No. 14/17 Nevada to face Boise State in quarterfinals of MW Tournament Thursday at noon
• No. 14/17 Nevada (28-3) will play Boise State (13-19) at noon on Thursday if the quarterfinals of the Air Force Reserve Mountain West Championships. The Wolf Pack won both meetings this season.
• Musselman is 5-2 in the MW Tournament and Nevada is 5-5 in six MW Tournaments.
• Nevada faced BSU in the 2014 MW Championship falling 76-62.
• The Pack's 28 wins is tied for third most in NCAA I.
• The Pack's 28-3 record is tied with the 2006-07 team for the best after 31 games in school history. • The 28 wins is tied for third most at Nevada. The school record is 29 wins by the 2006-07 and 2017-18 teams.
A veteran group, Nevada has six redshirt seniors in Caroline,
Caleb Martin,
Cody Martin,
Tre'Shawn Thurman,
Trey Porter and
Corey Henson. A redshirt senior has made 153 of a possible 155 starts.
Jazz Johnson and Nisré Zouzoua are both fourth year juniors. • Johnson scored a career-high 27 points at Air Force and he made 7-of-10 3-pointers, his career high, the high for a Pack player this season, and is tied for the second most in the MW this season •
Caleb Martin has scored 20 or more points in nine of the last 11 games which includes 30 in the home win over Boise State ... He scores 60.5 percent (368-of-608) of his points in the second half ... He averages 11.9 points in the second half and 7.7 in the first half ... Currently he ranks 17th at Nevada in career scoring with 1,288 points and has scored 1839 in his college career ... He is 29 points from 16th at Nevada. • Caroline scored his 2,000 career point at Utah State and is one of four active Division I players with 2000 points and 1100 rebounds ... Currently he has 2031 points and 1,145 rebounds in 136 college games ... At Nevada he has 1,728 points is sixth at Nevada and his 939 rebounds ranks fifth ... He needs four points to move past Alex Boyd (1967-70) for fifth ... He has 18 double-doubles this season and 45 in his Nevada career that is fourth in school history ... The 45 double-doubles is the MW record that was held by Kawhi Leonard (SDSU, 2009-11) and Andrew Bogut (Utah, 2003-05). ... The Pack is 43-2 when he posts a double-double. •
Cody Martin leads the MW averaging 5.1 assists per game as does his 2.7 assist/turnover ratio ... Nationally he is 25th in assist/turnover ratio and 62nd in assists per game. • Caleb (30) and Cody (21) Martin combined for 51 points in the home win over BSU, two off their combined high of 53 last season at Utah State ...
Tre'Shawn Thurman has three double-doubles in the last six games and scored in double figures in five of the last eight games.