RENO, Nev. – Nevada women’s basketball returns home on Monday to face Wyoming at 6:30 p.m. on Special Olympics Day at Lawlor Events Center.
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.
SCOUTING WYOMING
Wyoming has won five out of its last six games and is off to a 4-1 start in Mountain West play. The Cowgirls are at the top half of the Mountain West standings and have outscored their opponents by an average of 8.1 points.
Quinn Weidemann leads a Wyoming offense that has three players averaging 10 or more points per game. Weidemann has put up 12.6 points per game while Grace Ellis and Allyson Fertig have each put up 10.4 points per game. Fertig has nearly averaged a double-double, bringing in 9.2 rebounds per game.
