It’s OK to accelerate tempo in basketball when you’re the one creating pace. UNLV wasn’t Wednesday night. For it, the Rebels eventually cracked under pressure.
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Coaches preparing to play San Diego State probably get sick of repeatedly telling their team how important it is to stop Xavier Thames. But on Wednesday night, it was Matt Shrigley’s turn.
Xavier Thames scored 19 points to rally No. 10 San Diego State to a 73-64 victory over UNLV before a season-high crowd of 16,030 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
A ceremony honoring Carlos Lopez-Sosa and Kevin Olekaibe will be staged before UNLV’s final regular-season home game, with each player getting a red-carpet entrance and the applause that comes with Senior Night. It also might be the unofficial finale for several other Rebels.
Senior Night stories are often vast and elaborate and emotional. You can pack a lot of memories into four or five seasons. If you’re Kevin Olekaibe, you can also make an incredible impact in just one.
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RENO — Deishuan Booker has been an offensive force for Agassi Prep all season, and Saturday was no different.
RENO — Bailee Hosier set the record for most 3-pointers made in a state girls basketball tournament.
RENO — Boulder City’s girls basketball team fought off a slow start to take a halftime lead over Lowry on Saturday.
A wild postgame brawl following a contentious game between Utah Valley and New Mexico State highlighted the risks involved when fans and players collide.
Everything around him was a blur, and Chris Wood was moving in slow motion. That’s how he felt in November, when he looked and played like a raw freshman. A few months later, he can laugh about it.
RENO — As good as Bishop Gorman big men Chase Jeter and Stephen Zimmerman are, it seems like they don’t always play at their best at the same time.
RENO — Liberty’s girls basketball team had a significant height advantage over most of its opponents this season.
RENO — Clark coach Chad Beeten called a timeout early in the second half Friday, looking for a spark.
RENO — Whitney Barlow wasn’t much of a factor in the first half of Friday’s Division I-A girls basketball state semifinal.