RENO, Nev. – The Nevada women's basketball looks to remain perfect on the season and will take a 3-0 record into two games this weekend and into early next week.

The Wolf Pack will host Fresno Pacific at Lawlor Events Center this Friday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. and then travel to Moraga, Calif. on Monday for a 1 p.m. contest at Saint Mary's.

Nevada is 3-0 to start the season for a second consecutive year after defeating William Jessup in the season opener and then scoring two road victories at Sacramento State last weekend.

The Wolf Pack received some good news on Wednesday with the NCAA's announcement of a blanket waiver for all NCAA basketball transfers sitting a year in residency now being immediately eligible to play in the 2020-21 season. Junior transfer Megan Ormiston and sophomore transfer Bethany Carstens are now eligible to suit up for the Pack this weekend.
 
ON THE AIR
Josh Suchon 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 for both games. Fans can also tune in to listen to Suchon's broadcast online at TuneIn.com or via the TuneIn app.
 
The game against Fresno Pacific can be viewed locally on Nevada Sports Net (Ch. 21) or online on the Mountain West Network. The game at Saint Mary's can be viewed on SMCGaels.com.

SERIES HISTORY
The series history between Nevada and Fresno Pacific is quite simple. Friday marks the first game to be played between these two programs. Nevada and Saint Mary's on the other hand will meet for the 17th time in program history on Monday. The all-time series between the Wolf Pack and Gaels is dead even at eight wins each. Nevada currently has a two-game win streak over the Gaels, including its most recent victory last season. The Pack opened the 2019-20 season with a 78-72 win at Lawlor Events Center over Saint Mary's.

QUICK HITS
• Nevada is off to a 3-0 start for the second consecutive season
• Nia Alexander surpassed 600 points in her career on Sunday
• With nine wins, Levens will reach 100 victories in her Division I career
• Nevada is 2nd in the MW (top 30 nationally) in assists per game and FT %
• Megan Ormiston and Bethany Carstens are now eligible for the 2020-21 season

NEW LOOK PACK
The Wolf Pack will have a different look and feel to it this season with just six returners and 10 newcomers joining the program in the offseason. Of the six returners, senior Nia Alexander and Alyssa Jimenez each started in at least 28 games, with Jimenez starting in 30. Alexander leads all returners having averaged 5.5 rebounds per game in 2019-20, while Jimenez's 40 steals in her rookie season lead all returners.

Head coach Amanda Levens brought in 10 newcomers in the offseason, including four transfers and six freshmen. Two of the four transfers, Megan Ormiston from UC Santa Barbara and Bethany Carstens from Chicago State, were recently granted eligibility to play this season after the NCAA announced a blanket waiver for all transfers. The other two transfers, Leta Otuafi and Eliska Stebetakova, join the Wolf Pack from junior colleges, making them eligible immediately. Otuafi, a native of nearby Fallon, transferred from Utah State Eastern, while Stebetakova joined the Pack from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

MILESTONE WATCH
Nevada has a few players who are approaching milestones, some of whom could hit those numbers over the span of the next two games.

• Da'Ja Hamilton - 24 points shy of 400
• Amaya West - 32 points shy of 300
• LaPraisjah Johnson - 59 points shy of 100
• Alyssa Jimenez - 82 points shy of 200

20 POINT OUTBURST
On Saturday in the first game of the two-game series at Sacramento State, newcomer Eliska Stebetakova posted a breakout game in just her second Division I contest. The Czech Republic native notched 20 points to record the first 20-point game of the season for the Wolf Pack. Stebetakova was lights out from the field, connecting on 10-of-13 shot attempts. She also added six rebounds, two blocks and a steal to an impressive outing.

ROOKIE PROWESS
Just three games into the 2020-21 season, Nevada has already seen some key contributions from some of its rookies. Reno native Kenna Holt has impressed with her tenacious defense and keen eye on the court. In three games Holt leads Nevada with 10 steals and is tied for the team lead with 14 assists. She is averaging 3.3 steals per game, second-best in the Mountain West and in the top 35 nationally. Lexie Givens has seen a fair amount of playing time as well and posted her best game so far in the second contest at Sacramento State where she scored six points and grabbed six rebounds in a season-high 18 minutes on the court. Gabby Rones made her collegiate debut in her hometown of Sacramento, playing in both games at Sacramento State. In the second game she scored her first collegiate points, hitting a jumper with the shot clock about to expire.

WILD, WILD, WEST
Amaya West is off to a solid and consistent start in her junior season as the only Wolf Pack player to score in double figures in all three games so far. West tallied a season-best 14 points in the first game at Sacramento State and added a season-high nine rebounds, one rebound shy of posting the first double-double of her career. Heading into this weekend, West leads the Pack averaging 6.7 rebounds per game. She was named the Wolf Pack Student-Athlete of the Week following the two-game series at Sacramento State where she led Nevada in points per game and rebounds per game.

CONFERENCE PLAY CHANGES
The Mountain West schedule will look slightly different this season than it has in the past. The conference schedule will go from 18 games to 20 games with Nevada playing each team in the league twice. In order to cut down on travel, the conference office announced that teams would play one another in a two-game series within a three-day time span in the same city. Nevada's first set of Mountain West games was scheduled to be played Dec. 4 & 6 at Air Force, but both games were postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Air Force program. No make up date has been announced yet for those two contests. Nevada's next set of scheduled conference games is Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 at home against New Mexico.
 
UP NEXT: FRESNO PACIFIC
Nevada will return to action Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 when it opens up Mountain West action with two games at home against New Mexico.