Who: Nevada Wolf Pack (8-4, 1-0 MW) at New Mexico Lobos (13-1, 1-0 MW)
When: Saturday, Dec. 30 - 12 p.m. PT
Where: The Pit - Albuquerque, N.M.
Live Stream: NevadaWolfPack.tv
Radio: NBC Sports Radio 94.1 FM/1450 AM
Online Radio: NevadaWolfPack.com/audio
Play-by-Play Announcer: Doug Greenwald
Live Stats: Nevada.StatBroadcast.com

QUICK HITS
• Nevada has won five consecutive games, its longest win streak since it also strung together five in a row in 2013-14.
• Senior T Moe needs 189 points to become Nevada's 13th 1,000-point scorer.
• The Wolf Pack begins conference play 1-0 for the first time in three years.
• Teige Zeller has posted four 20-point games this season and has led the Pack in scoring in six games.
• Saturday's game is an early battle of the league's top two teams.

SERIES HISTORY
Nevada and New Mexico have a short history between them at just 10 games. The Lobos currently are ahead in the series, 7-3, and have won the last five contests. The last time Nevada beat UNM was on March 1, 2014 in Albuquerque, 60-55.

LAST TIME OUT (W, 90-73 vs. Fresno State)
• Nevada led at halftime, 43-38, and is now 8-0 when leading at the half.
• The 90 points scored by the Wolf Pack are the second-most it has scored this season (95 vs. Sacramento State is the most).
• Teige Zeller recorded her third double-double of the year (20 pts, 12 rbs), and Terae Briggs posted her first (10 pts, 11 rbs).
• Nevada notched a 24-8 assist to turnover ratio, which tied a season high in assists and a season low in turnovers.
• Camariah King scored 11 points and has scored in double figures in five straight games.
• Nevada outscored the Bulldogs in the paint by a 52-22 margin.

HONORS FOR ZELLER
Senior Teige Zeller was named the Mountain West Player of the Week on Dec. 18 for the first time in her career. She averaged a double-double with 13.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game to help the Wolf Pack go 2-0 and end non-conference play on a four-game win streak. In the win over Stanislaus State she posted career numbers with 24 points and 19 rebounds. The 19 boards were tied for the most in a single game by a Mountain West player this season. It was the first weekly conference award given to a Nevada player since Mimi Mungedi earned the same honor in 2014.

HOME SWEET HOME
Lawlor Events Center has been kind to the Wolf Pack over the years. Through eight home games this season Nevada sports a 6-2 record. Since the women's basketball team started playing in Lawlor in 1994, the Pack is 202-148 at home.

BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Blocks needed by AJ Cephas to move to eighth all-time.
4 - Players on the cusp on averaging double figures in points.
5 - Consecutive games Camariah King has scored in double figures.
50 - Wins in Amanda Levens' head coaching career.
1,012 - Miles traveled from Reno, Nev. to Albuquerque, N.M.

LEVENS MAKES HISTORY
Nevada head coach Amanda Levens has made history already in her first season at the helm of the program. The Wolf Pack has secured a winning non-conference record, making Levens the first coach in program history to do so in their first season. Nevada ended non-conference action with a 7-4 record, the highest non-league record since the 2010-11 squad went 11-2.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Nevada has 11 teams on its schedule this season who participated in postseason tournaments last year, including four who made the NCAA Tournament. Boise State, the favorite this year in the Mountain West,  UConn, which enters the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, Oregon State and Montana State competed in the NCAA Tournament. Teams to have played in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) include Utah, SMU, Seattle, Colorado State, UNLV and Wyoming. Utah State made an appearance in the WBI.

Additionally through Dec. 13, the Wolf Pack boasts the second-highest strength of schedule ranking in the Mountain West at 105. New Mexico leads the league in both strength of schedule (61) and RPI (10).  Nevada also ranks highly in RPI at 112, also second-best in the MW.

MEET THE NEWCOMERS
• #00 Janelle Sumilong | 5-8 | G | Fr. | Hanford, Calif./Hanford HS
• #14 Delaney Gosse | 6-1 | F | So. | Las Vegas, Nev./The Meadows School

MILESTONE WATCH
Nevada has a few players who are approaching milestones, some of whom could hit those numbers Saturday afternoon at New Mexico.

• AJ Cephas - Four points shy of 500
• AJ Cephas - 10 blocks shy of 100
• T Moe - 189 points shy of 1,000
• T Moe - Two rebounds shy of 300
• T Moe - 27 assists shy of 300
• MorningRose Tobey - 26 points shy of 200
• Halie Bergman - 31 points shy of 500

THREE PLEASE
Through the Wolf Pack's first 12 games of the season, the team has established itself as a top threat from beyond the arc. Last season, Nevada connected on just 30.8 percent of its shots from long range, but so far this year the Pack is hitting 35.4 percent. In 12 games Nevada has splashed down 69 threes. Nevada's three-point shooting percentage is second in the Mountain West and in the top 50 nationally. Senior Halie Bergman leads the Pack with 26 made three-pointers.

MOE MOVING UP THE RANKS
Senior guard T Moe, who is in her sixth year with the program having battled injuries throughout, continues to move up the ranks in the Nevada record book.

Career Free Throws Made
1. Chris Starr (1982-86) - 594
2. Dellena Criner (2005-09) - 551
3. Kate Smith (1999-2003) - 464
4. T Moe (2012-present) - 369
5. Ieesha Donadelle (1994-98) - 305

Career Assists
6. Traci Graham (2003-07) - 354
7. Angie Heer (1997-2001) - 334
8. T Moe (2012-present) - 271
9. Nicole Smith (1988-92) - 252
10. Noelle Fable (1994-98) - 232

CEPHAS' BLOCK PARTY
Junior forward AJ Cephas has been one of Nevada's best shot blockers since she arrived on campus. Though she has just three blocks this season, she continues to move up the ranks in the Wolf Pack record book.

Career Blocks
6. April Bankston (2001-05) - 102
7. Emily Burns (2011-15) - 94
8. Jelena Zrnic (1996-98) - 91
9. AJ Cephas (2015-present) - 90
10. Kate Smith (1999-2003) - 82

LEVENS SIGNS SIX TO PLAY FOR WOLF PACK
During the early signing period, Nevada head coach Amanda Levens announced the signing of six to play for the Wolf Pack next season.

Essence Booker - 5-8 - G - Las Vegas, Nev./Spring Valley HS
Da'Ja Hamilton - 5-8 - G - Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS
Imani Lacy - 6-0 - G - Fresno, Calif./Central HS
Kailee Oliverson - 6-3 - F - Twin Bridges, Mont./Twin Bridges HS
Emma Torbert - 6-2 - F - Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei HS
Amaya West - 5-10 - G - Mesa, Ariz./Red Mountain HS