2020-21 Nevada Women's Basketball Game Notes
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NEVADA WOLF PACK 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2 WNBA DRAFT PICKS 2 ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE (13-8, 9-7 MW) GAME 22 Monday, March 8 - 2:30 p.m. • Thomas & Mack Center • Las Vegas, Nev. NOVEMBER FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS vs NEVADA WOLF PACK Fri. 27 San Francisco Canceled 14-9 | 12-6 Mountain West 13-8 | 9-7 Mountain West Sat. 28 William Jessup W, 66-65 It’s tournament time for the Nevada ALL-TIME SERIES DECEMBER women’s basketball team ... The Wolf Pack Series .....................................Fresno State leads 47-14 Sat. 12 at Sacramento State W, 74-61 will begin its run towards the program’s Current Streak ............................................................... L4 Last Wolf Pack win ........ Feb. 23, 2019 (57-41 at FS) Sun. 13 at Sacramento State W, 62-53 first Mountain West championship this Last Bulldogs win ..........Jan. 16, 2021 (75-61 at FS) Fri. 18 Fresno Pacific W, 71-67 Monday, March 8 with a 2:30 p.m. matchup Levens vs. Fresno State .............................................3-6 Mon. 21 at Saint Mary’s L, 83-68 against the No. 4 seed Fresno State ... A Thu. 31 * New Mexico L, 88-69 live stream will be available online on the STAT COMPARISON FS NEV Mountain West Network ... Josh Suchon will Points per game 79.3 64.5 JANUARY have the call in Northern Nevada on CBS Points per game allowed 71.3 63.4 Sat. 2 * New Mexico L, 78-67 Sports Radio 94.1 FM and 1450 AM with a Thu. 7 * San Diego State L, 59-43 Scoring margin +8.0 +1.1 20 minute pregame show prior to tipoff ... Sat. 9 * San Diego State W, 66-59 Rebounds per game 37.6 41.0 Fans can also listen live online via TuneIn or Thu. 14 * at Fresno State L, 78-70 Rebounding margin -1.9 +5.3 Sat. 16 * at Fresno State L, 75-61 on the TuneIn app ... Live stats are avail- Assists per game 14.4 11.0 Fri. 22 * Wyoming W, 60-52 able at NevadaWolfPack.com/wbballls ... Sun. 24 * Wyoming W, 57-50 Nevada secured the No. 5 seed in this year’s Steals per game 8.3 6.9 Sat. 30 * at UNLV L, 62-57 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Champi- FG percentage .458 .385 onship, its highest seed in the conference FG percentage allowed .411 .401 FEBRUARY tournament under Amanda Levens, and its 3FG percentage .367 .265 Mon. 1 * at UNLV W, 73-70 highest conference tournament seed since 3FG percentage allowed .326 .289 Fri. 5 * at Boise State L, 73-63 the 2013-14 season when Nevada was the Sun. 7 * at Boise State W, 64-44 FT percentage .730 .774 No. 3 seed ... With the fifth seed the Wolf Sat. 13 * San Jose State Canceled Assist/Turnover ratio 1.2 0.8 Pack also earned a first round bye for the Mon. 15 * San Jose State Canceled first time since 2014. Current streak L2 W5 Fri. 19 * at Colorado State Canceled Sun. 21 * at Colorado State Canceled Wed. 24 * Utah State W, 63-40 PROBABLE STARTERS Thu. 25 * Utah State W, 73-60 Da’Ja Hamilton GP/GS PPG RPG A B S MARCH Jr. | 5-8 | G 21/20 14.5 4.1 60 3 20 Wed. 3 * at Air Force W, 59-56 2 Thu. 4 * at Air Force W, 69-58 Mon. 8 ^ vs. Fresno State 2:30 p.m. LaPraisjah Johnson GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Sr. | 5-9 | G 21/20 8.0 4.0 30 5 22 Home games in bold 4 * Mountain West contest ^ Mountain West Tournament GP/GS PPG RPG A B S All times listed in Pacific Time Amaya West 13 Jr. | 5-10 | G 18/18 9.5 5.1 29 14 14 Nia Alexander GP/GS PPG RPG A B S MEDIA COVERAGE Sr. | 5-9 | G 21/21 9.3 4.8 25 3 22 Live Stream ....................Mountain West Network 25 Radio ...........CBS Sports Radio 94.1FM/1450 AM Online Audio ..........................................TuneIn.com Megan Ormiston GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Play-by-Play ..........................................Josh Suchon 40 Jr. | 6-3 | F 18/17 8.0 5.3 8 11 9 Live Stats ............NevadaWolfPack.com/wbballls NEVADA COMMUNICATIONS CHAD HARTLEY: Associate AD, Communications | [email protected] | AARON JUAREZ: Director | [email protected] Legacy Hall/MS 232 KATIE RIHN: Assistant Director | [email protected] | GRACE TAFOLLA: Graduate Assistant | [email protected] | | | Reno, NV 89557-2232 FARRELL SHINE: Graduate Assistant [email protected] | RYAN DALEY: Student Intern [email protected] 2021 MOUNTAIN WEST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7-10 THOMAS & MACK CENTER LAS VEGAS, NEVADA SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 MARCH 8 MARCH 9 MARCH 10 #1 New Mexico #8 San Diego State Game 3 Noon Game 1 2 p.m. Game 7 #9 Air Force 5 p.m. #4 Fresno State Game 4 2:30 p.m. #5 Nevada #2 UNLV Game 9 8 p.m. WOMEN’S CHAMPION #7 Wyoming Game 5 5:30 p.m. Game 2 4:30 p.m. Game 8 #10 Utah State 7:30 p.m. #3 Colorado State Game 6 8 p.m. #6 Boise State All times Pacific and subject to change. