RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will break down all 13 scholarship players on the Nevada basketball team leading into the team’s season opener Nov. 13 against Coastal Carolina. Today’s focus: Kaileb Rodriguez.
Kaileb Rodriguez
Class: Junior
Position: Power forward
Height/weight: 6-9/235
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
2014-15 stats: 14.1 mpg, 1.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.4 bpg, 25.5 FG%, 50.0 FT%
Likely role: Rodriguez will have to leapfrog a few players to get into big minutes. He’s behind AJ West, Cameron Oliver, Elijah Foster and Lucas Stivrins in what will likely be a three-man power forward/center rotation.