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Grant Sherfield: B
Sherfieldâs 25 points against San Diego State on Friday were a bit misleading. Yes, they certainly look good on the stat sheet but they are empty calorie points just the same. Sherfield had just six points at halftime, all on free throws, after missing all six of his shots in the first half. He then scored 11 points in the last 9:38 as the Pack did little more than keep the score respectable. He missed three straight shots while the Aztecs were building their lead to 60-47 midway through the second half. The Pack point guard was just 6-of-15 from the floor against the Aztecs, padding his numbers at the line (11-of-14). The night before against Boise, though, Sherfield was brilliant, despite turning the ball over five times. He scored just one more point (26) against the Broncos than he did against the Aztecs, but he was much more efficient, draining 8-of-14 shots and making all three of his 3-pointers.
Grading the Nevada Wolf Pack’s 89-60 and 72-62 victories over the UNLV Rebels this past Sunday, Tuesday at Lawlor Events Center:
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Grant Sherfield: B
All of the minutes, responsibility and attention he’s getting from opponents might finally be wearing on the Wolf Pack’s 6-foot-2 leader. Sherfield was solid against UNLV but he continued to struggle with his shot, making just 12-of-26. He’s also now just 6-of-27 (22 percent) on threes over his last five games after starting the season 27-of-64 (42 percent) Sherfield also went to the free throw line just six times in the two UNLV games combined. He scored 15 points on Sunday with an eye-opening 11 assists in 33 minutes and then went 6-of-15 from the floor on Tuesday, scoring 18 points with four assists in 39 minutes. Sherfield, though, rarely leaves the floor because he is the team’s stabilizing force, even when he’s not pouring in points. He has turned the ball over just four times over his last four games com
Khyati Joshi joins Religion News Service as new columnist
Religion News Service (RNS), thanks to a grant from the Guru Krupa Foundation, is pleased to announce that Dr. Khyati Y. Joshi has joined RNS as a columnist covering Hindus and Hinduism. Her first column focuses on Vice President Kamala Harris’ “embodied diversity” and how Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff offer a model for interfaith families.
Joshi is a professor of education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a social science researcher whose work focuses on the intersections of race and religion in the United States.
“I’m looking forward to writing about current events and emerging issues that illuminate how religion is lived in America. My writing will combine my scholarship with stories from the daily experiences and sensations of being neither White nor Christian in a country where both are normative,” said Professor Joshi
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