UNLV Basketball
Boise State is one of those basketball tonics that can cure the common cold, or in the case of UNLV, a midseason week to forget. The Broncos on the road are almost always a willing participant in a home team’s desire to right its recent wrongs.
A sore right knee might be troubling Chace Stanback, but the UNLV senior forward had his mind in the right place and his shooting hand was working just fine Wednesday night.
The message a week ago was about climbing back on course, about again controlling one’s destiny, about going out and winning an outright regular-season conference basketball championship for the first time since 1991-92.
The reality today: UNLV is closer to fourth place than first.
In a title fight hyped as a potential classic, Drew Gordon showed up prepared to brawl. He dunked, ran the floor and rebounded, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward with a point to prove.
If 11th-ranked UNLV (22-5, 6-3) does not regroup and show resiliency against first-place New Mexico (21-4, 7-2), hopes of even sharing a Mountain West Conference regular-season title will get buried in The Pit. The game tips at 10 a.m. Saturday as a split-national telecast on CBS (Cable 8) and will be broadcast on KWWN (1100 AM, 98.9 FM).
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hank Thorns, a Valley High School product, scored 32 points and led a stunning comeback as Texas Christian came from 18 down in the second half to defeat No. 11 UNLV 102-97 in overtime at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
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