How do you forget a painful home loss to Fresno? Easy. You play your best basketball of the year, pick up the two biggest wins of the season, and grab sole possession of first place in the Mountain West all in a span of seven days. Nevada sits in the driver’s seat after convincing wins at Boise State on Wednesday night, 76-57, and at home against New Mexico on … [Read more...]
Nevada waxes New Mexico, sits in Mountain West driver’s seat
This time, it didn’t take a 25-point miracle comeback. Nevada held a six-point halftime lead over New Mexico on Saturday afternoon in a packed Lawlor Events Center and methodically pulled away in the second half for a convincing 82-65 win. The Wolf Pack (18-4, 7-2) entered the contest with a narrow half-game lead over the Lobos (13-9, 6-4) atop the Mountain West and now … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Spanish Springs boys in control, Pack running out of slack, Whitehead transferring to Nevada
The Spanish Springs boys basketball team has put itself in a pretty sweet spot. The Cougars cruised past Reno at home on Friday night, 73-58, and now own a three-game lead over the Huskies for first place in the High Desert League with just six games left. Barring an epic collapse down the stretch, the Cougs will also likely own the tiebreaker over Reno thanks to a … [Read more...]
Nevada again outmuscled by Fresno
Fresno would have a much better overall record if it got to play Nevada more than twice. The Bulldogs continued to vex Nevada on Saturday afternoon, handing the Wolf Pack its first home loss of the season, 81-76. The win was Fresno’s first conference road win of the season, already with losses at non-contenders San Jose State and Air Force. Nevada (16-4, 5-2) dropped … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: What does Nevada’s historic week mean?
Weeks like last week don’t simply come around every Monday morning. Nevada hadn’t beaten San Diego State since 1999 and it hadn’t ever won at ‘The Pit’ in New Mexico. It did both in a span of 72 hours. On Wednesday night, Nevada controlled SDSU for 38 minutes then survived a late rally to persevere 72-69 at Lawlor Events Center. On Saturday, Nevada got manhandled by … [Read more...]
Nevada accomplishes a first of the millenium — beats San Diego State
RENO – It may be premature to say Nevada is back. But it certainly took a big step towards that threshold on Wednesday night, surviving a furious San Diego State rally to hang on and beat the Aztecs in a thriller, 72-69, in front of 8,461 at Lawlor Events Center. “Obviously, San Diego state has been the premier program in our league for a long time … What a great game … [Read more...]
Shoup Shots: Sky is not falling for Nevada – yet
Let’s call it like it is. Nevada suffered the dreaded “bad loss” on Saturday at Fresno. The Bulldogs simply are not a very good basketball team. Before the win over Nevada, here’s the list of Fresno’s wins: University of Texas-San Antonio (69-66, at home), Lamar (at home), Oregon State (a team Nevada beat by 25, 63-58), Menlo (an NAIA school, by 13), Drake (by two … [Read more...]
Pack rolls San Jose State in Mountain West opener
Nevada outrebounded San Jose State 50-35, held the Spartans to 2-of-21 from deep and rolled to an 80-55 victory in Wednesday night’s Mountain West opener at Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack improved to 12-2, 1-0 in front of an announced crowd of 10,098 – the 19th largest crowd since 1999-2000. The Spartans fell to 7-5, 0-1. Marcus Marshall broke the 20-point barrier … [Read more...]