Nevada Wolf Pack 2020-21 Men’S Basketball Game Notes 9 Ncaa Tournament Appearances 3 Mountain West Championships
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NEVADA WOLF PACK 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 3 MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE (4-2, 0-0 MW) GAME 6 Monday, Dec. 14 - 6 p.m. • Jenny Craig Pavilion • San Diego, Calif. NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK AT SAN DIEGO TOREROS Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 4-2 | 0-0 Mountain West 0-1 Thu. 26 at Nebraska # W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (4-2) closes its two-game, six-day ALL-TIME SERIES road trip Monday night when it visits San Series ................................................ Nevada leads 11-4 DECEMBER Diego (0-1) for a 6 p.m. tip. Current Streak ............................................................... L1 Last Meeting............................................ Nov. 18, 2008 Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 ............................................... San Diego 65, Nevada 51 Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 Monday’s game will be available for stream- .................................................................San Diego, Calif. Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon L, 77-87 ing on the WCC Network and broadcast on Mon. 14 at San Diego 6 p.m. ESPN Radio 94.5 FM with John Ramey on STAT COMPARISON USD NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force 7 p.m. the call. Points per game 56.0 70.7 Sun. 20 * Air Force 3 p.m. Points per game allowed 83.0 68.0 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico (FS1) TBA SERIES HISTORY Scoring margin -27.0 +2.7 The Wolf Pack and Toreros will meet for the FG percentage 31.1 43.5 JANUARY 16th time, but the first in 12 years when the Sat. 2 * at New Mexico (CBSSN) TBA ball tips Monday night. FG percentage allowed 46.2 38.1 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State TBA 3FG percentage 42.1 35.2 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State TBA In that last meeting, San Diego defeated Thu. 14 * Fresno State TBA 3FG percentage allowed 46.2 30.9 Nevada, 65-51, at Jenny Craig Pavilion Nov. Sat. 16 * Fresno State TBA FT percentage 66.7 68.8 18, 2008. Fri. 22 * at Wyoming TBA Rebounds per game 31.0 39.7 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming TBA Rebounding margin -19.0 +3.2 Sun. 31 * UNLV TBA UP NEXT Nevada returns home to prepare for its first Assists per game 12.0 14.0 FEBRUARY series of its Mountain West schedule, host- Assist/Turnover ratio 1.00 1.05 Tue. 2 * UNLV TBA ing Air Force Friday, Dec. 18 (7 p.m.) and Steals per game 5.0 4.8 Fri. 5 * Boise State TBA Sunday, Dec. 20 (3 p.m.) at Lawlor Events Current streak L1 L1 Sun. 7 * Boise State TBA Center. Sat. 13 * at San Jose State TBA Mon. 15 * at San Jose State TBA LAST GAME STARTERS Fri. 19 * Colorado State TBA Sun. 21 * Colorado State TBA Desmond Cambridge GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Thu. 25 * at Utah State TBA 4 R-Jr. | 6-4 | G 6/6 11.8 3.5 15 2 4 Sat. 27 * at Utah State TBA MARCH Warren Washington GP/GS PPG RPG A B S 10-13 MW Championship 5 R-So. | 7-0 | F 6/6 8.5 5.0 5 5 0 Home games in bold * Mountain West contest Tré Coleman GP/GS PPG RPG A B S # Golden Window Classic (Lincoln, Neb.) Fr. | 6-7 | F 6/2 5.0 1.8 8 3 7 $ Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) 14 All times listed in Pacific Time MEDIA COVERAGE Zane Meeks GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Live Stream .........................................WCC Network 15 So. | 6-9 | F 6/2 10.0 6.5 6 2 1 Radio .........................................ESPN Radio 94.5 FM Online Audio ..........................................TuneIn.com Grant Sherfield GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Play-by-Play ...........................................John Ramey So. | 6-2 | G 6/6 16.3 3.8 29 0 11 Live Stats .............................. www.usdtoreros.com 25 NEVADA COMMUNICATIONS CHAD HARTLEY: Associate AD, Communications | [email protected] | AARON JUAREZ: Director (MBB Contact) | [email protected] Legacy Hall/MS 232 KATIE RIHN: Assistant Director | [email protected] | | Reno, NV 89557-2232 GRACE TAFOLLA: Graduate Assistant [email protected] | FARRELL SHINE: Graduate Assistant [email protected] RYAN DALEY: Student Intern | [email protected] 2020-21 NEVADA MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Robby Robinson Jr. F 6-8 225 San Diego, Calif. / San Diego City College 3 Alem Huseinovic Fr. G 6-4 190 Bosnia and Herzegovina / PHHoenix Prep 4 Desmond Cambridge, Jr. Jr. G 6-4 180 Nashville, Tenn. / Brown 5 Warren Washington So. F 7-0 215 San Marcos, Calif. / Oregon State 10 Gabe Bansuelo So. G 6-1 165 Reno, Nev. / Bishop Manogue HS 11 Kane Milling So. G 6-4 180 Nantes, France / CSP Limoges 13 Khristion Courseault So. G 6-2 