Nevada Wolf Pack 2020-21 Men’S Basketball Game Notes 9 Ncaa Tournament Appearances 3 Mountain West Championships
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NEVADA WOLF PACK 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 3 MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE (4-1, 0-0 MW) GAME 5 Friday, Dec. 11 - 6 p.m. PT • GCU Arena • Phoenix, Ariz. NOVEMBER NEVADA WOLF PACK AT GRAND CANYON LOPES Wed. 25 vs. NDSU # W, 62-48 4-1 | 0-0 Mountain West 3-0 Thu. 26 at Nebraska # W, 69-66 Mon. 30 Pacific W, 70-58 Nevada (4-1) begins its second road trip ALL-TIME SERIES of the campaign, a weekend wraparound, Series ...................................................Nevada leads 1-0 DECEMBER Friday night at Grand Canyon (3-0). Current Streak ..............................................................W1 Last Wolf Pack win .....................Dec. 9, 2018 (74-66) Wed. 2 San Francisco L, 60-85 Last Lopes win ................................................................... N/A Mon. 7 William Jessup W, 86-64 Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. PT from GCU Arena, Fri. 11 at Grand Canyon 6 p.m. and Friday’s matchup will be available for Mon. 14 at San Diego TBA streaming on ESPN3 and broadcast on FOX STAT COMPARISON GCU NEV Fri. 18 * Air Force 7 p.m. 630 KPLY with Alex Margulies on the call. Points per game 83.7 69.4 Sun. 20 * Air Force 3 p.m. Points per game allowed 55.0 64.2 Thu. 31 * at New Mexico TBA SERIES HISTORY Scoring margin +28.7 +5.2 Friday’s contest will be the second all-time FG percentage 50.8 43.1 JANUARY meeting between the Pack and the Lopes. Sat. 2 * at New Mexico TBA Nevada captured the first matchup nearly FG percentage allowed 32.2 34.8 Thu. 7 * at San Diego State TBA two years ago to the day of this season’s 3FG percentage 28.1 35.0 Sat. 9 * at San Diego State TBA meeting, beating Grand Canyon, 74-66, Thu. 14 * Fresno State TBA 3FG percentage allowed 28.2 28.9 Dec. 9, 2018, at Lawlor Events Center. Sat. 16 * Fresno State TBA FT percentage 56.4 67.6 Fri. 22 * at Wyoming TBA Rebounds per game 50.0 42.0 Sun. 24 * at Wyoming TBA UP NEXT Rebounding margin +22.0 +4.4 Sun. 31 * UNLV TBA Nevada will head to Southern California to finish off the trip with Monday’s 6 p.m. Assists per game 20.0 15.0 FEBRUARY contest at San Diego. The Toreros opened Assist/Turnover ratio 1.88 1.07 Tue. 2 * UNLV TBA their 2020-21 campaign Wednesday with an Steals per game 5.7 4.8 Fri. 5 * Boise State TBA 83-56 loss at UCLA. Current streak W3 W1 Sun. 7 * Boise State TBA Sat. 13 * at San Jose State TBA Mon. 15 * at San Jose State TBA LAST GAME STARTERS Fri. 19 * Colorado State TBA Sun. 21 * Colorado State TBA Desmond Cambridge GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Thu. 25 * at Utah State TBA 4 Jr. | 6-4 | G 5/5 9.4 3.4 14 2 3 Sat. 27 * at Utah State TBA MARCH Warren Washington GP/GS PPG RPG A B S 10-13 MW Championship 5 So. | 7-0 | F 5/5 8.2 5.2 5 5 0 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 5/1 6.0 1.8 8 3 5 $ Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) 14 All times listed in Pacific Time MEDIA COVERAGE Zane Meeks GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Live Stream ....................................................... ESPN3 15 So. | 6-9 | F 5/1 10.6 7.0 4 2 1 Radio .....................................................FOX 630 KPLY Online Audio ..........................................TuneIn.com Grant Sherfield GP/GS PPG RPG A B S Play-by-Play ......................................Alex Margulies So. | 6-2 | G 5/5 16.4 4.2 24 0 9 Live Stats .............................................Stat Broadcast 25 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 SCOUTING THE LOPES QUICK FACTS Grand Canyon (3-0) brings its unblemished record into Friday’s contest, although it will be the Lopes’ first action since an 88-49 home victory over Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 1. ABOUT NEVADA Location ............................................................. Reno, Nev. The Lopes have outscored their three opponents this season by an Reno/Sparks Population ....................................246,846 average margin of 28.7 points, and are averaging 83.7 points per game. Enrollment ................................................................21,657 GCU is making just over half of its field-goal attempts on the season (50.8 Nickname ................................... Wolf Pack (two words) percent), but is hitting at clips of just 28.1 percent and 56.4 percent from Colors ..............................................Navy Blue and Silver 3-point range and the free-throw line, respectively. Conference ..................................Mountain West (MW) President ...................................................Brian Sandoval Senior centers Alessandro Lever and Asbjørn Midtgaard lead the Lopes Athletics Director ........................................Doug Knuth SWA ...........................................Rhonda Lundin Bennett in scoring, averaging 16.7 and 14.3 points per game, respectively, while Athletic Dept. Phone ..............................775-784-6900 shooting a combined 63.9 percent (39-for-61) from the field. Midtgaard Ticket Office Phone ................................ 775-348-PACK has made his home in the paint, shooting 71.4 percent through the first Website ........................................NevadaWolfPack.com three games, and averaging 13.0 rebounds per contest. MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF On the perimeter, sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher, Jr., paces the Head Coach ...................................................Steve Alford backcourt with 9.0 points, 6.33 assists, and 2.00 assists per game. Alma Mater .......................................................Indiana ‘87 Record at Nevada...........................23-13 (Second year) HOMETOWN TRIP Career Record .................................610-311 (30th year) The first leg of the current trip marks a hometown return for a trio of Pack Mountain West Record ................. 12-6 (Second year) players. Asst. Coach ......................Craig Neal (Georgia Tech ‘88) Asst. Coach ..........................Kory Barnett (Indiana ‘12) K.J. Hymes, DeAndre Henry, and Alem Huseinovic return to their roots Asst. Coach ..................................Bil Duany (Indiana ‘09) for Friday’s game against GCU, where Hymes was a second-team All-4A Director of Operations .....Aubrie Warkentien (Arizona‘12) selection as a junior for St. Mary’s High School in 2016-17, before averaging a double-double of 12.1 points and 10.2 rebounds a game as a senior at COMMUNICATIONS Hillcrest Prep. Henry, meanwhile, played his senior season at PHHoenix WBB Contact ............................................... Aaron Juarez Prep in 2019-20, averaging a double-double of 17.4 points and 11.3 Email ..............................................aaronjuarez@unr.edu rebounds a game, after three seasons at Mountain Point High School. Cell .............................................................. (208) 982-0040 PROGRAM HISTORY Huseinovic played alongside Henry at PHHoenix Prep last year, averaging First NCAA season ......................................................1913 14.5 points and 3.4 assists per game while shooting 43 percent from All-Time NCAA Record ......................................................- 3-point range and 91 percent from the line. This came after a junior season All-Time Conference Record...........................................- at Chaparral High School in which he helped the Firebirds to the 6A Arizona Conference Tournament Record ..................................- title. NCAA Tournament Appearances ..... 9 (last in 2019) NCAA Tournament Record .........................................6-9 TEAMMATES LAST YEAR, OPPONENTS THIS YEAR NIT Appearances ...................................