One of Eric Musselman’s chief reasons for taking his team to Costa Rica this week was to ensure his players, especially the transfers who sat out last year, weren’t rusty for the start of this season.

That mission appears to be accomplished.

The Wolf Pack’s international tour started off a little slowly but the team grew more dominant by the game. It capped its five-game tour Tuesday with a 112-51 victory over the Costa Rica National Team, which marked its most lopsided win of the trip. In fact, Nevada’s margin of victory grew in each game: from 19 points in game one, to 25 points in game two, 50 in game three, 56 in game four and 61 in game five.

Two of those victories came over the University of British Columbia. The other three were over the Costa Rica National team. Nevada split the minutes evenly throughout the tour. Each scholarship player received between 67 and 95 minutes over the five games (each player got between 13 and 19 minutes per game).

The Martin twins, who transferred to Nevada from North Carolina State prior to last season, led the way. Caleb Martin averaged 11 points, 2.8 steals and two assists per game, all of which were team highs (in just 14.8 minutes per contest). He shot 57.9 percent from the field, including 5-of-17 from three. Cody Martin averaged 10.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game while shooting 64.9 percent from the field.

Returning sophomore Josh Hall was the only other Wolf Pack player to average double figures. He tallied 10.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 55.2 percent from the field, including 9-of-18 from three. Jordan Caroline, a favorite to be the preseason Mountain West player of the year, averaged nine points and 3.2 rebounds per game on 61.2 percent shooting. Center Elijah Foster and Bryant transfer Nisre Zouzoua, who must sit out this year under transfer rules, also averaged nine points.

The Wolf Pack used a different starting lineup in each game but grew stronger as the tour went on. Fourteen players saw action, including nine scholarship players who will be eligible to play this season, plus two walk-ons and three transfers who have to sit out this season under NCAA rules but were eligible to play on the tour.

“It seems that with every game we play, guys begin to get more confident with each other and our chemistry as a team continues to grow,” point guard Hallice Cooke said on the Wolf Pack’s daily blog entry. “While I think these games are important for the growth of our team and preparation for our season, I also feel like the activities such as whitewater rafting, soccer and (the) orphanage visit are what will really bring our team together. This trip is going to help us so much this season in building trust and chemistry that all championship teams need to have.”

In addition to the games, the Wolf Pack did a number of team-building activities. The team rafted Monday and visited an orphanage Tuesday. It also has plans to go zip-lining, ride ATVs and take surf lessons before returning to Reno over the weekend. Musselman tried to build activities into the tour that would require teamwork.

“The actual rafting experience was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done,” Cooke said in the blog. “Our leader called out different commands from the back of the boat as we coasted down the river. I can’t lie, as we came up on the first rapid, I was a little nervous. I honestly thought I was going to fall off the raft. But after we made it down, I realized how much fun it was going to be.”

Musselman said that the trip to the orphanage was one of the most anticipated days of the tour because other coaches who had taken their teams to Costa Rica told him it had a huge impact on their players’ perspective.

“It really was an amazing time,” Musselman said in his the Wolf Pack’s daily blog entry. “You almost never want to leave the children. They have such joy in their faces; it’s amazing what that staff does for them every day. ... That was truly something we will remember for the rest of our lives.”

The Wolf Pack returns to Reno on Saturday and will begin classes for the fall semester Monday. Practices will begin shortly after that, and while Nevada hasn't released its schedule yet, the team is expected to open the season Nov. 10 at home against Idaho.

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