No. 5 Nevada makes first of two consecutive trips to Los Angeles to play at USC
• Winners of seven in a row to start the season for the second year in a row, the Wolf Pack plays at USC in the first of two consecutive trips to face Pac-12 opponents in Los Angeles. The Pack's next game is Arizona State at the STAPLES Center in the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic.
• The Pack is currently fifth in the AP poll and sixth in the USA Today Coaches poll.
• Nevada went 3-0 in its first trip away from Lawlor Events Center defeating Tulsa and UMass in neutral site games. The Pack followed that with a road win at Loyola Chicago.
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Caleb Martin is Nevada's first preseason All-America selection being named to the AP and ESPN teams.
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Jordan Caroline is averaging near a double-double scoring 17.7 points and grabbing 9.9 rebounds per game. Caroline has five double-doubles in seven games this season and 32 in his career that is tied for fourth in school history. The Pack is 30-2 when he posts a double-double. His four game double-double streak ended at Loyola Chicago.
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Caleb Martin leads the team averaging 21 points per game despite not scoring a point in the first half of the BYU and Pacific games. Of his 147 points 103 have come in the second half, 70%.
• A veteran group, Nevada starts five redshirt seniors in Caroline,
Caleb Martin,
Cody Martin,
Tre'Shawn Thurman and
Trey Porter. A sixth
Corey Henson comes off the bench.
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Caleb Martin (21 pts) and
Cody Martin (20) points scored 41 of the Pack's 79 in the win at Loyola Chicago.
• In four games this season the Pack has had five players score in double figures with one being six in the victory over California Baptist.
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