Nevada women’s basketball comes back to Lawlor Events Center to face Fresno State on Saturday at 1 p.m. in its Welcome Back game.
Larry Burnett will have the call on KPLY 630 AM with a 20 minute pregame show prior to tipoff. Fans can also listen live online through the Varsity Network. The game will be available to watch on the Mountain West Network and live stats can be accessed through Sidearm.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online in advance starting at $10. Tickets are available for purchase in-person starting at just $12. Saturday’s game is celebrating the start of the spring semester at Nevada, inviting all students to enjoy food, fun and basketball.
Junior guard Alyssa Jimenez and graduate student forward Megan Ormiston have recently been stuffing the stat sheet for Nevada. Jimenez (18 points and 11 rebounds) posted her fifth double-double of the season on Jan. 19 against Colorado State and her third straight game with a double-double. Ormiston (15 points, 10 rebounds) had her second double-double of the season on Jan. 19. They are the first Nevada duo to post a double-double in the same game since Terae Briggs and Teige Zeller on Feb. 21, 2018.
One fourth of Nevada’s roster has posted at least one double-double this season, led by Jimenez with five. She is the first player to post five double-doubles in one season since Briggs in 2018-19 and she has had three consecutive games with double-doubles. Ormiston came up with her second double-double of the season on Jan. 19 with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Colorado State.
Lexie Givens produced back-to-back double-doubles for points and rebounds in the 2022 Nugget Classic on Nov. 25 and 27, earning All-Tournament team honors in the process. She was the first Nevada player since Briggs in 2018 to post a double-double in back-to-back games. Victoria Davis and Jimenez came up with double digit numbers in points and rebounds against Idaho on Dec. 3, becoming the first Nevada duo to collect a double-double in the same game since 2019.
SCOUTING FRESNO STATE
After beating San Jose State on Jan. 7, Fresno State is looking to break a four-game losing streak on Saturday. The Bulldogs average 57.2 points per game while grabbing 32.3 rebounds per game.
Amaya West leads Fresno State in scoring, averaging 13 points per game while grabbing 4.9 rebounds per game. Yanina Todorova also adds production by scoring 11.1 points per game.
Larry Burnett will have the call on 94.1 FM and 1450 AM, with a 20 minute pregame show prior to tipoff. Fans can also listen live online through the Varsity Network. The game will be available to watch on Nevada Sports Net and live stats can be accessed through Sidearm.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online in advance starting at $10. Tickets are available for purchase in-person starting at just $12.
Nevada is undefeated this season when it holds its opponents to under 60 points. They held Utah State to just 20.9 percent shooting on Jan. 14, the lowest percentage held by Nevada in a Mountain West game since the Pack joined the conference in 2012-13.
Junior guard Alyssa Jimenez most recently scored a career-high 22 points while grabbing 11 rebounds on Jan. 14 against Utah State, her third double-double this season. She is the first player since Terae Briggs in 2018-19 to register at least three double-doubles in a season.
Nevada assistant coach Ashley Elliott will go up against her alma mater on Monday. As a player, Elliott had a Hall of Fame level collegiate career at Wyoming in the early 2000s where she earned a Kodak/WBCA All-American honorable mention in 2005. She was a two-time First Team All-Mountain West selection and ranks in the top 10 at Wyoming in career three-point field goals made, assists, free throws made and steals. She was inducted into the Wyoming Hall of Fame in 2015.
