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Nevada at UNLV - The Reno Runt invades the Thomas & Mack

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DATE: Tuesday, January 29
TIME: 8 p.m.
SITE: Tarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center(18,000), Las Vegas
TV: ESPN2 (Eric Rothman, Adrian Branch)
RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM (Jon Sandler, Robert Smith, sideline reporter: Steve Cofield)
AUDIO: UNLV Gameday App/TuneIn & UNLVRebels.com

UNLV leads the all-time series 60-27

UNLV is 33-11 all-time vs. UNR at home

UNR has won three straight vs. UNLV in Las Vegas

UNLV is 4-5 vs. UNR in its last nine overall meetings

The 2018-19 season marks the 36th year of Runnin’ Rebel basketball in the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV has posted an all-time record of 486-121 (.801) in the arena since it opened in 1983.

Four UNR players are averaging double figures in scoring, led by Jordan Caroline’s 18.7 ppg. He also leads the team in rebounding (9.7 rpg). Cody Martin is the team’s assist leader (5.2 apg)

The Wolf Pack rank second in the nation in assist turnover ratio (1.53) and eighth in turnovers per game (10.0) Caroline is 14th nationally in double-doubles with 11

UNLV has won four straight games at the Thomas & Mack Center

Over its last four games, UNLV has made an average of 14 3-pointers per contest. It shot 14 of 28 at Air Force (.500), 15 of 31 vs. San José State (.484), 14 of 25 vs. New Mexico (.560) and 13 of 30 at San Diego State (.433)

UNLV ranks either No. 1 or No. 2 during conference play in the following statistical categories: scoring, 3-point field-goal percentage, rebounding, 3-pointers made, assists, assist/turnover ratio and offensive rebounds

Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in 1986-87, UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all 1,058 games played

After getting to the FT line in 1 straight games, Clyburn has only been to the FT line in one of his last three games

Hardy has a season high 8 rebounds against SDSU

In MWC games UNLV is shooting 41.9% from the arc 

Blair (8-13) & Woodbury (5-8) are a combined 13-21 (61.9%) from the arc in MWC games

Ntambwe leads UNLV in 3ptFG attempts (39) in MWC games

UNLV is averaging 79.9 ppg in MWC play

UNLV has taken 68 more 3ptFG attempts than opponents (186 to 118) in MWC games which is 9.7 more per game than the opponent on a per game average

In the last four games UNLV has given up 106, 56, 58, 94 points to opponents

 

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UNR has run an isolation play on 169 possessions this season; only seven Division-I teams have run more, and none have done it as efficiently as the Pack (0.941 points per possession, according to Synergy Sports data). The big three of Caleb Martin (67 iso plays), Caroline (38) and Cody Martin (26) have accounted for 131 of UNR’s 169 isolation possessions.

Menzies called Martin, Martin and Caroline future NBA players and cited that trio as the key to what makes UNR so difficult to defend.

“Just the superior talent and position-less basketball,” Menzies said. “They’ve just got a lot of good talent. I think at the end of the day when you have really good guys, it’s a tough guard because you’ve got to pick and choose your poison.”

Can Menzies eventually raise UNLV’s talent level to the point where the Rebels can challenge UNR? He’s working on it, as he brought in the No. 2 recruiting class in the Mountain West in 2018 and is set to have the No. 3 class in 2019.

The Rebels currently have four 3-star recruits on the roster, led by guard Bryce Hamilton, who was rated as the No. 50 player in the country as a senior by 247Sports. Sophomore guard Amauri Hardy was a 3-star and is enjoying a breakout season (12.4 points, 6.0 assists in MWC play). And while first-year wing Joel Ntambwe was an unranked recruit, he looks like the front-runner for the conference’s Freshman of the Year award (16.9 points, 7.0 rebounds in MWC play).

UNR coach Eric Musselman adheres to a different recruiting philosophy, generally opting for transfers over high schoolers, but he still goes after guys with pedigree. UNR currently has three 3-star recruits, two 4-star recruits and one 5-star recruit on the roster.

The Martin twins (both 4-stars) will graduate after this season, as will Caroline (unranked). Next year’s Wolf Pack squad figures to be built around senior Lindsey Drew (sitting out this year as a medical redshirt) and incoming transfers JoJo Anderson and Jalen Harris. Drew, Anderson and Harris were all 3-star recruits.

The Pack could also return Jordan Brown, a 5-star recruit who was rated as the No. 20 player in the country as a senior. Brown was thought to be a one-and-done player, but the 6-foot-10 big man has averaged just 10.7 minutes per game.

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21 minutes ago, cgzpack said:

why so late - 8pm start?

Back in the 1980's Big West days - pretty much all UNLV games started at 8:05 and the Big Monday ESPN games were 9 pm starts 

TV in those days was piped into Southern California.......the halftimes were always some hotel/casino guy talking up what his place had going on.............and Channel 5 locally would re-air the games locally at 11 

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36 minutes ago, brillio said:

I’m hoping we see the same Vegas team that played Bucknell.  I don’t need to see the one that beat UNM

I'm hoping for the same 2nd half offense they laid on CSU for the whole nevada southern game. Nevada shot well in the 1st half but so did CSU 

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23 minutes ago, westfan said:

I'm hoping for the same 2nd half offense they laid on CSU for the whole nevada southern game. Nevada shot well in the 1st half but so did CSU 

Both NV & UNLV have been starting slow in recent games - Will be interesting to see if one team can come out and get established early 

UNLV can't afford any prolonged cold streaks if they are going to stay in this game 

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1 hour ago, westfan said:

I'm hoping for the same 2nd half offense they laid on CSU for the whole nevada southern game. Nevada shot well in the 1st half but so did CSU 

If Nevada consistently delivers the level of play that they showed in the second half against CSU, they will be making a Final Four appearance.  They were that good.

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