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No. 5/6 Nevada takes 14-0 record on the road to The Pit to face New Mexico

Pack returns to site of amazing comeback

No. 5/6 Nevada takes 14-0 record on the road to The Pit to face New Mexico 
• No. 5/6 Nevada (14-0, 1-0 MW) will play its first Mountain West road game of the season at New Mexico (7-6, 1-0 MW) on Saturday at 5 p.m. PT.  The game will air on ESPNU.
• The game at the Pit will be the first since the Wolf Pack rallied from 25 points down with 11 minutes to play and 11 down with 1:03 on the clock in regulation.  Nevada went on to win 105-104 in double overtime behind Jordan Caroline's 45-point performance on Jan. 8, 2017
• The Pack moved up a spot to fifth in the USA Today Coaches polls and remained sixth in the AP poll.  Fifth is the highest USA Today Coaches poll ranking in school history.
 • Jordan Caroline is averaging near a double-double scoring 18.4 points and grabbing 9.9 rebounds per game.  Caroline has double-doubles in the last two games, nine this season and 36 in his Nevada career that is fourth in school history.  The Pack is 34-2 when he posts a double-double.  His 1,438 points in the Silver & Blue is 12th in Wolf Pack history and is four points from passing Armon Johnson (2007-10) for 11th.  • Caleb Martin did not score in double figures for the first time this season finishing with seven points in the Utah State win and fouled out playing just 21 minutes  ...  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.  He scores 65 percent of his points in the second half, 174-of-266. • Nevada has won five of the seven MW Player of the Week honors this season, Jordan Caroline (3) and Caleb Martin (2). • 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.  Jazz Johnson and Nisre Zouzoua are both fourth year juniors. •  Jazz Johnson leads Division I in 3-point field goal percentage (56.9%) and is first in the MW and third the country in free throw percentage (94.6%)... Has made 27 consecutive free throws. • Caleb Martin leads the MW averaging 5.7 assists per game as does his 3.4 assist/turnover ratio.  Nationally he is 17th in assist/turnover ration and 35th in assist per game.

ESPNU
• Eric Rothman (Play-By-Play)
• Corey Williams (Analyst)

ON RADIO
Wolf Pack Radio Network - 94.5 FM, 630 AM
Pregame starts 30 minutes prior to tip-off
• John Ramey (Play-By-Play)

ONLINE AUDIO/LIVESTATS
• NevadaWolfPack.com/Audio
• Sirius: 99 • XM 203 • Internet: 964 • TuneIn
• Live statistics - www.NevadaWolfPack.com/mbballls

TWITTER
• Official Twitter: @NevadaWolfPack
• Men's Basketball Twitter: @NevadaHoops
 
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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