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Nevada Basketball opponent preview and prediction: Loyola Marymount Lions

The Nevada Wolf Pack will seeks their first five-game win streak in nearly two years against the Loyola Marymount Lions on Saturday at 8 p.m.

The Wolf Pack enter off a 98-62 victory over Minnesota Duluth, a nationally ranked Division-II opponent, their first game in over two weeks due to COVID-19 issues within the program. The Lions look to rebound off a 63-58 defeat against New Mexico State.

Saturday marks Nevada’s fifth-and-final bout against a West Coast Conference team this season — going 1-3 in the previous four meetings. Though it most recently won 79-66 against Pepperdine at home on Nov.