SALT LAKE CITY — If not for the efforts of Tre’Von Willis, UNLV could have been blown out and embarrassed Wednesday night.
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The outcome had been decided. The only question was whether UNLV would make a second-half basket.
SALT LAKE CITY – Just when everything seemed to be running smoothly for UNLV, sophomore forward Chace Stanback said something went wrong. What exactly went wrong and why, he’s not sure.
When times get tough, even veteran basketball coaches can blow up under pressure. After a rough week for UNLV that included a pair of 10-point losses, coach Lon Kruger shows no signs of getting rattled.
If there was one basketball team UNLV didn’t want to fall behind, it was San Diego State. The Aztecs won all three meetings last season, and they scorched the Lady Rebels for a 29-point victory a month ago.
SAN DIEGO — Each time Billy White dunked, he was putting exclamation points on a victory over an opponent he relishes beating. White dunked three times and scored 19 points as San Diego State dominated UNLV 68-58 before a crowd of 9,224 at Viejas Arena.
SAN DIEGO — All freshmen deal with growing pains in one form or another, and UNLV guard Anthony Marshall has been through a few this season. Now comes the next step on his growth chart. With the 23rd-ranked Rebels on the ropes and backed into a corner in the Mountain West Conference title race, Marshall will make his first career road start today.
Radio call-in shows and message boards are typically flooded with negative comments about the UNLV basketball team after a loss.
The UNLV women’s basketball team knocked off New Mexico 65-59 Wednesday night in a Mountain West Conference game in Albuquerque, N.M.
F or those who missed the entire first half of UNLV-New Mexico basketball on television Wednesday evening, those who sat clutching their remotes tighter and tighter as two Top 25 teams went at it but were nowhere to be found on the ol’ tube, you can be certain one theme defined the matchup from its outset.
Viewers tuning in to the CBS College Sports Network to see a battle for first place in the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday night were treated to an amazing basketball game.
If there’s an interesting story behind why Darington Hobson left Las Vegas, and what led him on a winding road to New Mexico, he’s not going to tell it. Not this week, at least.
Junior guard Tre’Von Willis is attracting awards, and UNLV is back in the national rankings. Everyone likes to be appreciated and recognized, but Willis also knows the importance of perspective.
They had a party as the Rebels kicked Jimmer Fredette and then-No. 12 Brigham Young to the curb Saturday afternoon. When they left, UNLV led the Far West, which is what the sports writers back east call the Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic Conference and Gonzaga, in basketball attendance.
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