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2019-20 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 GAME NOTES Stephen Trembley, Director of New Media • 559-278-6178 (office) • 559-270-4291 (cell) • [email protected] Taylor Martinez, Communications Assistant • 559-278-4881 (office) •559-394-6492 (cell) • [email protected] Julia Vella, New Media Assistant • 559-278-6178 (office) • [email protected] GAME 28: FRESNO STATE (10-17, 6-10 MW) AT NEVADA (17-10, 10-5 MW) Feb. 22, 2020 • 7 p.m. PT • Reno, Nev. (Lawlor Events Center) TV/Online: ESPNU (Steve Quis/Ben Braun) Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) Series History: Nevada leads 57-44 (overall) & 31-17 (games played in Reno, Nev.) Last Meeting: Nevada 74, Fresno State 68 (2/23/19 • Reno, Nev. • Lawlor Events Center) Next Up: vs. Wyoming (Feb. 29); 2020 MW Championships (March 4-7) Fresno State’s 2019-20 NCAA NET & Ken Pom Rankings: No. 165 & No. 158 FRESNO STATE NEVADA OPENING TIP FRESNO STATE VISITS NEVADA ON SATURDAY NIGHT • Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is in his second season after Fresno State will visit the Nevada Wolf Pack on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT at winning 23 games in his first season back home in the San Joaquin alley.V Lawlor Events Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and 940 AM • Hutson, a Bakersfield native, was named the 2018-19 Joe B. Hall National ESPN Radio. This will be the only regular season game between the teams. Coach of the Year presented annually to the top first-year D-I head coach. FRESNO STATE & NEVADA: ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY BETWEEN THE BASELINES Fresno State and Nevada started the all-time series during the 1924-25 • Fresno State is second in the MW in blocked shots per game (3.7 bpg). season. After playing twice during the regular season for the past 19 • Fresno State is second in the MW in 3-pointers made per game (9.1/gm). seasons, this will be the lone regular season contest between the Bulldogs • Fresno State is second in the MW in offensive rebounding (11.2/game). and Wolf Pack. Fresno State trails its overall series with Nevada 57-44 and • Fresno State is 343rd out of 353 Division I teams in “luck” by Ken Pom. the Bulldogs are 17-31 in games played agains the Pack in Reno. Fresno • Fresno State’s scoring margin is almost even (+0.3) as the Bulldogs have State had won six of seven meetings from 2014-17, but the Bulldogs have scored 1,866 points (69.1 ppg), while giving up 1,858 points (68.8 ppg). lost their last five games against Nevada dating back to a 83-72 MW • Fresno State has played four overtime games this season (1-3 record). semifinal loss on March 10, 2017. Fresno State’s last win over Nevada was an 81-76 road win over the Wolf Pack on Jan. 21, 2017. GRIMES CLIMBING UP RECORD BOOKS IN REBOUNDS, BLOCKS • Fresno State senior forward Nate Grimes is seventh in program history in HART SURGING DOWN THE STRETCH rebounds (707) - 11 rebounds away from Larry Henricksen (718) for sixth. In the last five games, Fresno State freshman reserve guard Niven Hart • Grimes also ranks fourth in Mountain West history with 421 rebounds in has averaged 18.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while 49.3 percent MW games - 39 away from Utah’s Luke Nevill (460 • 2005-09) for third. from the field (35-for-71). So in total, Hart has scored 92 points in those • Grimes is one of three MW players averaging a double-double this season. five games, including a career-high 30 points to lead the Bulldogs to an 84- • Grimes is seventh in program history in blocks (124) - one block from Lee 78 overtime road win at San Jose State on Feb. 12, and 29 points against Mayberry (125) for sixth and three shy of Rashaan Smith (127) for fifth. Colorado State on Feb. 5. Hart, who is originally from Orlando, Fla., is the first Bulldog freshman in program history to score 30 points in a game since YOUTH MOVEMENT Randy Holcomb did so against Sacramento State on Dec. 1, 1998. Paul Fresno State has fielded six of the 22 freshmen who have appeared in George (2009) and Kevin Olekaibe (2011) are the only other two Fresno games so far for Mountain West teams. Fresno State leads the league State freshmen to even score 29 points in a game in the last 15 seasons. with freshmen averaging 100.9 minutes per game, which is nearly half of the Bulldogs’ minutes per game average (49.3 percent). Fresno State’s 20-POINT GAMES BY BULLDOG FRESHMEN (LAST 15 SEASONS) freshmen have accounted for 2,724 of the team’s 5,525 total minutes played 6 - Paul George, 2008-09 (49.3 percent) this season. Fresno State freshmen Orlando Robinson (12.7 5 - Orlando Robinson, 2019-20 ppg) and Jarred Hyder (8.9 