Colorado State University Athletics
Tuesday, December 30
Fort Collins, CO
7:00 p.m.
Colorado State
vs
Nevada
Men's Hoops Closes the Year Hosting Nevada
12/28/2025 3:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Colorado State looks to end 2025 on a high note
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State closes out the calendar year on Tuesday night by hosting Nevada at 7 p.m. for a Mountain West matchup.
Fans can take advantage of the Family Night Out deal for the Nevada game, featuring BOGO tickets and reduced concessions. Winter break also means the Student Rush program is back again. Any student (college, high school, middle school or elementary school) can receive a free ticket to the game by just showing their student I.D. to the ticket office.
Tickets for the Nevada and all CSU men's basketball games are available at CSURams.com/MBBTickets or by calling 800-491-RAMS (7267).
Opening Tip
- Colorado State dropped its Mountain West opener at Utah State 100-58 right before the holiday break.
- Only two Rams reached double figures scoring in Carey Booth (14) and Brandon Rechsteiner (11).
- CSU had its season low in points (58), field goal percentage (36.7%) and assists (9). While matching a season high in turnovers (15).
- Tuesday's meeting between Colorado State and Nevada is the only one scheduled between the two teams this season after meeting three times the past two seasons.
- Colorado State has gone 27-7 during the year 2025, winning a Mountain West Tournament title and NCAA Tournament game.
- CSU ranks 46th in the nation and second in the Mountain West in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.59.
- The Rams 17.9 assists per game are the second best in the Mountain West and 41st in the nation.
- Colorado State is assisting on 64.1% of its made field goals on the year, the 14th best mark in the nation.
- The Rams are one of 10 programs in the nation shooting over 50.0% overall, 35.0% from behind the arc and 75.0% from the free throw line. They rank fifth, first and third in the respective categories.
- Colorado State has a pair of Mountain West Players of the Week so far this season in Kyle Jorgensen and Josh Pascarelli.
- Jorgensen's performance over the first week earned him Mountain West Player of the Week honors. The sophomore averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal in the first two games of the season.
- Pascarelli earned his honor after his performance against Colorado (12/6/25). The junior scored 26 points connecting on eight 3-pointers for the second straight game.
- CSU earned a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2024-25 and third in four years.
- Colorado State's 26 wins in 2024-25 tied for the second most in program history. They finished one win behind the record of 27 set by the 2014-15 team.
- The Rams welcomed the best transfer portal class in the Mountain West in 2025 ranking 61st in the nation.
- Colorado State has the longest active streak of having a player on the first team All-Mountain West list at seven years. Nico Carvacho (2019-20), David Roddy (2021-22), Isaiah Stevens (2023-24) and Nique Clifford (2025).
- Nique Clifford became the fourth player in program history to be picked in the first round of the NBA Draft in June. Clifford was the 24th pick overall by Oklahoma City with his rights traded to Sacramento.
- Clifford had one of the best seasons in program history his final year. He earned AP All-America honorable mention, was the MVP for the Mountain West Tournament and helped the program earn its first Mountain West title since 2003 by winning the Mountain West Tournament.
Scouting the Wolf Pack
Nevada started Mountain West play with a strong showing, defeating Boise State at home 81-66. The Wolf Pack shot 55.6% in the win and got to the free throw line 34 times, making 27 of those attempts.
On the year, Nevada is 9-3 overall with all three losses coming in a four-game stretch. Since then, the Wolf Pack have won five straight games.
The duo of Tayshawn Comer and Elijah Price lead the way for Nevada averaging 16.1 and 11.8 points per game, respectively. The Wolf Pack do a good job of getting to the charity stripe, averaging 28.1 free throw attempts per game, making 74.6% of those attempts.
What's Ahead
Colorado State begins the new year with a new foe. CSU will take on Mountain West newcomer Grand Canyon in Phoenix on January 3 at 6 pm.
It will be the lone scheduled meeting between the two teams this season.
The Rams then return home the next week for a pair of home games against New Mexico (Jan. 6) and UNLV (Jan. 9).
Fans can take advantage of the Family Night Out deal for the Nevada game, featuring BOGO tickets and reduced concessions. Winter break also means the Student Rush program is back again. Any student (college, high school, middle school or elementary school) can receive a free ticket to the game by just showing their student I.D. to the ticket office.
Tickets for the Nevada and all CSU men's basketball games are available at CSURams.com/MBBTickets or by calling 800-491-RAMS (7267).
Opening Tip
- Colorado State dropped its Mountain West opener at Utah State 100-58 right before the holiday break.
- Only two Rams reached double figures scoring in Carey Booth (14) and Brandon Rechsteiner (11).
- CSU had its season low in points (58), field goal percentage (36.7%) and assists (9). While matching a season high in turnovers (15).
- Tuesday's meeting between Colorado State and Nevada is the only one scheduled between the two teams this season after meeting three times the past two seasons.
- Colorado State has gone 27-7 during the year 2025, winning a Mountain West Tournament title and NCAA Tournament game.
- CSU ranks 46th in the nation and second in the Mountain West in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.59.
- The Rams 17.9 assists per game are the second best in the Mountain West and 41st in the nation.
- Colorado State is assisting on 64.1% of its made field goals on the year, the 14th best mark in the nation.
- The Rams are one of 10 programs in the nation shooting over 50.0% overall, 35.0% from behind the arc and 75.0% from the free throw line. They rank fifth, first and third in the respective categories.
- Colorado State has a pair of Mountain West Players of the Week so far this season in Kyle Jorgensen and Josh Pascarelli.
- Jorgensen's performance over the first week earned him Mountain West Player of the Week honors. The sophomore averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal in the first two games of the season.
- Pascarelli earned his honor after his performance against Colorado (12/6/25). The junior scored 26 points connecting on eight 3-pointers for the second straight game.
- CSU earned a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2024-25 and third in four years.
- Colorado State's 26 wins in 2024-25 tied for the second most in program history. They finished one win behind the record of 27 set by the 2014-15 team.
- The Rams welcomed the best transfer portal class in the Mountain West in 2025 ranking 61st in the nation.
- Colorado State has the longest active streak of having a player on the first team All-Mountain West list at seven years. Nico Carvacho (2019-20), David Roddy (2021-22), Isaiah Stevens (2023-24) and Nique Clifford (2025).
- Nique Clifford became the fourth player in program history to be picked in the first round of the NBA Draft in June. Clifford was the 24th pick overall by Oklahoma City with his rights traded to Sacramento.
- Clifford had one of the best seasons in program history his final year. He earned AP All-America honorable mention, was the MVP for the Mountain West Tournament and helped the program earn its first Mountain West title since 2003 by winning the Mountain West Tournament.
Scouting the Wolf Pack
Nevada started Mountain West play with a strong showing, defeating Boise State at home 81-66. The Wolf Pack shot 55.6% in the win and got to the free throw line 34 times, making 27 of those attempts.
On the year, Nevada is 9-3 overall with all three losses coming in a four-game stretch. Since then, the Wolf Pack have won five straight games.
The duo of Tayshawn Comer and Elijah Price lead the way for Nevada averaging 16.1 and 11.8 points per game, respectively. The Wolf Pack do a good job of getting to the charity stripe, averaging 28.1 free throw attempts per game, making 74.6% of those attempts.
What's Ahead
Colorado State begins the new year with a new foe. CSU will take on Mountain West newcomer Grand Canyon in Phoenix on January 3 at 6 pm.
It will be the lone scheduled meeting between the two teams this season.
The Rams then return home the next week for a pair of home games against New Mexico (Jan. 6) and UNLV (Jan. 9).
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