HEAD COACH STEVE ALFORD DEBUTS TUESDAY AS NEVADA SEEKS SCHOOL RECORD 19TH CONSECUTIVE HOME WIN
• First year head coach
Steve Alford's debut is Tuesday night when Utah comes to Lawlor Events Center for a 7:30 p.m. tip • Nevada will be seeking its school record 19th consecutive home win at Lawlor Events Center • Alford begins his 29th season as a college head coach and is 13 wins from 600 in his career • Alford holds a 9-8 advantage in 17 games versus Utah • The Wolf Pack welcome back three senior guards who have played in the Silver & Blue;
Jazz Johnson,
Lindsey Drew and Nisré Zouzoua.
STATS OF NOTE:
• The next game for senior
Lindsey Drew will be his 100th at Nevada • Drew missed all last season recovering from a ruptured achilles and surgery on both hips •
Jazz Johnson, the 2019 MW Sixth Man of the Year, is the Pack's top returning scorer at 11 points per game • Redshirt freshman
K.J. Hymes was selected by the Mountain West media as the preseason Freshman of the Year • Eight newcomers will play in their first regular season game at Nevada on Tuesday • Nevada has won 110 games over the last four seasons • In the last three years Nevada is 42-2 at LEC.
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• Dan Dickau (Color Analyst)
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Pregame starts 30 minutes prior to tipoff
• John Ramey (Play-By-Play)
• Len Stevens (Color Analyst - home games)
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