Feb. 9, 2017

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TELEVISION
Watch Live: CBS Sports Network
• Carter Blackburn (Play-By-Play)
• Pete Gillen (Color Analyst)
• Jenny Dell

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PACK HITS THE ROAD FOR REMATCH GAME IN SAN DIEGO STATE
• The Nevada Wolf Pack (19-5, 8-3 MW) will take on San Diego State (13-10, 5-6 MW) in a Sunday afternoon matchup in San Diego. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. PT on CBS Sports Network.
• Nevada defeated the Aztecs this year for the first time since the 1998-99 season, having never won in Mountain West play. The Pack defeated the Aztecs 72-69 in Reno on Jan. 4.
• Nevada is now tied atop the conference standings with the Boise State. The Broncos and the Wolf Pack have traded time at the top, adding importance to the seven remaining conference games.
• Senior D.J. Fenner is shooting 49.1 from the field, 48.5 from beyond the arc and 82.1 from the
charity stripe, tops on the team in each category. Fenner leads the MW in 3-point percentage.
• Four Wolf Pack players are averaging double figures in senior Marcus Marshall (20.1), sophomore Cameron Oliver (15.3), senior D.J. Fenner (14.8) and sophomore Jordan Caroline (14.0).
• The Wolf Pack set an attendance record Wednesday night against UNLV, packing 11,841 fans into Lawlor Events Center. It marked the first sellout in more than a decade.

Wolf Pack Layups

• The Nevada Wolf Pack (19-5, 8-3 MW), took down the UNLV Rebels (10-15, 3-9 MW) Wednesday night 104-77 to move back into a tie for first in the Mountain West with Boise State.

• The Wolf Pack stayed steady in the RPI after the win against UNLV, No. 41 as of Thursday. The Wolf Pack is 4-1 against top 100 opponents and 13-5 against top 200 opponents.

• Nevada has beaten two schools ranked in Ken Pomeroy's College Basketball Ranking's top 100 and has topped a total of 13 in the top 200. KenPom puts Nevada at 67th in the nation.

• Nevada fans set a record against UNLV for Lawlor attendance with a sellout 11,841. It was the first sellout for the Wolf Pack in more than a decade (Jan. 29, 2005 vs. Fresno State).

• Nevada's 104 points Wednesday night were the most the Pack has scored in the series history against UNLV.

• The 27-point margin of victory was the largest in a Wolf Pack victory in the history of the UNLV series.

• Against UNLV, senior D.J. Fenner passed Ken "Tree" Green for 18th in Nevada history in career points. Fenner now has 1,218 career points at Nevada.

• Fenner set a career high in points (37) and tied his career high in threes made with five in the game against the Rebels.

• Fenner's 37 points on Wednesday night were the most points scored by a Wolf Pack player against UNLV since at least the 1986-87 season.

• Fenner's 37-point game against the Runnin' Rebels was the fifth time a Nevada player eclipsed 30 points this season.

D.J. Fenner's 24 points in the first half of the UNLV game marked a team high this season.

• Nevada set a set a season high in first half scoring with its 58 points against UNLV. The previous high was 48 against Oregon State.

• Nevada had two players eclipse 20 points for the ninth time this season vs. the Rebels in Fenner (37) and Oliver (25).

• Sophomore Jordan Caroline logged his ninth double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the UNLV game..

• For the 16th time this season against UNLV, at least four Wolf Pack players scored in double figures.

• Senior Marcus Marshall has scored at least 10 points in every game but one this season with his 15 against UNLV.

• Sophomore Jordan Caroline is nearly averaging a double-double with his 14.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. He's recorded nine double-doubles this year, including two sets of three straight. The nine double-doubles is second in the MW.

• The 13-point deficit at the half against Fresno State was the largest at home this season for Nevada.

• The Pack set season highs at the charity stripe at Wyoming, attempting 37 free throws and making 31. Senior Marcus Marshall went 14-of-15 from the line, sinking his last 12 and setting a team high in free throws made.

• Sophomore Cameron Oliver's 16 rebounds at Wyoming not only were a season high for the team, but also ranks in the top five by an opponent ever at Wyoming.

• Caroline's 45 points at New Mexico are the fourth-most in Division I this year, the most by any player in the Mountain West this year, the most by a sophomore in the history of the Mountain West and the most by a Wolf Pack player since Kevin Franklin scored 48 against Loyola Marymount on Nov. 25, 1989.

• Marshall is 10th in the nation when it comes to shooting the long ball, draining 3.54 per game.

• Nevada shot a season high 84.6 percent from the charity stripe at Fresno State, going 11-of-13 from the line. Both Fenner and sophomore Jordan Caroline were a perfect 4-of-4.

• Of the Wolf Pack's 19 wins, 16 have come in win streaks of four, five and seven. Nevada has yet to lose back-to-back games this year and has just twice in the Musselman era, both times coming last season.

• Of Nevada's 79.9 points per game, 70.5 have come from Marshall, Caroline, Fenner, Oliver and Drew.

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