Sunday, December 14, 2008

Nevada gets revenge

The late Alfred Hitchcock was quoted as saying, "Revenge is sweet and not fattening." However, Mark Fox's team would seriously love to load up on defeating each team they lost to last season. They started tonight, with vengeance.

Check out the no namby pampby headline on Chris Murray's article about the Wolf Pack win over Southern Illinois.

Nevada basketball team slaughters Southern Illinois
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
December 14, 2008


The Nevada basketball team turned a shortcoming into a position of strength Sunday and as a result walked away with its most impressive victory of the season.
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One of the Wolf Pack’s biggest weaknesses through its first eight games of the season had been its inability to defend early in the second half.

There were no such issues Sunday against Southern Illinois as the Wolf Pack forced the Salukis to miss 18 of their first 19 shots after intermission — holding them scoreless for a 9 minute, 29 second stretch — en route to a 62-48 victory in front of 5,845 fans at Lawlor Events Center...

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