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 (8-3, 3-1 MW) GAME 12 Thursday, Jan. 7 - 7 p.m. PT • Viejas Arena • San Diego, Calif. NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK AT SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 7-3 | 2-1 Mountain West 7-2 | 1-1 Mountain West Thu. 26 at Nebraska # (BTN) W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (8-3, 3-1 MW) hits the road for the ALL-TIME SERIES second-straight week, this time heading Series ................................San Diego State leads 19-6 DECEMBER to San Diego State for a two-game series Current Streak ............................................................... L3 Last Meeting.............................................Feb. 29, 2020 Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 against the Aztecs. ....................................San Diego State 83, Nevada 76 Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 ............................................................................ Reno, Nev. Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon L, 77-87 Both contests will be broadcast on CBS Mon. 14 at San Diego W, 79-72 Sports Network, beginning with Thursday’s STAT COMPARISON SDSU NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force W, 74-57 7 p.m. opener. The series will also be broad- Points per game 73.2 72.3 Sun. 20 * Air Force L, 66-68 cast in Reno on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM with Points per game allowed 60.1 66.6 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico % (FS1) W, 68-54 John Ramey on the call. Scoring margin +11.1 +5.7 JANUARY BACK TO SAN DIEGO FG percentage 45.2 44.3 Sat. 2 * at New Mexico % (CBSSN) W, 84-74 This weekend marks the Pack’s second trip FG percentage allowed 38.7 39.0 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) 7 p.m. to San Diego in the 2020-21 season. Neva- 3FG percentage 38.3 34.6 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) 6 p.m. da’s first visit ended with a win, as the Pack Thu. 15 * Fresno State (FS1) 8 p.m. 3FG percentage allowed 32.5 31.8 defeated San Diego, 79-72, on Dec. 14. Sat. 17 * Fresno State (CBSSN) 1 p.m. FT percentage 71.3 73.1 Fri. 22 * at Wyoming 5 p.m. Rebounds per game 34.4 38.0 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming (CBSSN) 1 p.m. UP NEXT Rebounding margin +0.8 +3.6 Sun. 31 * UNLV (FS1) TBA Nevada plays its only full home series of January next week, hosting Fresno State Assists per game 14.3 13.8 FEBRUARY for a pair Jan. 15 (8 p.m., FS1) and Jan. 17 (1 Assist/Turnover ratio 1.19 1.00 Tue. 2 * UNLV (CBSSN) 6 p.m. p.m., CBS Sports Network). Steals per game 8.8 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 Fri. 19 * Colorado State (FS1) TBA Sun. 21 * Colorado State (CBSSN) TBA Desmond Cambridge GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Fri. 26 * at Utah State (FS1) TBA 4 R-Jr. | 6-4 | G 11/11 15.4 4.1 28 5 11 Sun. 28 * at Utah State (FS1) TBA MARCH Warren Washington GP/GS PPG RPG A B S 10-13 MW Championship $ 5 R-So. | 7-0 | F 11/11 8.9 5.7 8 8 2 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 11/7 4.5 2.3 18 5 12 % at Lubbock, Texas 14 $ Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) All times listed in Pacific Time Zane Meeks GP/GS PPG RPG A B S MEDIA COVERAGE 15 So. | 6-9 | F 11/7 10.1 6.6 9 3 5 TV .............................................. CBS Sports Network Play-by-Play .............................................John Sadak Grant Sherfield GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Analyst ...................................................Steve Lappas So. | 6-2 | G 11/11 17.2 3.9 59 0 18 Radio .........................................ESPN Radio 94.5 FM 25 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 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 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) 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 Nevada nabbed its first sweep of a two-game Mountain West series as it took both games against New Mexico last weekend. ABOUT NEVADA The Pack captured the opener, 68-54, Thursday night, before using a late Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. rally to finish the sweep with an 84-74 victory Saturday. The series was Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 played at Lubbock Christian University in Texas. Enrollment ................................................................21,657 Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) Sophomore point guard Grant Sherfield averaged 24.0 points, 5.00 assists, Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver and 4.0 rebounds over the series, posting FG/3FG/FT percentages of Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) 46.4/54.5/88.9. He scored a career-high 28 points in Saturday’s win, while President ...................................................Brian Sandoval redshirt junior guard Desmond Cambridge scored 24 in Thursday;’s victory. Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 SCOUTING THE AZTECS Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK San Diego State (7-2, 1-1 MW) salvaged a split of its conference-opening Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com series against Colorado State with Monday night’s 78-65 win. MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF The Aztecs, which have split their last four after opening the season 5-0, Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford are led by the play of Matt Mitchell (14.9 ppg, 44.7 FG pct.) and Jordan Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 Schakel (14.6 ppg, 45.9 3FG pct.). Record at Nevada...........................27-15 (Second year) Career Record .................................614-313 (30th year) MAKING IT WORK Mountain West Record ................. 15-7 (Second year) Nevada’s 8-3 overall mark, and 3-1 start to Mountain West play, has been Asst. Coach ......................Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) impressive especially considering how much production the Pack had to Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) replace from 2019-20. Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) With the loss of four starters, three of whom earned postseason All- Mountain West honors (Jalen Harris - Mountain West Newcomer of the Year COMMUNICATIONS and All-MW First Team, Jazz Johnson - All-MW Second Team, Lindsay Drew MBB Contact ............................................... Aaron Juarez - All-MW Honorable Mention and All-Defensive Team), Nevada faced an Email ..............................................aaronjuarez@unr.edu uphill battle in 2020-21. In 2020-21 the Pack returned just 20.0 percent of Cell .............................................................. (208) 982-0040 its offensive production (480 of 2,391 points scored!) and 20.8 percent of its total field goals (175 of 840). PROGRAM HISTORY First Season ..................................................................1913 Through 11 games this season, Pack newcomers account for 70.8 of the All-Time Record .............................................1,383-1,197 team’s scoring (563 of 795 points), led by Grant Sherfield (17.2 ppg) and All-Time Conference Record............................638-505 Desmond Cambridge, Jr.