Nevada faces Loyola Chicago Thursday in the Sweet 16 in Atlanta
• Nevada (29-7) plays Loyola Chicago (30-5) on Thursday in the Sweet 16 at 4:07 p.m. PT at Phillips Arena in Atlanta for chance to reach its first Elite Eight. It is the second Sweet 16 appearance for the Pack with the first coming in 2004 in St. Louis.
• Nevada has overcome second half double figure deficits in both of its NCAA Tournament games to win, 14 to Texas and 22 against Cincinnati. The 22-point comeback vs. the Bearcats is the second largest in NCAA Tournament history.
• Nevada's 29 wins this season is tied with 2006-07 team for the most in school history.
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Kendall Stephens set the MW record for 3s in a season in the Cincinnati game giving him 126, two more than Jimmer Fredette's (BYU) had during the 2010-11 season. Stephens is one of three players to have made five or more 3s in 13 games this season but the only one competing in the NCAA Tournament.
• Of the Pack's 2,987 points this season 60 (1,801-of-2,987) percent is from transfers
Caleb Martin,
Cody Martin,
Kendall Stephens and
Hallice Cooke.
• The Martin twins, Caleb (18.8) and Cody (13.9) combine to average 32.8 points per game which is 38.4 percent of the Pack's points. They combined for 53 at Utah State, Cody (30) and Caleb (23).
Jordan Caroline scored 20 at USU as the trio netted 73-of-93 points in the game
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Jordan Caroline has 27 career double-doubles and the Pack is 25-2 in those contests.
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Josh Hall is averaging 14.5 points, 6 rebounds and is shooting 72.2 percent in two NCAA Tournament games. Hall is averaging 6.8 points on the season.
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