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network. The championship game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network. 2020-21 ROSTER (PROBABLE STARTERS IN BOLD) # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG A B S 1 Andrea Jovicevic Fr. G 5-10 Podgorica, Montenegro/Bella Vista Prep 1.4 1.3 0 0 0 2 Da’Ja Hamilton Jr. G 5-8 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS 14.5 4.1 60 3 20 4 LaPraisjah Johnson Sr. G 5-9 Killeen, Texas/Cochise College 8.0 4.0 30 5 22 11 Kenna Holt Fr. G 5-8 Reno, Nev./Bishop Manogue HS 2.4 3.5 37 1 31 12 Alyssa Jimenez* So. G 5-11 Thornton, Colo./Horizon HS 5.0 5.3 7 3 5 13 Amaya West Jr. G 5-10 Mesa, Ariz./Red Mountain HS 9.5 5.1 29 14 14 20 Bethany Carstens So. G 5-9 Kenai, Alaska/Chicago State 2.4 1.1 7 0 6 21 Alexis Elquist Fr. F 6-0 Elko, Nev./Elko HS 0.0 0.5 0 1 0 22 Gabby Rones Fr. G 5-5 Sacramento, Calif./West Campus HS 1.5 0.5 4 0 3 23 Lexie Givens Fr. F 6-0 Alameda, Calif./Alameda HS 3.4 2.9 8 5 2 24 Dom Phillips So. F 6-0 Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium HS 3.3 3.2 2 0 2 25 Nia Alexander Sr. G 5-9 Federal Way, Wash./San Francisco 9.3 4.8 25 3 22 31 Tiffany Siu Fr. G 5-6 Oakland, Calif./Oakland Technical HS 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 34 Leta Otuafi So. F 5-11 Fallon, Nev./Utah State Eastern 7.5 4.5 12 3 6 40 Megan Ormiston Jr. F 6-3 Murrieta, Calif./UC Santa Barbara 8.0 5.3 8 11 9 44 Eliška Štěbetáková Jr. F 6-2 Děčín, Czech Republic/NE Oklahoma A&M 3.1 1.3 0 3 2 Pronunciations - #1 Andrea (On-DRAY-uh) Jovicevic (YO-vi-CHEV-ich) | #2 Da’Ja (DAY-shuh) | #4 LaPraisjah (la-praise-SHUH) | #12 Jimenez (HIM-in-ez) | #13 Amaya (UH-my-uh) | #25 Nia (NEE-uh) | #22 Rones (Rone-ESS) | #31 Siu (Soo) | #34 Leta (LET-uh) Otuafi (OH-too-AH-fee) | #44 Eliška (Elishka) Štěbetáková (Sh- teb-ah-TAH-kah-vah) | (Coaches: Levens (LEV-ins) | * indicates out for the remainder of the 2020-21 season 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. MOUNTAIN LION AVIATION The University of Nevada announced that Mountain Lion Aviation will be the presenting sponsor for the women’s athletics pro- gram. The partnership is the first of its kind in the NCAA and signifies Mountain Lion Aviation’s strong commitment to promoting and supporting women’s athletics. The financial resources from Mountain Lion Aviation will directly boost women’s athletics at Nevada via the department’s Pack PAWS (Promoting and Advancing Women’s Sports) initiative on campus, which provides the academic and athletic resources nec- essary for the University’s 200+ female student-athletes to succeed on the field, in the classroom, and in their future careers. ABOUT FRESNO STATE (14-9, 12-6 MW) Head Coach: Jaime White (Southern Utah ‘94) Career record: 255-209 (15th season) Record at Fresno State: 138-81 (7th season) Last Time Out Previous Game Starters Feb. 27 L, 75-74 vs. UNLV 22 Aly Gamez .................................................. G 20 Bree Delaney ............................................. G High Scorer ...............................................Hanna Cavinder (32) 24 Wytalla Motta............................................. F High Rebounder .................................................. Maddi Utti (8) 11 Maddi Utti ................................................... F Assists Leader ..................................................................Three tied (3) 12 Genna Ogier ............................................... F 2020-21 NEVADA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL - PAGE 3 QUICK HITS QUICK FACTS • This is Nevada’s highest MW seeding (5) since the 2013-14 season • Also Nevada’s first conference tournament first round bye since 2014 • Amanda Levens earned career win No. 100 last Wednesday at Air Force ABOUT NEVADA • Nevada finished with a winning overall record for the first time since 2014 Location ............................................................