Last night's game reports plus more links

It shows our age when we think of the first name Ernie when we see such a headline:

Ladd ignites Fresno State men over UC Davis
Sophomore guard discovers hot hand from 3-point land.
Marek Warszawski
The Fresno Bee
December 17, 2009

Pleased to meet you, Mike Ladd.

Following five straight sub-par games, Ladd reintroduced himself to the Fresno State faithful by scoring a season-high 18 points in the Bulldogs' 68-57 victory Thursday night over UC Davis.

Ladd made 5 of 10 3-pointers as Fresno State evened its nonconference record at 5-5 despite committing 19 turnovers, a season-long issue.

After Ladd was finished, assistant coach Jeff Reinert reintroduced himself to the 6-foot-5 sophomore guard.

And Reinert was only half kidding...

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Chris Murray covers the Nevada victory:

Late 3-pointer lifts Nevada Wolf Pack past by E. Washington 73-70
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
December 17, 2009

Brandon Fields went to sleep with a sore body Thursday night.

That’s not because he played 38 minutes during Nevada’s game against Eastern Washington at Lawlor Events Center.

It’s because of the beating he received from his teammates in the post-game locker room after his 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds left gave the Wolf Pack a 73-70 victory over Eastern Washington in front of raucous 4,713 fans...

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Chris Murray has a lengthy blog post full of Nevada basketball information here.

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Teddy Feinberg returns today with an interivew of New Mexico State AD McKinley Boston.

Jason Groves offers a feature on Tyrone Watson, who is maximizing his playing time opportunity.

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It's going to be crowded on press row in Long Beach as Jason Eborn, Shawn Harrison and Tony Jones all appear to be on the road with USU. The 49ers are uber-athletic so let's see if the Aggies can utilize their power to nab a victoey.

Here's Jared Eborn on the game.

Here's Shawn Harrison.

Tony Jones provides a feature on Brady Jardine. Here he blogs about Aggie signee James Walker. This is Jones' keys to the LB State game.