5), Sophomore (6), Freshmen (2)
By State: California (4), New Mexico (2), Nevada (2), Washington (2), Montana (1), Illinois (1), Arizona (1), Missouri (1)
By Position: Guard (10), Forward (4)
COACHING STAFF
Behind Jane Albright, who is in her ninth year with the program, her staff remains unchanged from last season. Associate head coach Camille Williams and assistant coach Kami Malnaa have also been with the team for nine seasons now, spending all nine as a member of the coaching staff. Albright's third assistant, Janet Butler, is in her second year as an assistant coach and fifth overall season with the program. Shea Mead, director of operations, and graduate assistants Tahnee Robinson and Kassidy Hardgrove are all back for their second seasons.
