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 (6-3, 1-1 MW) GAME 10 Thursday, Dec. 31 - 6 p.m. PT • Rip Griffin Center • Lubbock, Texas NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK AT NEW MEXICO LOBOS Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 6-3 | 1-1 Mountain West 3-2 | 0-2 Mountain West Thu. 26 at Nebraska # (BTN) W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (6-3, 1-1 MW) resumes Mountain ALL-TIME SERIES West play this Thursday and Saturday, Series ...................................................Nevada leads 8-7 DECEMBER taking on New Mexico (3-2, 0-2 MW) in Current Streak ..............................................................W3 Last Meeting.............................................Feb. 18, 2020 Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 Lubbock, Texas. ........................................... Nevada 88, New Mexico 74 Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 ............................................................Albuquerque, N.M. Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon L, 77-87 Thursday’s game will air on Fox Sports 1 Mon. 14 at San Diego W, 79-72 while Saturday’s contest will be televised STAT COMPARISON NM NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force W, 74-57 by CBS Sports Network. Both games will be Points per game 74.2 71.4 Sun. 20 * Air Force L, 66-68 on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM with John Ramey on Points per game allowed 70.0 67.2 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico % (FS1) 6 p.m. the call. Scoring margin +4.2 +4.2 JANUARY PLAYING IN TEXAS FG percentage 44.2 44.4 Sat. 2 * at New Mexico % (CBSSN) 7 p.m. This weekend’s series will be played at FG percentage allowed 42.1 39.3 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) 7 p.m. Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, 3FG percentage 28.9 33.5 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) 6 p.m. Texas, due to New Mexico state guidelines Thu. 15 * Fresno State (FS1) 8 p.m. 3FG percentage allowed 34.7 31.7 prohibiting the Lobos from hosting any Sat. 17 * Fresno State (CBSSN) 1 p.m. FT percentage 61.0 70.9 athletic competitions. Fri. 22 * at Wyoming 5 p.m. Rebounds per game 46.2 38.6 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming (CBSSN) TBA Rebounding margin +15.4 +4.7 Sun. 31 * UNLV (FS1) TBA UP NEXT The teams will wrap the series Saturday at Assists per game 12.0 14.4 FEBRUARY 7 p.m. PT on CBS Sports Network. The Pack Assist/Turnover ratio 0.80 1.02 Tue. 2 * UNLV (CBSSN) TBA will again hit the road, visiting San Diego Steals per game 5.6 5.2 Fri. 5 * Boise State (FS1) TBA State for games Jan. 7 and 9. Current streak L2 L1 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 Thu. 25 * at Utah State (FS1) TBA 4 R-Jr. | 6-4 | G 9/9 14.4 4.0 24 4 8 Sat. 27 * 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 9/9 8.7 5.7 8 6 1 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 9/5 4.0 2.1 17 5 10 % 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 9/5 10.9 6.6 8 3 4 TV ............................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play ......................................... Dave Barnett Grant Sherfield GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Analyst ...............................................Richie Schueler So. | 6-2 | G 9/9 15.7 3.9 49 0 15 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 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 Nevada split its conference-opening two-game series against Air Force Dec. 18 and 20, picking up a 74-57 victory in the opener before dropping the finale, 68-66, at Lawlor Events Center. ABOUT NEVADA Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. Desmond Cambridge, Jr., and Zane Meeks paced the Pack averaging 16.0 Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 points apiece over the two-game series, with Cambridge, Jr., scoring 23 Enrollment ................................................................21,657 in the opener. Meeks matched his career high with 18 points, on 5-for-11 Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) shooting, in the finale, and grabbed eight rebounds in each contest. Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) SCOUTING THE LOBOS President ...................................................Brian Sandoval New Mexico (3-2, 0-2 MW) had its season-opening three-game winning Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett streak snapped as it was swept in its two-game series at Boise State, Dec. Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 21 and 23. The Lobos were outscored by an average of 30.5 points over the Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK two losses to the Broncos, dropping the opener, 77-53, then falling, 89-52, Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com in the finale. MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Makuach Maluach leads the Lobos with 15.2 points per game and five Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford 3-pointers, while Rod Brown is also averaging double digits in scoring, Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 going for 10.0 points per game. Record at Nevada...........................25-15 (Second year) Career Record .................................612-313 (30th year) STRONG STARTS Mountain West Record ................. 13-7 (Second year) The Pack has shown this season that it can start games well, leading its Asst. Coach ......................Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) opponents at halftime in eight of nine games, and by an average margin Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) of 5.4 points. Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) The only contest in which Nevada trailed at the break was Dec. 2 against San Francisco, when it faced a 40-32 deficit. COMMUNICATIONS MBB Contact ............................................... Aaron Juarez Nevada, however, is 6-2 in the games which it led at halftime, most Email ..............................................aaronjuarez@unr.edu recently dropping its Dec. 20 series finale against Air Force after holding a Cell .............................................................. (208) 982-0040 33-24 lead after the opening 20 minutes. PROGRAM HISTORY First Season ..................................................................1913 CAMBRIDGE, JR., NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK All-Time Record .............................................1,381-1,197 Redshirt junior guard Desmond Cambridge, Jr., became the first member All-Time Conference Record............................636-505 of the Pack to grab a Mountain West weekly honor, being named player of Conference Tournament Record ........................47-38 the week for Dec. 14-20. NCAA Tournament Appearances ..... 9 (last in 2019) NCAA Tournament Record .........................................6-9 Cambridge, Jr., averaged 19.7 points and twice hit the 20-point mark as NIT Appearances ...................................