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Nevada vs. Boise State Preview & Score Prediction

The Nevada Wolf Pack and the Boise State Broncos battle for first place in the Mountain West conference standings on Saturday night.

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Nevada (17-3, 6-0) vs. Boise State (16-3, 6-1) Game Preview

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Game Info

Date: Saturday, January 20th
Tip-off: 7:00pm PT
Venue: Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada
Radio: 94.5FM ESPN Reno
TV/stream: ESPN3

Projected NEVADA Lineup

G Lindsey Drew
G Kendall Stephens
G Josh Hall-Scored ten points and grabbed seven rebounds in Nevada’s 71-54 win over SJSU
G/F Jordan Caroline
F Caleb Martin

Projected BOISE STATE Lineup

G Lexus Williams
G Justinian Jessup
G Chandler Hutchison-In his last 12 games, Hutchison has had seven double doubles
F Zach Haney
F Christian Sengfelder

Why NEVADA WILL Win

The Wolf Pack will be in a fight as they face the Broncos on Saturday night. The Wolf Pack will win because I believe the Wolf Pack can collectively pick-up their team defensive prowess with Cody Martin being limited or ruled out of tonight’s game. Chandler Hutchison is the man the Wolf Pack need to stop or at least contain.

He has stepped up his game this season and his game performances this past week has shown why he was the favorite to win MWC Player of the Year at the beginning of the year. If the Wolf Pack can limit Hutchison, the rest of the Broncos are average on offense whereas the Wolf Pack have the weapons on offense (Caroline, Stephens and Cody Martin) to pressure Boise State’s defense. This game will be close, but the difference will be the Wolf Pack offense and the home crowd in Reno as the Wolf Pack will win in a close contest.

KenPom Line

BSU (+8) vs. NEV, o/u: 146

Score Prediction

Nevada 81, Boise State 78