NEVADA AT NEW MEXICO – TUESDAY, FEB. 18 – 6 P.M. PT– ESPNU
 
RENO, Nev. – Nevada (16-10, 9-5 MW) travels to New Mexico (17-10, 6-8 MW) for a 6 p.m. Mountain West game on Tuesday at Dreamstyle Arena.  The game will air on ESPNU. 

The Wolf Pack is tied for third in the conference standings with Colorado State at 9-5 while the Lobos are alone in seventh with a 6-8 conference mark.  UNM has lost five of its last six games and seven-of-nine.  Nevada won the first meeting in Reno on Jan. 25, 96-74 as six Wolf Pack players scored in double figures.  Nisré Zouzoua topped the Pack with a Nevada career-high 20 points making 6-of-7 3-pointers.

JaQuan Lyle leads the Lobos scoring 15.6 points per game and is second with his 4.1 rebounds per outing.  Corey Manigault (12.9 ppg) and Zane Martin (11.1 ppg) are second and third on the team in scoring.  Manigault is the Lobos top rebounder grabbing five per game.

Junior Jalen Harris leads the MW scoring 21.5 points per game and his 25.9 in conference play also tops the league.  Harris is second on the team in rebound (6.4 rpg) and assists (4.1 apg).  

Senior Jazz Johnson returned to the lineup the last two games after missing two contests with a shoulder injury and netted double figures in both games.  Johnson is second on the team and sixth in the MW scoring 16.3 points per game.  He is the top 3-point shooter in the MW.

Lindsey Drew tops the team and ranks fourth in the MW dishing out 4.4 assists per game and his 4.8 in conference play leads the league.  Drew leads Pack in rebounding at 6.7 per game and is third on the squad scoring 11 points per outing. He is three assists from 500 in his career.

Zouzoua scored a Pack career-best 20 points in the home win over New Mexico.  Zouzoua is fourth on the team scoring 9.7 points per game and has reached double figures in the last three games after his 12 points at UNLV.  He has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games and seven of the last nine.
 
THE SERIES
The series is tied at 7-7.  Head coach Steve Alford is 1-0 versus the Lobos.

ON THE AIR
The game will be air on the ESPNU.  Eric Rothman will call the action with Richie Schueler providing the color commentary. 

The game can be heard on 94.5 FM in northern Nevada with John Ramey calling all the action.

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HARRIS FIRST NEVADA PLAYER WITH FOUR CONSECUTIVE 30-POINT GAMES
    
Junior Jalen Harris became the first player at Nevada in the NCAA I era that began in 1969 to score 30 or more points in three consecutive games and added a fourth with 32 points in the win over SJSU.  The third was a career-high 38 points in the win over Air Force. Harris had 30 at Boise State and 31 at Colorado State in the previous two games. The 38 points is the high in the Mountain West this season.
    
In the four games he averaged 32.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game.  From the field he shot 53.8 percent, 48.6 percent from behind the arc and 94.1 percent at the free throw line.  Of the 131 points 88 came in the second half.  He made a career-best six 3s on eight attempts in the 38-point game against Air Force.
    
In total he has six games of 30 or more points this season and is one-of-seven players in NCAA I with six or more games of 30 or more points this season. He is the only NCAA I player that has four consecutive 30-point games this season.  His first of the season was 31 at Air Force and he had 31 at Utah State.
    
The six games is the most by a MW player since Josh Adams had nine and Elijah Brown six in the 2015-16 season.  Jimmer Fredette was the last MW player with four in a row and it was five in a row, the last five games of his college career in 2011.
    
Harris joins Ken Green (1982-83), Romie Thomas (1970-71) and Edgar Jones (1976-77) as the only Wolf Pack players with six games of 30 or more points in a season.  Green had 11, Thomas eight and Jones seven.

DREW MAKING MARK IN NEVADA RECORD BOOK
    
Senior Lindsey Drew has played 125 games at Nevada and started 119.  The 119 starts is tied for third at Nevada with Nick Fazekas (2004-07).  Dario Hunt (2009-12) is second with 127 career start.  Drew has played in 90 wins during his time which is tied with Brandon Fields (2006-10) fifth.  Lyndale Burleson (2005-09) is four with 92.
His 3,784 minutes played is fifth at Nevada.
    
Drew's 159 steals is sixth in Wolf Pack history with Matt Williams (1987-91) fifth with 162.  His 497 assists is third with Deonte Burton (2010-14) second with 515.  In the home win over Air Force he scored his 900th point and now has 914 and grabbed his 600th rebound and has 625.  After he records his 500th assist he will become the first player with 900 points, 600 rebounds and 500 assists.

