RENO, Nev. – The Nevada women's basketball team remains at home to welcome in the Utah State Aggies to Lawlor Events Center for a 1 p.m. Mountain West game this Saturday, Jan. 11.

Saturday marks the program's first LGBTQ Pride game, where the players will wear special shooting shirts during warmups. The game will celebrate LGBTQ+ community self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.

Both Nevada and Utah State are in search of their first conference victories of the season as the Wolf Pack is currently 0-4 and the Aggies sit at 0-5. Additionally both teams are looking to get back in the win column as Nevada has lost three in a row and Utah State is riding a four-game losing streak.
 
ON THE AIR
Doug Greenwald will have the call in Northern Nevada on CBS Sports Radio 94.1 FM and 1450 AM with a 20 minute pregame show prior to tipoff. Fans can also tune in to listen to Greenwald's broadcast online at TuneIn.com or via the TuneIn app.
 
The game will also be live streamed on the Mountain West Network.

SERIES HISTORY
Nevada and Utah State are very familiar with one another having played 30 times in program history. The Aggies hold the advantage in the all-time series, winning 18 of the previous 30 contests and have won two in a row over the Wolf Pack entering Saturday's game. Nevada is 1-3 against Utah State under head coach Amanda Levens.

MAR OH MAR
Senior Marguerite Effa had the game of her career Wednesday night vs. SJSU. Effa totaled 31 points and 15 rebounds, both of which are career highs, to post her second double-double of the season. She was nearly unstoppable as she connected on 71.4 percent of her shots, hitting 15-of-21, setting career highs there too. Effa is now just the fifth player in the Mountain West this season to score 30+ points in a single game. She is the only player to score 30+ points in a single game and record a double-double while doing so.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
The Wolf Pack concluded its non-conference schedule by defeating Cal Poly 71-40, marking its largest margin of victory of the season and largest since February of 2015. The 40 points surrendered to the Mustangs is tied for seventh-fewest allowed by an opponent in program history. Nevada posted a 7-4 record in its non-league slate, marking its second winning record in non-conference play in two of the last three years. During that stretch the Pack outscored its opponents by an average of 5.9 points per game and outrebounded teams by 1.5 rebounds per game.

CAN YOU ASSIST ME?
The Wolf Pack has been one of the best teams in the Mountain West in terms of sharing the basketball. Heading into Saturday's game vs. Utah State, Nevada ranks fifth in the conference in assists per game, averaging 13.73 per game. The Pack has dished out at least 10 assists in all but two of its 15 games, including a 20-assist game at Portland State. Nevada is led in the assist departmant by one of its rookies in Jená Williams. Williams has 36 assists to just 16 turnovers, and dished out a team-high five assists in the team's win over Cal Poly. Nevada has four players with positive assist to turnover ratios through 15 games led by freshman Alyssa Jimenez who has 21 assists to just eight turnovers.

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

• Marguerite Effa - 48 points shy of 300 in her career
• Marguerite Effa - 2 rebounds shy of 100 at Nevada
• Imani Lacy - 40 rebounds shy of 200
• Dom Phillips - 25 points shy of 100
• Jacqulynn Nakai - 41 points shy of 100

DON'T FORGET ABOUT IMANI
Sophomore Imani Lacy has quietly been one of the most consistent Wolf Pack players through 15 games this season. She recorded the first double-double of her career with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Stanislaus State. Lacy currently leads the team averaging 12.0 points per game. Additionally Lacy has been a force in blocking shots this season as she ranks first in the conference and 66th in the nation at 1.73 blocks per game. Her free throw shooting has been a point of emphasis as well, ranking eighth in the league at 68.0 percent.

UP NEXT: COWGIRL COUNTRY
Nevada is back to the road next week when it travels to Laramie, Wyo. to face the Cowgirls of Wyoming next Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. PT.