ppg) lead the way for Fresno State’s now six 4 - Jarred Hyder, 2019-20 freshmen, who have scored 894 of the Bulldogs’ 1,866 points for an average 4 - Kevin Olekaibe, 2010-11 of 33.1 points of the team’s 69.1 points per game (47.9 percent). Robinson 3 - Greg Smith, 2009-10 is the only Bulldog to play in all 27 games this season. Three different 2 - Niven Hart, 2019-20 freshmen have scored at least 25 points in a game: Niven Hart (30 points: 2/12 at SJSU & 29 points: 2/4 vs. Colorado State), Hyder (26 points: 11/10 • REFERENCE: “Fresno State” vs. Winthrop) and Robinson (27 points: 12/28 vs. UC Riverside). (Never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply “Fresno”) • ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS 2019-20 SCHEDULE / RESULTS (10-17, 6-10 MW) O30 (Wed) Dominican (Exhibition) ......................................... W, 86-57 F1 (Sat) New MexicoMW [AT&T] ........................................ W, 82-77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F4 (Tues) Colorado StateMW [CBSSN] ................................... L, 70-80 N5 (Tues) at No. 15/14 Oregon [Pac-12 Networks] ..................L, 57-71 F8 (Sat) at UNLVMW [ESPNU] ....................................................L, 67-68 N10 (Sun) Winthrop [MWN] ................................................. W, 77-74 F12 (Wed) at San Jose StateMW [MWN] ............................. W, 84-78 (OT) N12 (Tues) at San Diego [WCC Network] ............................ L, 66-72 (OT) F15 (Sat) Utah StateMW [ESPNU] .......................................... L, 59-71 N17 (Sun) CSUSB [MWN] .................................................... W, 92-47 F19 (Wed) Air ForceMW [ESPN3] ........................................... W, 71-62 N20 (Wed) vs. Saint Mary’s College^ [ESPNU] ............................L, 58-68 F22 (Sat) at NevadaMW [ESPNU] ................................................... 7 p.m. N30 (Sat) at CSUN [BWTV] .........................................................L, 72-73 F29 (Sat) WyomingMW [KAIL-TV/MWN] .................................. 4 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D4 (Wed) UNLVMW [AT&T] ...........................................L, 80-81 (2OT) 2020 Mountain West Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) D7 (Sat) at No. 25 Utah StateMW [AT&T] .......................... L, 70-77 (OT) M4 (Wed) MW Opening Round [MWN] ....................12 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M5 (Thurs) MW Quarterfinals [CBSSN] ............................................... TBD D11 (Wed) at California [Pac-12 Networks] ................................L, 63-69 M6 (Fri) MW Semifinals [CBSSN] ...........................6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. D14 (Sat) at Cal Poly [BWTV] ....................................................W, 62-37 M7 (Sat) MW Championship [CBS]..........................................2:30 p.m. D20 (Fri) IUPUI [KAIL-TV/MWN] ........................................ W, 95-64 D23 (Mon) San Francisco [KAIL-TV/MWN] ............................ L, 69-71 NOTES: D28 (Sat) UC Riverside [KAIL-TV/MWN] .............................. L, 57-60 • All games broadcast on 940 AM ESPN Radio and all times are Pacific ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • All home games in BOLD and played at Save Mart Center J1 (Wed) at No. 13/12 San Diego StateMW [STADIUM/Facebook] ...L, 52-61 MW = Mountain West Game J4 (Sat) San Jose StateMW [KAIL-TV/MWN] ...................... W, 79-64 ^ = Game played at a neutral site in Sacramento, Calif. at Golden 1 Center. J7 (Tues) at New MexicoMW [ESPNU] .........................................L, 64-78 J14 (Tues) No. 7/6 San Diego StateMW [ESPN2] ..................... L, 55-64 AT&T = AT&T Sports Net J18 (Sat) at WyomingMW [MWN] ...............................................W, 65-50 CBSSN = CBS Sports Network J22 (Wed) at Colorado StateMW [ESPN3] .....................................L, 68-86 BWTV = Big West TV (www.bigwest.tv) J25 (Sat) Boise StateMW [AT&T] .......................................... L, 53-87 MWN = Mountain West Network (www.GoBulldogs.com/mwn) J28 (Tues) at Air ForceMW [AT&T] ................................................W, 79-68 KAIL-TV = My Central Valley (Channel 7.1/53) 6 NCAA APPEARANCES (1981, ’82, ’84, 2000*, ’01 & ’16) • 10 NIT APPEARANCES • 1983 NIT CHAMPIONS | 1 2019-20 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ........................................................................................ Fresno, Calif. 2019-20 Overall Record ........................................................................... 10-17 Founded ....................................................................................................