Feb. 20, 2017

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Who: Nevada Wolf Pack (10-15, 4-10 MW) at Boise State Broncos (18-7, 8-6 MW)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22 - 6 p.m. PT
Where: Taco Bell Arena - Boise, Idaho
Live Stream: NevadaWolfPack.tv
Radio: NBC Sports Radio 94.1 FM/1450 AM
Online Radio: NevadaWolfPack.com/audio
Play-by-Play Announcer: Don Marchand
Live Stats: NevadaStats.com

QUICK HITS
• Sophomore AJ Cephas is now ninth all-time at Nevada in blocked shots, needing nine to move up to eighth.
• Junior T Moe needs seven made free throws to move to fourth all-time at Nevada.
• Nevada has not won in Boise since the 2010-11 season (74-57).
• Senior Stephanie Schmid ranks 18th in the nation in three-point shooting percentage (42.5).
• Head coach Jane Albright is 8-8 during her tenure at Nevada against Boise State.

SERIES HISTORY
The all-time series between the Wolf Pack and the Broncos is one of the longest running series in program history at 51 games.
Boise State has comfortably won the most games in the all-time series with 35 wins in 51 attempts. Boise State had won the last
three in a row against the Wolf Pack and six of the last seven before Nevada earned a 69-62 win over the Broncos earlier this season in Reno.

LAST TIME OUT (L, 60-57 at Utah State)
• AJ Cephas scored a career-high 17 points off the bench.
• Nevada outscored the Aggies, 19-13, in the third quarter.
• MorningRose Tobey dished out a career-best four assists.
• Nevada set a season-low with just 10 turnovers.
• The Pack's bench outscored the Aggies' bench, 40-19.
• Only six of the 10 Nevada players recorded a point.

HOLY SCHMID
Nevada's lone senior, Stephanie Schmid, had one heck of a fourth quarter in the win over San Diego State. Schmid scored 23 of her 29 points in the final 10 minutes, outscoring the entire Aztecs team in that period. The Illinois native hit 9-of-12 from the field, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. Schmid also was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. She has only missed two free throws in Mountain West play, going 27-of-29 from the charity stripe. Additionally her 42.5 percent success rate from three-point range is 18th-best nationally.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Senior Stephanie Schmid and junior T Moe have quietly been moving up the Nevada record book this season. Moe, who ranks 47th in the nation in free throw percentage, is now fifth all-time at Nevada with 299 free throws made. She needs seven to pass Ieesha Donadelle for fourth. Schmid on the other hand has made 114 three-pointers in her short time with the Wolf Pack, which breaks her into the top 10. Schmid needs one more to pass Kelli Dufficy for ninth.

BLOCK PARTY
Sophomore AJ Cephas has established herself as one of the top shot blockers in the Mountain West. Nevada as a team is also one of the shot blocking teams in the league. The Wolf Pack ranks 50th in the nation with 4.6 blocks per game thanks in large part to Cephas' play. Cephas' 1.84 blocks per game ranks fourth in the conference. After she recorded five blocks at UNLV she broke into the top 10 in career blocks at Nevada. She passed Kate Smith for ninth all-time thanks to two blocks at Utah State.

BRIGGS BREAKING OUT
Sophomore Terae Briggs shot out of a cannon during the team's game against Fresno State. Briggs scored a career-best 22 points, the first 20-point game of her career, and added 11 rebounds to post her third double-double of the season. Briggs, who normally shot under 50 percent from the free throw line, connected on 10-of-11 from the charity stripe. She ranks eighth in the MW in rebounding (7.7 rpg) and is third in offensive rebounds (3.5 per game). In league play, Briggs leads the team with 8.1 rebounds per game, is second in points per game (11.1) and is third in free throw percentage (75.0 percent). She has scored in double figures in five of her last seven games.

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. After she connected on 11-of-14 from the line at Air Force, Moe's 84 made free throws through 25 games is fourth in the Mountain West. She has missed just 16 foul shots total, giving her 100 attempts on the season, which ranks fourth in the Mountain West. Moe is shooting 84.0 percent from the line, which ranks 47th in the nation.

BY THE NUMBERS
6 - Years since Nevada's last win in Boise.
9 - Blocks needed by AJ Cephas to pass Jelena Zrnic for eighth all-time.
18 - Stephanie Schmid's national rank in three-point FG percentage (42.5).
52 - Nevada's national rank in free throw percentage (74.4).
421 - Miles traveled from Reno, Nev. to Boise, Idaho.

MILESTONE WATCH
Nevada has a few players who are approaching milestones, some of whom could hit those numbers Wednesday evening at Boise State.

• Terae Briggs - Eight rebounds shy of 200
• AJ Cephas - 17 blocks shy of 100
• AJ Cephas - 17 points shy of 400
• Teige Zeller - Two rebounds shy of 400
• Riana Everidge - 16 points shy of 500

SEEING DOUBLE
In Nevada's game against Boise State, sophomores AJ Cephas and Riana Everidge became the first Wolf Pack duo to record double-doubles in the same game since the 2014-15 season. Cephas finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Everidge collected a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds. To find when the last time that happened you have to go back to Feb. 7, 2015 when Emily Burns (15 pts, 10 reb) and Mimi Mungedi (24 pts, 29 reb) each posted a double-double in the game vs. San Jose State.

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