RANKING THE REBELS: 99 – Bob Moon
BOB MOON
Years: 1963-65
Career Highlights:
■ A 6-foot-3-inch forward, he scored 626 points in 49 games for a career scoring average of 12.8 per game.
■ Scored a career-high 38 points in a 100-88 victory over Westmont College on Feb. 20, 1965.
■ In his two seasons, the Rebels compiled a 40-15 record under coach Ed Gregory.
Quotable: "I covered a lot of Bob Moon's games. He was one of the better early players. He played out on the perimeter, and he was a good athlete and a real smooth player." -- Royce Feour, former Review-Journal sports writer
After college: Moon was a world-class lefty fast-pitch softball pitcher. He owned a tuxedo rental business. Moon died in 2006.
RANKING THE REBELS
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
