Five-star point guard Kylan Boswell committed to Arizona on Monday, choosing the Wildcats over UNLV and Illinois.
UNLV Basketball
Las Vegas again will host to a plethora of college basketball beginning Wednesday with a record number of venues hosting 10 different conference tournaments.
Senior Bryce Hamilton scored 25 points, but it wasn’t enough as UNLV lost to Boise State on Saturday night at the Thomas Mack Center.
Freshman Kiara Jackson scored 20 points to lead UNLV to an 80-69 win over Colorado State, clinching the Mountain West regular-season championship for the Lady Rebels.
Kylan Boswell, a five-star point guard, will choose between UNLV, Arizona and Illinois on Monday.
UNLV is hitting its stride at the right time, but faces a difficult run of games before the end of the season starting Saturday with Boise State.
Many believe UNLV is capable of winning the Mountain West basketball tournament in March and securing the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
The UNLV women lose to Wyoming to snap a 12-game win streak, but earn a share of the Mountain West regular season championship.
For the first time since the 2012-13 season, UNLV has swept the season series against UNR thanks to another strong outing from Bryce Hamilton.
UNLV junior forward Victor Iwuakor’s highlight-reel alley-oop capped a strong effort against Colorado State after a season during which he has battled a shoulder injury.
On a day in which UNLV honored the great Robert Smith, its basketball team played one of its best games of the season in whipping Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Senior guard Bryce Hamilton had 20 points, 10 rebounds and four assists in UNLV’s decisive victory over Colorado State on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Five players scored in double figures as the UNLV women’s basketball team rolled past San Jose State on Saturday to take a two-game lead in the Mountain West.
UNLV coach Kevin Kruger wants his players to learn about the program’s illustrious history. They will get a taste of it Saturday when former player Robert Smith’s jersey is retired.
UNLV won for the fourth time in six games and moved into fifth place in the Mountain West standings after Wednesday’s basketball victory at Fresno State.