HARRIS LEADING THE PACK
    
Junior Jalen Harris has scored in double figures in the last 22 games which includes six games of 30 or more points at Air Force (31), at Utah State (31), at Colorado State (31), at Boise State (30), home versus Air Force (38) and SJSU (32).  The 38 points is his career high and the high in the Mountain West this season.  He made a career-best six 3s on eight attempts in the AF home win.
    
He is the only player in the MW to have six games of 30 or more points this season.  The six games is the most by a MW player since Josh Adams had nine and Elijah Brown six in the 2015-16 season.  
    
He joins Ken Green (1982-83), Romie Thomas (1970-71) and Edgar Jones (1976-77) as the only Wolf Pack players with six games of 30 or more points in a season.  Green had 11, Thomas eight and Jones seven.
        
Harris scored the final three points at UNLV in the Pack's 82-79 victory.  His layup with just under 9 seconds to play against Wyoming gave the Pack the 68-67 victory. At CSU his 3-pointer with 5.3 seconds to play put the Pack up 91-90 before the Rams won on a last second shot.
    
Harris tops the team in scoring (21.5 ppg) and is second in rebounding (6.4 rpg) and assists (4.1 apg).  The 21.5 points per game leads the Mountain West and 25.9 in MW play is also first.  The assist numbers rank fifth in the MW and the rebounds ninth.
    
In 14 of the last 21 games he has scored 20 or more points including the six 30-point games.  In the win over Santa Clara he posted his first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.  His game-high eight assists left him two shy of a triple double.  At UNLV he posted his second double-double with game highs of 29 points, 14 rebounds and five assists.  The 14 rebounds is the high for a Pack player this season.
    
In 13 games he posted game highs in points, 11 times he posted a game-high in assists and five times a game-high in rebounds.
    
From the field he is shooting 45.4 percent, 36.8 percent from behind the arc and 83.3 percent at the free throw line to rank third  in the conference.
    
Harris injured his foot in the season opener with Utah playing just 8 minutes and missed the LMU game.  He returned to the lineup against UT Arlington and scored a game-high 24 points in the victory.

JOHNSON SCORES IN DOUBLE FIGURES THE LAST TWO GAMES AFTER MISSING TWO
    
Wolf Pack senior Jazz Johnson missed the Boise State and Air Force games with a shoulder injury but scored 13 points in his return to the lineup against San José State and had 19 at UNLV. Johnson ranks second on the team and is seventh in the MW scoring 16.3 points per game.  
    
Johnson's 21 games scoring in double figures is second on the team.  He scored a career-high 34 points in the Pack's home win over Boise State.  Johnson made a career-best eight 3-pointers on 12 attempts.  The eight made 3s and 13 made field goals all rank second in the MW this season while the 34 points is third.
    
The eight made 3s is tied for the third most in a game at Nevada.  He also tied for game honors with a career-high seven rebounds.
    
Johnson scored his 1,400th career point in the Wyoming win with 740 coming at Portland.  Currently in 122 games he has scored 1,492 points.
    
He has made a 3-pointer in each game this season and three or more in 17 contests.
    
Johnson has been knocking down the 3-pointers at a high rate this season having made 78-of-183.  The 78 made 3s is 19th nationally, 3.3 per game is 11th, and 42.6 3-point percentage is 17th.  He tops the MW in all three categories.
    
Five times he has scored 20 or more points; 20 vs. LMU, 26 vs. USC, 25 vs. BGSU, 20 vs. SCU and the 34 vs. BSU.  In the USC, BGSU, SCU and BSU games the point totals were game highs.
    
He is shooting 81.1 percent at the free throw line.
    
At the Paradise Jam he made 60 percent of his 3-pointers connecting on 15-of-25 in three games.  In the title game he made 7-of-10.  

DREW DOING IT ALL IN FINAL SEASON AT NEVADA, THREE ASSISTS FROM 500
    
The versatile Lindsey Drew is doing it once again in his fifth and final season at Nevada.  Drew missed all last year after rupturing his right achilles tendon at Boise State on 
Feb. 14, 2018.  Drew is three assists from 500 and will become the first 900 point, 600 rebound and 500 assists player in Nevada history when reaches the mark.  Currently he has 914 points, 625 rebounds and 497 assists.  He also has 159 steals.
    
The do everything guard returned with a flair scoring a career-high 30 points in his senior debut against Utah.  He also grabbed six rebounds and dished out eight assists.  In the next game he scored 24 points, had nine rebounds and five assists in a win over Loyola Marymount.  Both point totals were game highs.
    
In 14 games he has scored in double figures which is the most double figure scoring games for him in a season, passing the 10 he had his junior year before the injury.  He leads the team in assists (4.3 apg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg).  From the field he is shooting 47.6 percent.  In total he is ranked in seven categories in the conference.
    
