Nevada (1-2) at San Francisco (4-0)
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 - 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco, Calif. - War Memorial Gymnasium

TV: Stadium (PxP: Barry Tompkins, Analyst: Doug Gottlieb)
Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM / The Varsity Network App (PxP: John Ramey, Analyst: Len Stevens)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Nevada (1-2) wraps up its first road trip of the season Thursday night, visiting San Francisco (4-0) for a 7:30 p.m. tip.

Thursday's contest will be broadcast nationally on Stadium, with Barry Tompkins and Doug Gottlieb on the call. The game will also be carried over the airwaves in Reno on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM and online through the Varsity Network app, with John Ramey and Len Stevens calling the action.

UP NEXT
The Wolf Pack heads back out on the road this weekend, flying to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the 2021 Crossover Classic hosted at the Sanford Pentagon. There, the Pack will face South Dakota State, George Mason, and Washington from Nov. 22-24.

SCOUTING SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco (4-0) has won its first four on the season, most recently beating Samford, 77-55, Monday night.

The Dons have won three of those four games by double digits, and hit the 90-point mark twice. Jamaree Bouyea leads the team with 17.8 points a game, followed by Khalil Shabazz' 13.5 a game.

As a team, the Dons are shooting 51.1 percent from the field, and are hitting 10 3-pointers per contest.

SERIES WITH SAN FRANCISCO
Nevada and San Francisco will meet for the 81st time Thursday, with the Dons holding a 48-32 edge in the all-time series. Last season, the teams met Dec. 2, 2020, in Reno, with San Francisco coming away with an 85-60 win.

LAST TIME OUT
Nevada dropped its second game in a row, and started the road trip on the wrong foot, with a 96-74 loss at Santa Clara.

The Pack started the game out well, riding early 3-point shooting to a 9-0 lead, and a 42-39 halftime advantage. But Santa Clara came out of the break hot, scoring the first nine points of the second half, then breaking open a 57-57 game with an 11-0 run.

Grant Sherfield scored 23 points, his 14th-career 20-point game, while Desmond Cambridge Jr. finished with 18 points and four 3-pointers. AJ Bramah returned to the lineup after missing Nov. 12's game against San Diego, scoring 11 points with six rebounds. Sophomore DeAndre Henry scored a career-high seven points, all in the first half.

SEEING A LOT OF THE WCC
This week's road trip features Nevada's second and third games of the season against West Coast Conference programs in Santa Clara and San Francisco, respectively.

The Wolf Pack's 2021-22 non-conference slate will include five matchups with the WCC, and Nevada stands at 0-2 in those games following Tuesday's loss at Santa Clara. Following this week's road trip, the Pack will round out its WCC slate at home against Pepperdine (Nov. 30) and LMU (Dec. 18).

READY TO BOUNCE BACK
Nevada is 1-2 to start a season for the first time since 2011-12, and, entering Thursday's game against San Francisco, is looking to avoid the program's first three-game slide since Feb. 17-25, 2015.

SHERFIELD GETS TO 20
Junior guard Grant Sherfield scored a season-high 23 points in Tuesday's loss at Santa Clara, marking his 14th-career 20-point game.

On the year, it was the second 20-point game for the Pack early on this season, following Desmond Cambridge Jr.'s 22-point effort in the season-opening win over Eastern Washington.

THE BIG FIVE
Nevada's scoring depth has been on display over the first three games of the season, as the Pack has five players averaging double-figure scoring.

Guards Grant Sherfield (17.7 ppg) and Desmond Cambridge Jr. (15.0 ppg) lead the way, with sixth man AJ Bramah next at 14.0 points per game. Big men Warren Washington (12.3 ppg) and Will Baker (10.0 ppg) round out the quintet.
Together, the group is shooting 47.8 percent (76-for-159). Sherfield and Cambridge Jr., specifically, account for 32.7 of Nevada's 77.7 points per game, and the pair has made more than a third (35 of 91) of the team's field goals, including 62.5 percent (15 of 24) of the team's 3-pointers.

VERSATILE LINES FROM BLACKSHEAR
FAU transfer guard Kenan Blackshear has shown his versatility over the Pack's first three games, filling the stat sheet with hustle stats.

Through three games, and 21 minutes per game off the bench, Blackshear is averaging 4.7 rebounds and 4.33 assists along with 5.7 points.