Nevada is coming off a win in Southern California, and now the Wolf Pack faces a tough test at home as UC San Diego visits Lawlor Events Center on Tuesday.
Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
Nevada improved to 5-3 after beating San Francisco, 81-65 on Friday in the Acrisure Series in Palm Desert, California.
UC San Diego (7-0) is off to its best Division I start after securing three wins in the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational. The Tritons downed Towson, 87-63, to win the Adventure Bracket on Wednesday afternoon.
In the win over Towson, the Tritons knocked down a season-best 16 three-pointers, with Leo Beath leading the team with 16 points. He was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Nine different players made a three-pointer to win the game, which tied for an NCAA Division I record.
Against Towson, the Tritons shot 64 percent from the arc and 60.4 percent overall to claim the tournament title and their 20th consecutive regular season victory dating back to January. The game was also the second game of the season with five players scoring 10 or more points.
Beath was followed by Aidan Burke, who added 14 points on 4-of-5 from the three-point line. Emanuel Prospere II scored 11, while Tom Beattie (10 points and six assists) and Hudson Mayes (10 points) also added double digits to the game.
How to watch
Nevada (5-3) vs. UC San Diego (7-0)
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2
Where: Lawlor Events Center, Reno
TV/Stream: Mountain West Network/MW App (KNSN, Ch. 21)
Radio: 95.5 KNEV/ The Varsity Network App (play-by-play: John Ramey/analyst: Nick Fazekas)
Tickets:nevadawolfpack.com
Last time out
Nevada (5-3) took 81-65 win over San Francisco (5-3) on Friday.
Corey Camper Jr. led the way with 22 points and six assists. The Pack shot 47.6 percent from the field, 50 percent from three, and 77.8 percent at the line. Elijah Price added 11 points and two assists, while Ethan Croley provided a spark off the bench with an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Defensively, Nevada held the Dons to 38.8 percent shooting and just 30.4 percent from deep, forcing 15 turnovers that ledt to 15 points.
The Pack’s bench delivered 34 points, highlighted by Peyton White’s 10 points and three rebounds and Myles Walker’s seven points and three assists.
The Wolf Pack’s three freshmen — White, Walker and Ethan Croley — combined for 28 points.
Price is a rebounding machine
Nevada forward Elijah Price continues to be one of the top rim protectors in the Mountain West. His 64 total rebounds rank third in the Mountain West.
His 19-rebound game on Nov. 12 set a career high and is one of the top rebounding games in program history. It ranks as the sixth-highest single-game total in Division I this season.
Price’s effort is the best single-game rebounding performance by a Nevada player under head coach Steve Alford and the most by any Pack player since Cameron Oliver grabbed 21 boards against UNLV on Feb. 20, 2016.
The sophomore also leads the Mountain West in free throws made, going 46-for-61 (75 percent), a total that ranks 27th nationally.
Comer and Camper Jr. setting the pace
Corey Camper Jr. and Tayshawn Comer have been impacting both ends of the court.
Camper Jr. leads Nevada with 128 points (16.0 per game), along with 29 rebounds and 17 assists. The senior recorded a career-high 27 points against UC-Santa Barbara on Nov. 22.
Comer has scored 117 points (14.6 per game), with 22 rebounds and 30 assists. The senior had a career high for three-pointers made with four in 10 attempts against Southern Illinois.
Defensively, Camper Jr. has added 10 steals while Comer has 12.
Pack in the rankings
Nevada remains among the Mountain West’s best across several statistical categories.
Led by Price and Joel Armotrading, the Pack ranks second in blocks per game (4.3), fourth in rebounds per game (37.63), first in free throws made per game (21.3), and free throw attempts per game (28.5).
Price (64) and Armotrading (36) lead the team on the glass, while ranking second and third in the conference with 10 and nine blocks, respectively.
Price also leads the Mountain West in free throws made and ranks third in rebounding. Nationally, Nevada stands 16th in free-throw attempts per game and 17th in makes per game.
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