Colorado St. @ Nevada preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 25, 2018 ) Colorado St. 83, Nevada 92

It's been a landmark season so far for seventh-ranked Nevada, which equaled the school record with a 14-0 start to the season and is 18-1 after 19 games for the first time in school history. The Wolf Pack can add another milestone to the list on Wednesday night when it hosts Colorado State in Mountain West play.

A victory over the Rams would be the 100th in Reno for fourth-year head coach Eric Musselman. "None," Musselman said when asked how much thought he put into possibly hitting the milestone in what would be just his 130th game with the Wolf Pack. "I'm just trying to figure out how to win the game against CSU and finish up our homestand." Musselman already topped the century mark for wins as a head coach in the NBA (108-138) in coaching stints with Golden State and Sacramento, piled up 270 more coaching wins in the CBA and another 130 combined in the NBA D-League and USBL. Colorado State had a two-game win streak over Air Force (87-64) and New Mexico (91-76) snapped with a 87-72 loss at Utah State on Saturday and has lost its last five meetings against the Wolf Pack.

TV: 11 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network

ABOUT COLORADO STATE (7-11, 2-3 Mountain West): Nico Carvacho, a 6-11 junior center, leads the team in scoring (15.9) and also leads the nation in rebounding with an average of 12.3 per game. "Any time you lead the nation in something..." Musselman said, "I mean he does something really special. We've got to keep Nico off the glass." Senior guard J.D. Paige (15.1) and junior guard Anthony Bonner (12.9) also are averaging in double figures.

ABOUT NEVADA (18-1, 5-1): Senior forward Jordan Caroline is averaging nearly a double-double, leading the team in both scoring (18.3) and rebounding (9.8). Senior swingman Caleb Martin, the reigning Mountain West Player of the Year, is right behind in scoring (18.1) and has had five games this season where he has scored 20 or more points in the second half. Junior guard Jazz Johnson, a transfer from Portland, is third in scoring (11.2) and is second in the Mountain West in 3-point field goal percentage (47.1) while Cody Martin, the twin brother of Caleb and the league's Defensive Player of the Year as a junior, also is averaging in double digits (10.5) and leads the conference in assists with an average of 5.2 per game.

TIP-INS

1. Nevada has won 12 consecutive home games and is 41-2 in its last 43 games at Lawlor Events Center.

2. Caroline has 41 double-doubles in his career, including 11 this season.

3. The Wolf Pack have made 40 more free throws (332) than their opponents have attempted (292) this season.

PREDICTION: Nevada 96, Colorado State 78