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 (12-7, 7-5 MW) GAME 20 Friday, Feb. 5 - 6:00 p.m. • Lawlor Events Center • Reno, Nev. NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK VS BOISE STATE BRONCOS Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 12-7 | 7-5 Mountain West 14-2 | 10-1 Mountain West Thu. 26 at Nebraska # (BTN) W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (12-7, 7-5 MW), fresh off of a series ALL-TIME SERIES sweep of UNLV, has a quick turnaround as it Series ..............................................Nevada leads 48-28 DECEMBER hosts first-place Boise State in a two-game Current Streak ............................................................... L1 Last Meeting................................................Feb. 1, 2020 Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 set at Lawlor Events Center. ..............................................Boise State 73, Nevada 64 Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 .........................................................................Boise, Idaho Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon L, 77-87 The series opens Friday at 6 p.m., with the Mon. 14 at San Diego W, 79-72 finale set for Sunday at 1 p.m. Both contests STAT COMPARISON BOISE ST NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force W, 74-57 will air on FS1, with Tim Neverett and Doug Points per game 79.9 73.0 Sun. 20 * Air Force L, 66-68 Gottlieb on the call. The series will also be Points per game allowed 63.1 67.1 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico % (FS1) W, 68-54 broadcast in Reno on ESPN Radio 94.5 FM Scoring margin +16.8 +5.9 with John Ramey and Len Stevens calling FG percentage 47.2 44.3 JANUARY the action. Sat. 2 * at New Mexico % (CBSSN) W, 84-74 FG percentage allowed 40.9 39.9 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) L, 60-65 UP NEXT 3FG percentage 33.8 34.0 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State (CBSSN) L, 67-69 The Wolf Pack makes its penultimate road Thu. 15 * Fresno State (FS1) W, 73-57 3FG percentage allowed 30.5 32.0 trip of the conference season next week, Sat. 17 * Fresno State (CBSSN) W, 79-65 FT percentage 73.3 75.9 heading to the Bay Area to face San Jose Fri. 22 * at Wyoming L, 64-71 Rebounds per game 37.7 36.8 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming (CBSSN) L, 88-93 State in a two-game series. The games Rebounding margin +6.9 +2.7 Sun. 31 * UNLV (FS1) W, 89-60 against the Spartans are set for Saturday, Feb. 13 and Monday, Feb. 15. Assists per game 14.6 14.0 FEBRUARY Assist/Turnover ratio 1.27 1.12 Tue. 2 * UNLV (CBSSN) W, 72-62 Steals per game 7.4 5.2 Fri. 5 * Boise State (FS1) 6 p.m. Current streak W1 W2 Sun. 7 * Boise State (FS1) 1 p.m. Sat. 13 * at San Jose State TBA Mon. 15 * at San Jose State 5 p.m. LAST GAME STARTERS Sat. 20 * Colorado State (FS1) 6:30 p.m. 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 19/19 18.3 3.8 108 0 29 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 19/19 14.9 4.5 49 12 17 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 19/15 5.0 2.7 30 7 18 % at Lubbock, Texas 14 $ Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) All times listed in Pacific Time Daniel Foster GP/GS PPG RPG A B S MEDIA COVERAGE 20 Fr. | 6-6 | G 4/2 3.8 2.0 8 0 1 TV ............................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play ......................................... Tim Neverett Warren Washington GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Analyst .................................................Doug Gottlieb 5 R-So. | 7-0 | F 19/19 9.6 5.7 10 13 3 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 50 Will Baker # So. C 6-11 245 Austin, Texas / Texas # Ineligible for the 2020-21 season 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 THE PACK BOUNCES BACK (AGAIN) QUICK FACTS For the second time in this Mountain West campaign, Nevada bounced back from being swept in a series to doing the sweeping in the following series. ABOUT NEVADA Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. Two tough losses at Wyoming on Jan. 22 and 24 led to the Pack coming Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 home and dominating in-state rival UNLV for a pair of wins to get back over Enrollment ................................................................21,657 .500 in Mountain West play. The previous time the Pack had been swept in Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) a Mountain West series, Jan. 7 and 9 at San Diego State, Nevada rebounded Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver to sweep Fresno State at Lawlor on Jan. 15 and 17. Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) President ...................................................Brian Sandoval SCOUTING BOISE STATE Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett Boise State (14-2, 10-1 MW) comes to Reno sitting atop the Mountain West Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 standings but off of a series at Colorado State in which it suffered its first Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK conference defeat. Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com The Broncos, which will have seven days off between games when Friday’s MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF opener tips off, rebounded from a 78-56 loss in the opener in Fort Collins Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford to capture the finale, 85-77. Mountain West Preseason Player of the Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 Year Derrick Alston leads the Broncos with 16.5 points per game and 35 Record at Nevada...........................31-19 (Second year) 3-pointers. Alston paces five Broncos averaging double figures in scoring, Career Record .................................618-317 (30th year) as newcomers Abu Kigab (13.5 ppg) and Devonaire Doutrive (10.6 ppg) Mountain West Record .................87-37 (Eighth year) supplement the scoring of returners Marcus Shaver, Jr. (13.8 ppg) and RayJ Assoc. Head Coach ........Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) Dennis (10.5 ppg). Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) SERIES WITH BOISE STATE Dir. of Player Personnel ......... Glen Worley (Iowa ‘04) Nevada leads the all-time series against the Broncos, 48-28, entering this Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) weekend’s series. The Pack had won eight-straight against the Broncos before having that run snapped in the last meeting, a 73-64 defeat in Boise COMMUNICATIONS on Feb. 1, 2020.