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RANKING THE REBELS: 68 – Ed Catchings

ED CATCHINGS

YEARS: 1983 TO 1985

Career highlights:

■ Totaled 699 points and 334 rebounds in 66 games for career averages of 10.6 points and 5.1 rebounds.

■ His field-goal percentage of .605 in 1983-84 ranks ninth for a season at UNLV.

■ Scored a career-high 30 points in an 86-72 victory over West Virginia on Dec. 10, 1983.

■ The Rebels went 57-10 and won three games in two NCAA Tournament appearances.

Quotable: "He was a great, great shooter. He had good games for us. Ed was a nice guy and a very religious guy." — Jerry Tarkanian, former UNLV coach

After UNLV: A seventh-round pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the 1985 NBA Draft, Catchings’ pro career was spent overseas.

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