Nevada (6-3, 1-1 MW) vs. New Mexico (3-2, 0-2 MW)
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 - 6 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas - Rip Griffin Center
TV - Fox Sports 1 (PxP: Dave Barnett, Analyst: Richie Schueler)
Radio - ESPN Radio 94.5 FM (P-x-P: John Ramey)
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RENO, Nev. - Nevada (6-3, 1-1 MW) resumes Mountain West play this Thursday and Saturday, taking on New Mexico (3-2, 0-2 MW) in Lubbock, Texas.

Thursday's game will air on Fox Sports 1 while Saturday's contest will be televised by CBS Sports Network. Both games will be on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM with John Ramey on the call.

PLAYING IN TEXAS
This weekend's series will be played at Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas, due to New Mexico state guidelines prohibiting the Lobos from hosting any athletic competitions.

UP NEXT
The teams will wrap the series Saturday at 7 p.m. PT on CBS Sports Network. The Pack will again hit the road, visiting San Diego State for games Jan. 7 and 9.

LAST TIME OUT
Nevada split its conference-opening two-game series against Air Force Dec. 18 and 20, picking up a 74-57 victory in the opener before dropping the finale, 68-66, at Lawlor Events Center.

Desmond Cambridge, Jr., and Zane Meeks paced the Pack averaging 16.0 points apiece over the two-game series, with Cambridge, Jr., scoring 23 in the opener. Meeks matched his career high with 18 points, on 5-for-11 shooting, in the finale, and grabbed eight rebounds in each contest.

SCOUTING THE LOBOS
New Mexico (3-2, 0-2 MW) had its season-opening three-game winning streak snapped as it was swept in its two-game series at Boise State, Dec. 21 and 23. The Lobos were outscored by an average of 30.5 points over the two losses to the Broncos, dropping the opener, 77-53, then falling, 89-52, in the finale.

Makuach Maluach leads the Lobos with 15.2 points per game and five 3-pointers, while Rod Brown is also averaging double digits in scoring, going for 10.0 points per game.

STRONG STARTS
The Pack has shown this season that it can start games well, leading its opponents at halftime in eight of nine games, and by an average margin of 5.4 points.

The only contest in which Nevada trailed at the break was Dec. 2 against San Francisco, when it faced a 40-32 deficit.

Nevada, however, is 6-2 in the games which it led at halftime, most recently dropping its Dec. 20 series finale against Air Force after holding a 33-24 lead after the opening 20 minutes.

CAMBRIDGE, JR., NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Redshirt junior guard Desmond Cambridge, Jr., became the first member of the Pack to grab a Mountain West weekly honor, being named player of the week for Dec. 14-20.

Cambridge, Jr., averaged 19.7 points and twice hit the 20-point mark as Nevada went 2-1, including a 1-1 start to Mountain West play. From the field, the Nashville, Tenn., native shot 42.6 percent (20-for-47), including 41.4 percent (12-for-29) from 3-point range and a perfect 7-for-7 showing from the line.

He put up a Nevada career-best 27 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including a 7-for-11 effort from behind the arc, in Dec. 14's 79-72 victory at San Diego, and followed that with 23 points in the Mountain West opener against Air Force, Dec. 18.

HEATING UP
Cambridge, Jr., will aim to keep his high-scoring ways going as the Pack returns to action after an 11-day break. Over the past four contests, the Nashville, Tenn., native has shot 43.5 percent from the field (27-for-62) and 42.9 percent (18-for-42) from 3-point range while averaging 20.8 points.

It has been an impressive stretch for the redshirt junior guard, especially after the first five games of the campaign, in which he averaged 9.4 points with FG/3FG percentages of 33.9/18.2.

MEEKS IN DOUBLE DIGITS
Sophomore forward Zane Meeks picked up his offensive production in the series against Air Force, averaging 16.0 points and posting his first double digit-scoring performances since joining the starting lineup Dec. 7.

Meeks matched his career high with 18 points in the Dec. 20 finale, going 5-for-11 from the field, and grabbed eight rebounds in each game of the series. He also forced his way to the line, going 14-for-17 (.824) for the series.

Over five games as a starter, Meeks is averaging 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds, while shooting 50.0 percent (17-for-34) from the field.