Jordan Adams was back in town Thursday, leading the 19th-ranked UCLA Bruins to an easy 105-84 win over UNR in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena.
Basketball
Deonte Burton, the 6-foot-1-inch UNR point guard, spent last spring and all summer working on his game. He knew the 2013-14 season would be his final chance to help the Wolf Pack reach the NCAAs.
Shaquile Carr spent the end of his junior season in street clothes on the bench watching his team play in the postseason.
Before Mike Moulchin was hired as Clark’s girls basketball coach four years ago, he was informed of the Chargers’ record in the previous five seasons: 5-75.
UNLV lost its third basketball game of a young season Tuesday night because in the most critical of moments, it became sloppy defensively. It exhibited poor technique. It was Cal in the NCAA Tournament all over again.
Michelle Plouffe poured in a game-high 26 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to lead Utah to a 66-59 victory over UNLV on Tuesday night before a crowd of 562 at the Thomas &Mack Center.
Rayvonte Rice’s layup with 28 seconds left lifted Illinois to a 61-59 victory over UNLV at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Junior forward Roscoe Smith wants to do the defensive dirty work, but he can’t do it all. His partner in grime is junior big man Khem Birch, the other half the Rebels’ formidable frontcourt.
Danielle Miller made the most of her only field goal Saturday for the UNLV women’s basketball team.
Arizona State’s Jahii Carson put on his own fireworks display at the Thomas & Mack Center, lighting up the scoreboard for a career-high 40 points and rallying the Sun Devils to an 86-80 comeback victory over UNLV before 12,915 on Tuesday night.
He’s timed by a shot clock instead of a stopwatch, but Arizona State sophomore Jahii Carson is the Usain Bolt of college basketball point guards.
It’s not often a student turns down what amounts to a free ride to Harvard. But that’s exactly what Alana Cesarz did, choosing to attend UNLV over the prestigious Ivy League school.
Birch’s putback with 12 seconds to go broke a tie, and his blocked shot with 5.2 seconds left helped the Rebels hold on for a 73-70 victory over Omaha on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Following last year’s “Carol of the Balls,” some of the NBA’s best hoop it up to bring you a little Christmas cheer.
It took about a week for Bryce Dejean-Jones to overcome a hamstring injury. The junior guard plans on UNLV making an even quicker recovery from its latest setback.
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