Next year’s roster set? Nevada men’s basketball adds Texas State transfer Brandon Love

The Nevada men’s basketball roster should be set for next season, as the Wolf Pack officially announced Brandon Love will join the team.

Love (6-foot-9, 215 pounds) played at Texas State the past three seasons.

“Brandon provides tremendous experience as a veteran player,” Nevada coach Steve Alford said in a news release. “Brandon is a big man that can really defend and rebound. He will bring great athleticism and shot blocking ability to our front court. I have been impressed with his continued development offensively, as he averaged double figures in scoring this past season. Brandon is a great student and a high character individual, and we are excited for him to join our program.”

Love, a forward, appeared in 85 games, with 41 starts for Texas State over the past three seasons. He has career averages of 6.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field.

This past season, Love started a team-high 34 games for the Bobcats as he posted season averages of 10.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 54.9 percent from the field. He reached double figures in scoring in 19 games for Texas State, and he recorded three double-doubles.

Love recorded at least one block in 21 of 34 games last season, including two or more blocks in 16 games.

He will have one year of eligibility remaining with Nevada.

He will join Kobe Sanders on the Wolf Pack. Sanders played at Cal Poly the past four seasons and averaged 19.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game last season.

Nevada also has signed:

• Xavier DuSell, senior: played at Fresno State last season, where he averaged 11.5 points per game
• Chuck Bailey III, sophomore: Bailey (6-5, 185) was named to the Missouri Valley Conference all-freshman team last season, as he averaged 8.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game
• Justin McBride, sophomore: McBride (6-8, 230) averaged 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 6.4 minutes per game last season for Oklahoma State.

Nevada lost Jazz Gardner in the transfer portal as he signed with Pacific. Tyler Powell signed with Eastern Washington and Tylan Pope signed with Texas State. Snookey Wigington is also in the transfer portal.