180 Los Angeles, Calif. / Pasadena City College 14 Tre Coleman Fr. F 6-7 185 Jeffersonville, Ind. / Jeffersonville HS 15 Zane Meeks So. F 6-9 215 Prairie Village, Kan. / Brewster Academy 20 Daniel Foster Fr. G 6-6 185 Melbourne, Australia / Golden State Preparatory School 23 DeAndre Henry Fr. F 6-7 225 Phoenix, Ariz. / PHHoenix Prep 25 Grant Sherfield So. G 6-2 189 Fort Worth, Texas / Wichita State 42 K.J. Hymes So. F 6-10 210 Phoenix, Ariz. / Hillcrest Prep 44 Zachary Williams Sr. F 6-7 205 Reno, Nev. / South Mountain Community College NEVADA MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Steve Alford (Indiana, 1987) - Second season at Nevada, 30th overall Associate Head Coach: Craig Neal (Georgia Tech, 1988) – Second season Assistant Coach: Kory Barnett (Indiana, 2012) – Second season Assistant Coach: Bil Duany (Indiana, 2009) – Second season Director of Player Development: Glen Worley (Iowa, 2004) – First season Director of Operations: Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona, 2012) – Second season Video Coordinator: Joe Preston (UCLA, 2019) - Second season Strength & Conditioning Coach: Matt Eck (Kansas State, 2008 - Nevada, 2010) – 20th season Pronunciation Guide Alem Huseinovic Al-um Hu-SEEN-oh-vitch Gabe Bansuelo Ban-SWAY-low Khristion Courseault Krist-en CORE-salt K.J. Hymes Hime-zz Nevada neh-VA-duh (NOT: Neh-VAH-duh; and not UNR or Nevada, Reno for athletics) PROPER BRANDING For the purpose of athletics branding, please DO NOT refer to the team as Reno, Nevada Reno, or UNR; it is simply “Nevada.” When using an abbreviation please use either NV or NEV. The team mascot should be two words, Wolf Pack. Also, pronunciation of the state should be pronounced in the following way: neh-VA-duh. 2020-21 NEVADA MEN’S BASKETBALL - PAGE 2 LAST TIME OUT QUICK FACTS Despite shooting 45.8 percent from the field and hitting nine 3-pointers on its end Friday night, the Pack struggled to contain Grand Canyon on the opposite end of the court, as the Lopes shot a blistering 57.7 percent (30- ABOUT NEVADA for-52) with nine triples of their own to defeat Nevada, 87-77. Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 Desmond Cambridge, Jr., set his Nevada career highs with 24 points and Enrollment ................................................................21,657 six 3-pointers in the contest, while Grant Sherfield scored 16 points with Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) five assists. Warren Washington rounded out the Pack’s double-digit scorers Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver with 10 points to go with four rebounds. Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) President ...................................................Brian Sandoval The Pack shot 54.8 percent (17-for-31) from the field in the opening half, Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett and led, 62-60, midway through the second before a 15-0 Grand Canyon Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 run put them into a hole from which they could not climb out. Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com SCOUTING THE TOREROS San Diego (0-1) will play just its second game of the campaign when it MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF hosts the Pack Monday. The Toreros dropped their opener, 83-56, at UCLA Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford on Dec. 9. Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 Record at Nevada...........................23-14 (Second year) Redshirt junior guard Joey Calcaterra paced the Toreros in Westwood with Career Record .................................610-312 (30th year) 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting, including a 4-for-5 showing from behind Mountain West Record ................. 12-6 (Second year) the arc. Fellow redshirt junior guard Frankie Hughes added 10 points. Asst. Coach ......................Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) Up front, senior forward Yauhen Massalski pulled down a team-high 14 Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) rebounds while adding nine points and a pair of blocks. Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) In the loss at UCLA, San Diego shot just 31.1 percent (19-for-61) and were COMMUNICATIONS beaten on the boards by a 50-31 margin. WBB Contact ............................................... Aaron Juarez Email ..............................................aaronjuarez@unr.edu WRAPPING UP THE TRIP Cell .............................................................. (208) 982-0040 Nevada aims to close out its second road trip of the season on a winning PROGRAM HISTORY note Monday, following Friday night’s 87-77 loss at Grand Canyon. First NCAA season ......................................................1913 All-Time NCAA Record ......................................................- Early on this season, the Pack