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No. 10 Nevada hosts Air Force Saturday in the first of two home games

Pack winners of last 11 home games

No. 10 Nevada hosts Air Force Saturday in the first of two home games
• No. 10 Nevada (17-1, 4-1 MW) hosts Air Force (7-10, 2-3 MW) in the first of two in a row at Lawlor Events Center on Saturday in a Mountain West matchup.  The Falcons have won two in a row and the Pack three.
• Nevada has won its last 11 home games.
• The Wolf Pack is one of just five one loss teams in Division I.
• Nevada is 10th in both major college basketball polls.
• A Pack win over Air Force would give Nevada its best start in school history after 19 games at 18-1.
• Musselman is two wins from 100 at Nevada and would become the sixth coach to record 100 wins.
 • Jordan Caroline is averaging near a double-double scoring 18.2 points and grabbing 9.9 rebounds per game.  Caroline has double-doubles in the last two games, four of the last six, 11 this season and 38 in his Nevada career that is fourth in school history.  The Pack is 36-2 when he posts a double-double.  His 1,508 points in the Silver & Blue is ninth in Wolf Pack   he is five points from eighth.  His 806 rebounds at Nevada ranks seventh.  • Caleb Martin scores 64 (215-of-334) percent of his points in the second half.  In the SJSU game he scored 21-of-23 after halftime and was 6-for-6 from behind the arc.  Five times he has scored 20 or more points in the second half.  He averages 11.9 points in the second half and 6.6 in the first half.  At Utah he scored a career-high 33 points, 25 in the second half in and also had a career best seven assists in addition he had four steals and two blocks in the victory over the Utes.  He was named the MW Player of the Week for the second time this season. • Nevada has won five of the 10 MW Player of the Week honors this season, Jordan Caroline (3) and Caleb Martin (2). • A veteran group, Nevada has six redshirt seniors in Caroline, Caleb Martin, Cody Martin, Tre'Shawn Thurman, Trey Porter and Corey Henson.  Jazz Johnson and Nisre Zouzoua are both fourth year juniors.  •  Henson has started the last three games.  •  Jazz Johnson is second in the MW in 3-point field goal percentage (50.6). • Cody Martin leads the MW averaging 5.4 assists per game as does his 3.1 assist/turnover ratio.  Nationally he is 21st in assist/turnover ratio and 48th in assists per game.
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Players Mentioned

Jordan Caroline

#24 Jordan Caroline

Forward
6' 7"
Senior
Corey Henson

#2 Corey Henson

Guard
6' 3"
Senior
Jazz Johnson

#22 Jazz Johnson

Guard
5' 10"
Junior
Caleb Martin

#10 Caleb Martin

Guard
6' 7"
Senior
Cody Martin

#11 Cody Martin

Guard
6' 7"
Senior
Tre

#0 Tre'Shawn Thurman

Forward
6' 8"
Senior
Trey Porter

#15 Trey Porter

Forward
6' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Jordan Caroline

#24 Jordan Caroline

6' 7"
Senior
Forward
Corey Henson

#2 Corey Henson

6' 3"
Senior
Guard
Jazz Johnson

#22 Jazz Johnson

5' 10"
Junior
Guard
Caleb Martin

#10 Caleb Martin

6' 7"
Senior
Guard
Cody Martin

#11 Cody Martin

6' 7"
Senior
Guard
Tre

#0 Tre'Shawn Thurman

6' 8"
Senior
Forward
Trey Porter

#15 Trey Porter

6' 11"
Senior
Forward