Twice he has posted double-doubles with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Paradise Jam Championship game win over Bowling Green.  Against TSU he scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and fourth of his career.
    
In the win at UNLV he grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds.
    
In nine games he posted highs in assists; vs. Utah (8), LMU (7), UTA (4), at Air Force (6), vs. CSU (6), vs. BSU (9), at SJSU (5), vs. the AFA (4) and vs. SJSU (7).  The nine assists in the BSU game tied his career high and is the high for a Nevada player this season.  In another six games he posted game highs in rebounds; LMU (9), vs. Bowling Green (10), at Air Force (8), TSU (10) at BSU (10) and vs. SJSU (8).

ZOUZOUA ON FIRE FROM THREE
    
Senior Nisré Zouzoua has provided a spark off the bench this season and in the New Mexico win led the Pack in scoring for the first time in his career with 20 points.  Zouzoua knocked down 6-of-7 shots from behind the arc vs. UNM.  The 20 points and six made 3s are both highs for him during his time at Nevada. At Colorado State he was a perfect 5-of-5 from behind the arc making 11-of-12 in the  two-game stretch.  
    
Zousoua has scored in double figures in five of the last six games and seven of the last nine. Three times he has put together three-game scoring streaks with the current one being 15 vs. Air Force, 15 vs. SJSU and 12 at UNLV.
    
Zouzoua started the game at Boise State and the home game with Air Force for the injured Jazz Johnson.  In the last seven games is averaging 13.6 points, is shooting 48.5 (33-of-68) percent from the field and 50 (20-of-40) from behind the arc.
    
In 14 games this season he has scored in double figures.
    
He scored nine points in each of the first two games of the season which were then Nevada career highs.  Against UT Arlington he nearly doubled that netting 16 points, making 6-of-8 shots from the field of which 3-of-5 were from behind the arc.
    
At the Paradise Jam he averaged 11 points per game. He scored 11 points in the win over Fordham and 15 in the victory against Valparaiso.

NEVADA TIED FOR THIRD IN MW STANDINGS
    
Nevada is tied for third place in the Mountain West standings at 9-5 with Colorado State.  
    
San Diego State leads the conference with a perfect 14-0 record followed by Utah State at 10-5.  Boise State is five at 9-6 and UNLV six at 8-6.  
    
New Mexico is seventh at 6-8.  Fresno State (5-10), Air Force (4-10), San José State (3-11) and Wyoming (1-13) are in spots 8-11.
    
Upcoming Mountain West Games    
Tuesday, February 18
Nevada at New Mexico* (ESPNU) 6 p.m. PT
Colorado State at UNLV* (CBSSN) 7:30 p.m. PT
Wednesday, February 19
Air Force at Fresno State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PT
Boise State at San José State* (MWN) 7 p.m. PT
Wyoming at Utah State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. MT

LAST TIME OUT

HARRIS SCORES 29, NEVADA HOLDS OFF RIVAL UNLV 82-79 IN OT

LAS VEGAS (AP) Jalen Harris scored 29 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and dished five assists and Nevada defeated rival UNLV for the sixth straight time, pulling out an 82-79 win in overtime on Wednesday night.
    
Harris made the first of two free throws with 3.8 seconds left but Elijah Mitrou-Long's shot from well behind the 3-point line bounced off the backboard as time expired.
    
After Harris, the leading scorer in the Mountain West Conference, hit the go-ahead jumper with 1:21 to play, Bryce Hamilton missed on two possessions for the Runnin' Rebels. It was Hamilton's jumper with 27 seconds to go that tied it in regulation and the game went to overtime after he rebounded Harris' last-second miss.
    
It was UNLV's program record sixth overtime game this season.
    
Harris' overtime miss at the free throw line made him 11 of 15 from the foul line where the Wolf Pack were just 18 of 28 (64%). However, UNLV was worse, making 12 of 25.
    
Jazz Johnson added 19 points and Nisré Zouzoua 12 for Nevada (16-10, 9-5 Mountain West Conference.
    Hamilton led the Runnin' Rebels (12-14, 7-6) with 23 points. Amauri Hardy and Jonah Antonio added 14 apiece. 


UP NEXT - FRESNO STATE • ESPNU
SAT. • FEB. 22 • 7 P.M. PT
Lawlor Events Center (11,536)

Nevada and Fresno State (9-16, 5-9 MW) will meet for the only time this season on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Lawlor Events Center.  The Wolf Pack has won the last five meetings in the series.

Orlando Robinson leads the Bulldogs scoring 13.1 points per game and in rebound at 7.2 per contest.  FS hosts Air Force on Wednesday before traveling to Reno.

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