Chris Murray

cmurray@rgj.com

The Wolf Pack will play its one and only exhibition game of the season Friday when it hosts Division II San Francisco State at 7 p.m. Friday night at Lawlor Events Center.

The game will be preceded by the unveiling of the College Basketball Invitational title banner. In years past, Nevada’s exhibition games have been free. This year, all seats cost $5 with open seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Season-ticket holders have a stub for free entrance on their ticket packages.

The Wolf Pack returns four starters (Cameron Oliver, D.J. Fenner, Lindsey Drew, Elijah Foster) from last year’s team, which went 24-14 overall and finished tied for fourth in the Mountain West at 10-8. Nevada adds three Division I transfers (Jordan Caroline, Leland King, Marcus Marshall) who are now eligible as well as two freshmen (Devearl Ramsey, Josh Hall) who were both top-150 national recruits.

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San Francisco State went 16-11 last season, including a 10-10 conference record. The team is coached by Paul Trevor, who enters his seventh year running the program. These programs have met 59 times before, with Nevada posting a 24-35 record in those games. They last met in 2010, a 78-64 Nevada win.

Teams are allowed two exhibition games per season but Nevada opted to play a private scrimmage at Stanford in exchange for one of those games.

The Wolf Pack opens the regular season Nov. 11 at Saint Mary’s, which is ranked in both major polls.

WOLF PACK BASKETBALL

Who: San Francisco State (0-0) at Nevada (0-0)

When: Friday, 7 p.m.

Where: Lawlor Events Center (capacity, 11,536)

TV/Radio: None

Online: None

Betting line: None