No. 22 Nevada plays SDSU in semifinals of MW Championships Friday
• No. 22 and MW regular champions, Nevada (27-6) plays San Diego State (20-10) in the semifinals of the MW Championships Friday at 6 p.m. The Pack and Aztecs split the two games this season with each winning at home.
• Nevada has won outright back-to-back MW regular season championships for the first time and is just the second school in the MW to accomplish the feat joining BYU in 2007 and 2008.
• Nevada captured four of the top honors from the MW coaches with
Caleb Martin earning Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors,
Cody Martin Defensive Player of the Year and head coach
Eric Musselman, Coach of the Year.
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Jordan Caroline, the 2017 MW Championship MVP, has scored 20 or more points in the last four games, 5-of-6 and 6-of-8. In four MW Championships games Caroline is averaging 19.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and iis shooting 53.2 percent from the field.
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Kendall Stephens set the MW record with 73 made 3-pointers in conference play this season. His five in the UNLV game gave him a school record 118 which ranks is second most all-time in the MW.
• Of the Pack's 2,752 points this season 61.6 (1,695-of-2,752) percent is from first year players.
• The Martin twins, Caleb (19.3) and Cody (13.7) combine to average 33 points per game which is 38.4 percent of the Pack's points. They combined for 53 at USU, Cody (30) and Caleb (23).
Jordan Caroline scored 20 at USU as the trio netted 73-of-93 points in the game
• Caroline has 26 career double-doubles and the Pack is 25-1 in those contests.
• Nevada's RPI sits at 12 with a kenpom.com ranking of 20 and ESPN BPI of 28.
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