This isn’t the UNLV-San Diego State matchup most have come to expect and anticipate but for one significant point: When it comes to winning time, the Aztecs can still frustrate the heck out of the Rebels.
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When he was young, Cheickna Dembele would have to walk more than 30 minutes to find a basket at which to shoot, because that’s what everyone did. They walked.
For all the consequences to come from the Lady Rebels engaging in a fight during the third quarter of an overtime win against Utah State on Saturday, so too was an implicit message sent to the men’s program. Simply, develop more toughness.
Utah State sent UNLV back up a snowy Interstate 15 to Salt Lake City to board its charter home a 79-63 loser, having turned a close game midway through the second half into a runaway.
UNLV arrives off a stinker of a performance, an 18-point home loss to Boise State. In this way, perhaps it’s best the Rebels make use of their chartered jet to try to discover better focus and effort away from Las Vegas.
This defeat was worse than the one to Duke — much worse — because the Broncos aren’t in the same zip code as the Blue Devils for talent or much of anything else.