Jordan Caroline and twins Caleb and Cody Martin combined to score 67 points to lead No. 12 UNR to an 89-73 victory over UNLV on Wednesday night at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.
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Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against No. 12 UNR at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lawlor Events Center.
After dropping a one-point heartbreaker against San Diego State on Saturday, the Runnin’ Rebels will head north to take on in-state rival UNR on Wednesday night.
No. 12-ranked UNR is dealing with injuries to its top three players as UNLV prepares to visit the Wolf Pack. The teams meet at Wednesday at Reno’s Lawlor Events Center.
UNLV’s Nick Blair missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and San Diego State escaped the Thomas Mack Center with a 60-59 victory on Saturday night.
When UNLV coach Marvin Menzies made a comment about receiving racial epithets after being hired in 2016, he didn’t expect it to receive much of a reaction on Twitter. But some fans expressed their anger on the social media site.
Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against San Diego State at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
It’s not happening now because it never was then, the idea that Rick Pitino would be negotiating with UNLV with the goal of the Hall of Fame coach replacing Marvin Menzies.
UNLV’s announced attendance, which includes tickets out, averages 8,559 in the 18,000-seat Thomas & Mack Center, its sixth decline in a row and its lowest figure in the arena, which opened in 1983.
UNLV hired Kacey Oiness as its first sports psychologist. The Green Valley High graduate, 35, said she likes the idea of starting a department from scratch.
UNLV used a late seven-point run Tuesday night to pull away and beat Wyoming 66-56 at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming. Kris Clyburn led the Rebels with 17 points, and Joel Ntambwe added 15.
The Runnin’ Rebels managed to barely run past the Spartans on Saturday night, after coming back from a halftime deficit to beat the worst team in the Mountain West 71-64.
Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against Wyoming at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming.
Wyoming senior guard Justin James leads the Mountain West with 20.7 points per game. UNLV visits the Cowboys at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Laramie.
UNLV defeated San Jose State 71-64 on Saturday, avoiding what would have been an embarrassing defeat. Joel Ntambwe scored 20 points for the Rebels, and Amauri Hardy delivered a key late 3-pointer.