Fourth-seeded UNLV rallied from 11 points down to twice cut the deficit to two, but never caught up in a loss to No. 5 Boise State on Thursday.
Mark Anderson
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Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
UNLV athletic events and the ongoing Mountain West men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center are going on as scheduled.
Boise State became the first program to win four consecutive Mountain West women’s basketball tournament championships. The Broncos beat Fresno State.
New Mexico opened the Mountain West tournament with a victory over San Jose State. The Lobos meet Utah State on Thursday.
Danny Langsdorf, UNLV quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator, is leaving for Colorado, sources close to the Rebels’ program said Wednesday.
Elijah Mitrou-Long bruised his knee Saturday at San Jose State and did not practice until Wednesday. UNLV plays Boise State in a Mountain West quarterfinal on Thursday.
No. 1 seed Fresno State and No. 2 Boise State won their semifinal games Tuesday in the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas Mack Center.
UNLV added junior college forward Edoardo Del Cadia, giving the Rebels eight members of their recruiting class. Their current team will get back Donnie Tillman for the Mountain West tournament.
UNLV takes a five-game winning streak into the Mountain West tournament, which opens Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels play Boise State at 2 p.m. Thursday.
UNLV received a commitment from Edoardo Del Cadia from the College of Central Florida. He is the eighth member of the Rebels’ class and second from a junior college.
Rodjanae Wade had 26 points and 21 rebounds for UNLV in Monday’s quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament. The Lady Rebels’ season ended at 13-17.
UNLV senior guard Elijah Mitrou-Long has what school called a “severe knee contusion.”
Bryce Hamilton was the only UNLV player named to one of the three All-Mountain West teams by the media, but Amauri Hardy was named honorable mention.
Imani Lacy had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and Da’ja Hamilton scored 19 points Sunday to lead eighth-seeded UNR to a 74-64 victory over No. 9 New Mexico in a first-round game of the Mountain West Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Thomas Mack Center.
UNLV junior guard Bailey Thomas, a Centennial High School graduate, was often assigned to the opposing team’s top offensive player.
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