The Antelopes’ boisterous student section gave the team plenty of energy during an 84-75 win over Seattle in the WAC tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Orleans Arena.
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Here we are again — what, has it been 10 minutes, a season, three? — and UNLV’s basketball program is apparently at another crossroads with its coaching position.
The forward was one of four Aggies’ starters that scored in double figures in the team’s 86-49 win over Chicago State in the WAC men’s quarterfinals Thursday at Orleans Arena.
The 6-foot-7-inch sophomore averaged 6.1 points and 5.1 rebounds last year for the Buffaloes, but assumed a more prominent role and nearly doubled his production in both to 13.2 and 9.7 en route to All-Pac-12 first-team honors.
Chicago State has made little progress in the WAC Tournament in three years, but at least it still plays hard.
When UNLV coach Marvin Menzies sat down at the podium after Thursday’s 63-55 loss in the Mountain West Tournament quarterfinals at the Thomas Mack Center, he had to stifle his emotions. Emotions over a game the Rebels had every chance to win.
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Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against San Diego State at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Boise State defeated Wyoming 68-51 on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center to win its third consecutive Mountain West women’s basketball tournament and fourth in five years. The victory gave the Broncos the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Gia Pack scored 28 points to help the Aggies defeat Chicago State 90-54 at the Western Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament at Orleans Arena.
New Mexico went on a 15-point run, 13 in a row by Vance Jackson, to beat Wyoming 78-68 on Wednesday in the Mountain West Tournament. The Lobos play Utah State at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Thornton, who played two years at Findlay Prep and a year at Duke, scored 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and added three steals as a reserve to spark a 78-65 victory over the Wildcats in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.
It has been three years since UNLV threw basketball coach Dave Rice under the bus. Now a top assistant at Pac-12 champion Washington, he refuses to do the same to his alma mater.
Boise State beat Fresno State 89-77 on Tuesday night to make the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament championship game. The Broncos have won the title three of the past four years.
St. Mary’s became a sworn enemy of all those teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble for the next several days, shocking the Zags 60-47 and everyone watching the West Coast Conference Tournament final, which included a packed 7,771 at Orleans Arena.
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