UNLV senior Rene Rougeau has one regret, and it was an act that might have made the difference between winning and losing. Because of it, he vows to “stop whining” to officials.
UNLV Basketball
UNLV is turning back the clock one year and going to a four-guard lineup, hoping the shake-up will help turn the Rebels in the right direction. UNLV (17-6, 5-4 Mountain West Conference) will attempt to stop its third two-game losing streak of the season when it hosts Texas Christian (13-10, 4-5) at 7 p.m. today at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV’s women’s basketball team walked into Cox Pavilion on Saturday to face an opponent that won the teams’ prior meeting by 26 points and was ranked No. 23 two weeks ago.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a dominant performance, New Mexico senior Tony Danridge took over the game.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One month into a mysterious Mountain West Conference season, New Mexico coach Steve Alford insists not much has changed.
Congested and fighting a cold, UNLV senior Wink Adams shrugged off his symptoms as irrelevant.
UNLV men’s basketball assistant coach Lew Hill remained in a local hospital Wednesday and was undergoing tests for an undisclosed health complication.
Mark it down as two losses. That’s how big it could translate in the race for a Mountain West Conference regular-season title. That’s how much UNLV needed to finish a job it couldn’t against San Diego State on Tuesday night.
It certainly wasn’t pretty. But it might well have been a prelude to next month’s Mountain West Conference Tournament.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — For three UNLV seniors, the collection is complete.
Senior center Shamela Hampton became the 18th UNLV women’s basketball player to score 1,000 points, leading the Lady Rebels to a 78-64 victory over Air Force on Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Not since 2002 has UNLV won a basketball game at Air Force’s tiny Clune Arena.
UNLV’s basketball players get to experience twice a season what their football counterparts go through — a week to prepare for an opponent.
Without complaining, UNLV senior Joe Darger, a natural small forward, went right back to playing center against Utah on Saturday. It didn’t surprise anyone in the Rebels’ locker room.