Who: Sacramento State Hornets (0-0, 0-0 Big Sky) at Nevada Wolf Pack (1-0, 0-0 MW)
When: Saturday, Nov. 9 - 1 p.m. PT
Where: Lawlor Events Center - Reno, Nev.
Live Stream: NevadaWolfPack.tv
Radio: CBS Sports Radio 94.1 FM/1450 AM
Online Audio: TuneIn
Radio Play-by-Play: Doug Greenwald
Live Stats: NevadaWolfPack.com/wbballls

QUICK HITS
• Nevada owns a 10-5 record against Sacramento State at home and has won the last 12 meetings.
• The Wolf Pack earned its first season-opening win since 2014 on Tuesday.
• Head coach Amanda Levens enters her third season at the helm of the program in 2019-20.
• Nevada had four score in double figures during its season-opening win against Saint Mary's.

IMPRESSIVE DEBUT
Nevada debuted to a 78-72 season-opening win Tuesday night over Saint Mary's, a team which has won 41 games in its last two seasons. The Gaels were picked fourth in the West Coast Conference preseason poll, while the Pack was picked ninth in the Mountain West. Despite being outrebounded by 14, Nevada pulled out a gritty victory thanks to some red hot shooting. The Wolf Pack connected on 47.6 percent of its shots from the floor and was even better from beyond the arc. Nevada made 10 3-pointers in the game, shooting at a 53.3 percent clip. The victory marked the Wolf Pack's first season-opening win under third-year head coach Amanda Levens and its first season-opening victory since the start of the 2014-15 season.

MILESTONE WATCH
Nevada has a few players who are approaching milestones, some of whom could hit those numbers Saturday afternoon against Sacramento State.

• Imani Lacy - 12 points shy of 200
• Essence Booker - 15 points shy of 200

SERIES HISTORY
Nevada and Sacramento State have played 29 games between them in program history, dating back to the 1981-82 season. The Wolf Pack has the upper hand in the all-time series with 18 victories and owns a 10-5 record against the Hornets at home. Entering Saturday's game, the Pack has beaten the Hornets in 12 consecutive contests.

CAPTURE THE ESSENCE
One of the many bright spots for Nevada during Tuesday's season opener was the play of sophomore Essence Booker. Booker led the team in scoring, posting a career-high 17 points. It was an all-around balanced performance from Booker though as she added a career-best five rebounds, dished out three assists and added a steal. She connected on 7-of-13 from the field and hit three 3-pointers, a single-game career-high. Booker enters Saturday's game just 15 points shy of hitting 200 for her career.

THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST
Another solid individual performance from Tuesday's season-opening win was turned in by sophomore Amaya West. West, who came off the bench to play 25 minutes against the Gaels, tied her career high of 14 points and was second on the Pack in scoring. She was near perfect on the night, hitting 4-of-5 from the field and made 4-of-5 from the free throw line. West added two triples during the game as well in just two attempts. All around her game was strong as she also grabbed four rebounds and added three assists, a block and a steal.

MEET THE NEWCOMERS
• #4 LaPraisjah Johnson | 5-9 | G | Jr. | Killeen, Texas/Cochise College
• #11 Jená Williams | 5-7 | G | Fr. | Bartlesville, Okla./Bartlesville HS
• #12 Alyssa Jimenez | 5-11 | G | Fr. | Thornton, Colo./Horizon HS
• #14 Miki'ala Maio | 5-9 | G | Jr. | Nanakuli, Hawai'i/Salt Lake CC
• #20 Marguerite Effa | 6-3 | F | Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif./USC
• #23 Jacqulynn Nakai | 5-7 | G | Jr. | Flagstaff, Ariz./Pima CC
• #24 Dom Phillips | 6-0 | F | Fr. | Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium HS
• #25 Nia Alexander | 5-9 | G | Jr. | Federal Way, Wash./San Francisco

NEWCOMER IMPACT
With eight newcomers on this year's roster and just five returners, the impact of the newcomers was inevitably going to be big. That impact was felt in the very first game Tuesday night in the win over Saint Mary's. Nevada had four players score in double figures in that contest, one of whom was transfer Miki'ala Maio. Maio, a junior college transfer from Salt Lake CC, totaled 11 points in her Division I debut, shooting 4-of-6 from the field and added three assists in her 22 minutes on the floor. Tuesday's starting five featured three newcomers, including Maio, fellow transfer Nia Alexander and freshman Alyssa Jimenez.

In total all eight newcomers saw time on the floor Tuesday evening. Between the eight of them they made up 34 of the team's 78 points. Senior transfer Marguerite Effa was just two points shy of becoming Nevada's fifth double digit scorer in that game and junior college transfer Jacqulynn Nakai stepped up and hit two 3-pointers in the contest as well.

2019-20 PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE
The 2019-20 Nevada women's basketball season features a plethora of important and fun promotional and cause games throughout the season. All 15 games will offer some type of promotion or cause game.

Nov. 5 vs. Saint Mary's - Families First/Pup Club Day
Nov. 9 vs. Sacramento State - Diaper Derby Baby Race
Nov. 29 vs. Chicago State - Native American Weekend
Dec. 1 vs. UCSB/SFA - Native American Weekend/Wolf Pack Weekend
Dec. 7 vs. Air Force - Free Throws and First Responders
Dec. 10 vs. Stanislaus State - When I Grow Up
Dec. 28 vs. Cal Poly - Early Bird Special
Jan. 8 vs. SJSU - Special Olympics Night
Jan. 11 vs. Utah State - LGBTQ Pride Game
Jan. 18 vs. SDSU - Alumni Weekend/1976-77 Team Celebration
Jan. 29 vs. Colorado State - Black History Month
Feb. 1 vs. Boise State - National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Feb. 12 vs. UNLV - Black Out
Feb. 19 vs. New Mexico - Think Pink
Feb. 24 vs. Wyoming - Senior Night/Fan Appreciation

ROSTER BREAKDOWN
By Class: Senior (2), Junior (4), Sophomore (4), Freshmen (3)
By State: California (3), Nevada (2), Arizona (3), Texas (1), Oklahoma (1), Hawai'i (1), Colorado (1), Washington (1)
By Position: Guard (10), Forward (3)

COACHING STAFF
The Nevada women's basketball coaching staff will have a few new pieces this season. Head coach Amanda Levens and assistant coach Laura Gonsalves, who both are in their third seasons, remain on staff. In the offseason Levens hired two new assistant coaches in Ashley Elliott and Jazmin Pitts. Both Elliott and Pitts are no strangers to the Wolf Pack. Elliott served as the operations coordinator for the 2018-19 season and Pitts spent one season as a graduate assistant for the Pack during Levens' first season. Halie Bergman also returns as one of the program's current graduate assistants and is joined by newcomer Harlyn Wyatt, a 2019 graduate of Tulane.

PACK PICKED 9TH IN MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON POLL
The Nevada women's basketball team was voted to finish ninth in the league standings this season by head coaches and media members. Nevada finished tied for seventh last season.

1. Boise State
2. New Mexico
3. Fresno State
4. Wyoming
5. San Diego State
6. Colorado State
7. UNLV
8. Utah State
9. Nevada
10. Air Force
11. San Jose State