Nevada Wolf Pack 2020-21 Men’S Basketball Game Notes 9 Ncaa Tournament Appearances 22 Conference Championships 16 Nba Draft Picks | 6 All-Americans
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NEVADA WOLF PACK 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 22 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 16 NBA DRAFT PICKS | 6 ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE (10-5, 5-3 MW) GAME 16 Friday, Jan. 22 - 5 p.m. PT • Arena-Auditorium • Laramie, Wyo. NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK AT WYOMING COWBOYS Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 10-5 | 5-3 Mountain West 8-5 | 2-4 Mountain West Thu. 26 at Nebraska # (BTN) W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (10-5, 5-3 MW) hits the road for ALL-TIME SERIES its third Mountain West road series in four Series ............................................ Wyoming leads 9-15 DECEMBER weeks. This time the Pack heads to Laramie Current Streak ............................................................... L1 Last Meeting........................................... March 5, 2020 Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 for a two-game series at Wyoming. ................................................ Wyoming 74, Nevada 71 Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 ................................................................... Las Vegas, Nev. Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon L, 77-87 Friday’s opener will tip at 5 p.m. PT on Mon. 14 at San Diego W, 79-72 Stadium and the Mountain West Network, STAT COMPARISON WYO NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force W, 74-57 while Sunday’s 1 p.m. PT finale will air Points per game 78.0 71.6 Sun. 20 * Air Force L, 66-68 nationally on CBS Sports Network. The Points per game allowed 75.2 65.9 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico % (FS1) W, 68-54 series will also be broadcast in Reno on Scoring margin +2.8 +5.7 ESPN Radio 94.5 FM with John Ramey on FG percentage 45.8 44.5 JANUARY the call. Sat. 2 * at New Mexico % (CBSSN) W, 84-74 FG percentage allowed 47.5 39.5 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) L, 60-65 UP NEXT 3FG percentage 37.9 34.8 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) L, 67-69 Nevada will be home for two weekends in Thu. 15 * Fresno State (FS1) W, 73-57 3FG percentage allowed 32.6 32.0 a row following the trip to Wyoming. The Sat. 17 * Fresno State (CBSSN) W, 79-65 FT percentage 71.4 75.0 Pack will host UNLV Sunday, Jan. 31, and Fri. 22 * at Wyoming 5 p.m. Rebounds per game 33.4 36.5 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming (CBSSN) 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, before Boise State comes Rebounding margin -3.8 +2.8 Sun. 31 * UNLV (FS1) 6:30 p.m. to town for a two-game series set for Friday, Feb. 5 and Sunday, Feb. 7. Assists per game 13.9 14.1 FEBRUARY Assist/Turnover ratio 1.30 1.06 Tue. 2 * UNLV (CBSSN) 6 p.m. Steals per game 5.2 5.4 Fri. 5 * Boise State (FS1) TBA Current streak W1 W2 Sun. 7 * Boise State (FS1) TBA Sat. 13 * at San Jose State TBA Mon. 15 * at San Jose State 5 p.m. LAST GAME STARTERS Sat. 20 * Colorado State (FS1) TBA Mon. 22 * Colorado State (CBSSN) TBA Grant Sherfield GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Fri. 26 * at Utah State (FS1) TBA 25 So. | 6-2 | G 15/15 18.7 4.0 85 0 25 Sun. 28 * at Utah State (FS1) TBA MARCH Desmond Cambridge GP/GS PPG RPG A B S 10-13 MW Championship $ 4 R-Jr. | 6-4 | G 15/15 15.1 4.7 40 8 15 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 15/11 4.5 2.5 24 6 15 % at Lubbock, Texas 14 $ Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) All times listed in Pacific Time Robby Robinson GP/GS PPG RPG A B S MEDIA COVERAGE 1 Jr. | 6-8 | F 14/1 1.2 4.2 5 3 5 TV ......................................................................Stadium Play-by-Play .........................................Jenny Cavnar Warren Washington GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Analyst ...............................................Richie Schueler 5 R-So. | 7-0 | F 15/15 8.6 5.1 10 10 2 Radio .........................................ESPN Radio 94.5 FM Play-by-Play ...........................................John Ramey 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 2 Addison Patterson # So. G 6-6 195 Milton, Ontario, Canada / Oregon 3 Alem Huseinovic Fr. G 6-4 190 Zenica, 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 # Ineligible through Fall 2021 semester due to NCAA transfer rules (waiver pending) 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 Ah-lum Hu-SAYN-oh-vitch Gabe Bansuelo Bon-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) Hometowns Nantes (Kane Milling) NAHT Zenica (Alem Huseinovic) zen-ee-tsa 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 PACK BOUNCES BACK WITH SWEEP OF FRESNO STATE QUICK FACTS Returning home after suffering a tough sweep at San Diego State in which it lost the two games by a total of seven points, Nevada bounced back nicely with a home sweep of Fresno State this past weekend. ABOUT NEVADA Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. Sophomore guard Grant Sherfield averaged 25.0 points and 6.00 assists, Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 and posted FG/3FG/FT percentages of 56.7/41.7/91.7 over the series, while Enrollment ................................................................21,657 redshirt junior guard Desmond Cambridge, Jr., averaged 12.5 points and Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) 9.5 rebounds, including a double-double of 12 points and a career-best 11 Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver rebounds in Sunday’s 79-65 win. Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) President ...................................................Brian Sandoval The Pack also received solid bench production over the weekend, as the Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett bench averaged 18.5 points, highlighted by 7.0 points a game from Kane Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 Milling and 6.5 points per game from K.J. Hymes. Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com SCOUTING THE COWBOYS Wyoming (8-5, 2-4 MW) enters this weekend’s series off of a split at Air MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Force Sunday and Tuesday. It will be a short turnaround for the Cowboys, Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford which snapped a four-game skid with Tuesday night’s 77-58 win over the Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 Falcons. Record at Nevada...........................29-17 (Second year) Career Record .................................616-315 (30th year) Wyoming is led by the play of Marcus Williams (16.3 ppg, 4.00 apg) and Mountain West Record .................85-35 (Eighth year) Hunter Maldonado (14.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg). Assoc. Head Coach ........Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) SHERFIELD PACES PACK IN SWEEP OF BULLDOGS Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) Sophomore guard Grant Sherfield once again played a key role in Dir. of Player Personnel ......... Glen Worley (Iowa ‘04) a Mountain West series win for Nevada, posting a pair of 20-point Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) performances in the sweep of Fresno State. COMMUNICATIONS Sherfield continued his outstanding play of late, averaging 25.0 points, MBB Contact ............................................... Aaron Juarez 6.00 assists, and 4.0 rebounds per game, while posting FG/3FG/FT Email ..............................................aaronjuarez@unr.edu Cell .............................................................. (208) 982-0040 percentages of 56.7/41.7/91.7.