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Wolf Pack 77, Hawai’i 74

Basketball, Featured on January 15th, 2012 1 Comment

Deonte Burton just let his basketball instincts take over.
“I just didn’t even really think about it,” Burton said. “I just let it go.”
Burton scored nine points in the final 3:18 as the Nevada Wolf Pack overcame a seven-point deficit in the second half Saturday night to stun the Hawaii Warriors, 77-74, at Lawlor Events Center.

Five Questions with Warrior Insider

Basketball, Featured on January 14th, 2012 No Comments

This week we changed things up a little and brought in Hawai’i blogger Dayton Morinaga from the excellent blog Warrior Insider to offer his thoughts on this Saturday’s tilt with the Rainbow Warriors.

Wolf Pack 81, San Jose St. 57

Basketball, Featured on January 13th, 2012 No Comments

The Nevada Wolf Pack is even surprising itself these days.
“We shot 32 threes?,” smiled point guard Deonte Burton. “I didn’t know that until now. I’m surprised.”
Imagine how the San Jose State Spartans felt.
The Wolf Pack drained half of those 32 threes — a school-record 16 — in rolling over the Spartans 81-57 in front of [...]

Five Questions on the Utah St Game with Shawn Harrison of the Logan Herald Journal

Basketball, Featured on January 7th, 2012 No Comments

Shawn Harrison of the Logan Herald Journal answers some questions for us ahead of Saturday’s highly anticipated Nevada-Utah State game.

WAC Basketball Preview

Basketball, Featured on January 5th, 2012 5 Comments

Nobody has to remind the Nevada Wolf Pack about the dangers of Western Athletic Conference play.
“It’s always intense,” junior guard Malik Story said. “Every time you have a game, it doesn’t matter where it is, whether it’s Idaho or San Jose State or wherever, it doesn’t matter. It‘s always intense.”

“Like Raiders Fans without the Knives…”

Basketball, Featured on January 4th, 2012 2 Comments

David Carter insists that playing a basketball game against the Utah State Aggies at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah is, well, enjoyable.
Don’t believe him.

From the Sidelines: Women’s Basketball, UNLV at Nevada

Basketball, Featured on January 3rd, 2012 No Comments

A struggling Nevada women’s basketball team took on in-state rival UNLV at Lawlor Events Center on Monday. The Wolf Pack gave the Lady Rebels a run but weren’t able to pull out a win, losing 74-63, falling to a disappointing 3-11 on the season. Silver and Blue Sports photographer Mark Rauh was on hand to [...]

From the Sidelines: Cedarville vs. Nevada

Basketball, Featured on December 29th, 2011 1 Comment

The Nevada Wolf Pack men’s basketball team rattled off 7 wins in a row during non-conference play to finish 10-3 in out of conference. The final warm up game before conference play begins was pesky Division II Cedarville. Silver and Blue Sports photographer Mark Rauh was there to capture the action. The Pack hits the [...]

Wolf Pack Basketball Notebook

Basketball, Featured on December 27th, 2011 1 Comment

Dario Hunt was excited to start his senior season. Maybe a little too excited.
“Those first four or five games I think he was forcing it,” Nevada Wolf Pack coach David Carter said. “I think he was trying to win a game in the first half instead of letting the game come to him.”

From the Sidelines: Portland at Nevada

Basketball, Featured on December 26th, 2011 1 Comment

There’s just one more game left before conference play begins. The Nevada basketball team are winners of 6 in a row and stand at 9-3 after drubbing Portland by 18 and Silver and Blue Sports photographer Mark Rauh was there to capture the action.