SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Oscar Bellfield scored 10 points but UNLV played its worst half of the season and fell behind Santa Clara 39-31 tonight.
The Broncos, without injured leading scorer Kevin Foster, outscored the Rebels 15-3 on free throws and held a 16-9 advantage in rebounds.
Bellfield’s 3-pointer put UNLV up 25-24 with 6:09 left, but Santa Clara closed the half with a big run led by Marc Trasolini.
Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday.
Toa Yokoyama will be the Rebels’ lone representative when the NCAA women’s golf regionals begin Monday at Spanish Trail Country Club.
The Review-Journal’s award-winning sports staff has added a new reporter to cover UNLV and the two-time defending WNBA champion Aces.
The UNLV men’s golf team will play on this season after earning a berth in an NCAA regional field Wednesday.
Alison Lee is in a precarious spot in her quest to play in Paris this summer. Collin Morikawa, Allisen Corpuz and Rose Zhang also have work to do to get there.
UNLV junior golfer Toa Yokoyama will play as an individual in the NCAA regional at Spanish Trail next month after a season that included four top-10 finishes.
Kevin Cory, the winningest coach in Mountain West history, is hanging up his racket for good once UNLV’s women’s tennis team finishes its season.
Dave Rice is a head basketball coach again. It has been more than eight years since he was fired midseason by UNLV, but he’s still not willing to point fingers.
The former Boise State guard announced Tuesday on Instagram he committed to UNLV for the 2024-25 season.
Barry Odom led UNLV to a 9-5 record and a first-place regular-season finish in the Mountain West in his first season as coach. He was named the conference’s coach of the year.
