Nevada beats Illinois State, 98-68, on Wednesday at Lawlor Events Center to improve to 7-0 on the season. Chris Murray/RGJ
Jordan Caroline had come off the bench only once in his Wolf Pack career, but after missing a pair of practices leading into Nevada’s game against Illinois State to attend his grandfather’s funeral, coach Eric Musselman made the tough decision to remove the team’s star from the starting lineup.
It was a move Musselman agonized over but one Caroline didn’t sweat. The Wolf Pack gave Caroline its full blessing to go back home to Illinois to say goodbye to the man who helped raised him, but with him missing Nevada’s extensive pre-game preparation, Musselman inserted Darien Williams into the starting lineup in his place.