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San Jose State vs Nevada on Friday February 14th at Provident Credit Union Event Center (via SanJoseStateMBB/x)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- Rough game for the San Jose State Spartans in a 73-58 loss against the Nevada Wolf Pack on Friday night. San Jose State looked to get back in the win column after giving up a 17 point lead after the first half, ultimately falling. A significant part of the last game on Tuesday was the absences Josh Uduje and Will McClendon. Both players were ruled out again for Friday night’s game.

Going into the locker room after the first half only up by one point, San Jose State needed to do some gameplanning. Throughout the first half, the Spartans played a decent game, scoring first. The only thing that went wrong was the amount of turnovers. San Jose State had 20 turnovers which led to the Wolfpack having more scoring chances. Pasha Goodarzi was the first half player that stood out, only missing two shots.

San Jose State didn’t come out with the energy they needed to in the second half. They shot 32.14% FG and 23% from the three-point line. Neither team scored until Nevada scored at 10:52, caused by a turnover on the Spartans. Latrell Davis stepped up once again shooting 5-12 FG and 3-9 from the three-point line, leading the team with 17 points. The only player with points in double digits.

The Spartans will be back in action on Wednesday February 19th where they will travel to Utah State to take on the Aggies. The last time these two teams faced off was on January 7th where SJSU fell short 78-85. Donovan Yap.Jr and Latrell Davis both with 20 points each but the Spartans only went 7-16 at the three point line. Only shooting 43% from the three point line and 46% from the free throw line, making those will be crucial for Wednesday’s matchup.

Nevada Wolfpack quarterback Carson Strong threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns against the Cal Bears is seen here in the second quarter at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkley on Sat Sep 4, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Michael Duca and Morris Phillips

The Nevada Wolfpack lead by quarterback Carson Strong picked up a season opening win at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley 22-17 against the Cal Bears. Strong threw for two touchdowns Saturday night and let it fly in this contest totaling 312 yards.

The Wolfpack wasted no time answering Cal down 14-0 on the scoreboard after the first quarter scoring for 13 points in the second quarter for a 14-13 halftime score. Strong who is from Northern California and lived just an hour away from Memorial Stadium threw a touchdown to receiver Romeo Dobbs and got two field goals from kicker Brandon Talton for the 13 points in the second quarter.

Strong wanted to always play for Cal but he suffered an knee injury in his high school senior year in Vacaville and the Bears didn’t recruit him and Strong then chose to go to the Nevada Wolfpack. Strong said he always wants to win but winning at Cal was pretty sweet for Strong.

The pass to Dobbs in the second quarter was for 43 yards, Strong said this game will be memorable for him. The Bears in the first quarter didn’t waste anytime scoring in their first two drives. Then things didn’t go as plan for the Bears on offense in four offense drives they failed to execute on three and out.

The Wolfpack took advantage on offense scoring 22 unanswered points. The Wolfpack scored nine points in the third quarter and the Bears would only kick a field goal in the fourth quarter to lose by five points.

In the second half third quarter for the Wolfpack Strong executed a impressive offensive series to score a touchdown. On third and 17 Strong throwing for 17 yards to Cole Turner to get a first down, then a 46 yard pass to Tory Horton on third and nine, then the 43 yard touchdown pass to Dobbs.

Nevada head coach Jay Norvell said that Strong exhibited ability and was able to perform the key scoring plays early in the game, ““He’s just a super competitor,” Norvell said. “He was amazing tonight, just his will and his aggressiveness to wanting to go after these guys and stay on them. I just appreciate him so much in that regard.”

The Bears are back to the drawing board and head to Texas for their next game at TCU on Sat Sep 11th. TCU one the most traditional schools are no easy task the Bears will be studying film and making plans to execute scoring on this rugged opponent.