Nevada falls to Pacific in Reno

This came as a surprise to us as it must also have to many of the Wolf Pack Fans. Pacific is down two major players in 2008-2009 as center Michael Nunnally is out this season for disciplinary reasons and guard Steffan Johnson, the team's best player, transferred to Idaho as a result of his involvement in the same situation. Both would have been seniors for the Tigers this go-around.

Chris Murray has the game writeup followed by a blog entry on the game.

Pack basketball: LeDuc's 3s lead Pacific past Nevada
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
November 27, 2008

After launching a 3-pointer and watching it swoosh through the net, Pacific's Bryan LeDuc looked to the Lawlor Events Center ceiling, let out a primal scream and pounded his chest with both his fists.

The shot gave the Tigers a 60-50 lead with 2 minutes, 30 seconds left in the game and was the final dagger throw by LeDuc, who tormented the Wolf Pack in Pacific's 67-59 victory Wednesday night in front of 6,636 fans.

Burning the Wolf Pack inside and outside, LeDuc scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed five rebounds off the Pacific bench. The 6-foot-8 power forward, whose previous career high was 16, hit 4-of-6 3-pointers...

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Young Wolf Pack team still finding its way
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
11/27/2008

Editor's note: Just finished the day-after story from the Wolf Pack's 67-59 loss to Pacific on Wednesday. I figured I would post it here.

After his team’s eight-point loss to Pacific on Wednesday night, Nevada basketball coach Mark Fox was asked if he could find any positives in the game.

“Zero,” Fox said. “We got our butt beat. There isn’t anything positive about that right now. We didn’t defend, we didn’t rebound and we didn’t execute offensively. I don’t think there is anything positive.”

Then the Wolf Pack’s fifth-year coach found the silver lining.

“I have good kids and they are young. That’s positive,” Fox said. “They are young and they will get older.”

Indeed, coaches in all sports will tell you that the best thing about youth is that it eventually ages.

History will show you that young teams often find early-season struggles before finding last-season success. And no team in recent Wolf Pack history is as young as this one...

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