Kent State guard Mike Nuga averaged 17.8 points and 5.5 rebounds last season and earned third-team All-Mid-American Conference honors.
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UNLV athletes registered a 3.22 semester GPA, besting the mark of 3.09 set in the fall of 2018. Their cumulative GPA was 3.13, beating the 3.09 set in spring of 2019.
Yahoo Sports ranked college basketball programs that most deserve their own “The Last Dance” documentary, the popular series that follows the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls.
“Seats for Service” provides tickets to UNLV sports events to first responders and those in the armed services and their families.
UNLV closes its regular season at San Jose State at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rebels take a four-game winning streak into the matchup.
UNLV got off to a hot start in Mountain West play, but the Rebels are being tested during this difficult stretch. They are midway through their conference schedule.
UNLV held Eastern Michigan to 30.6 shooting and dominated on the boards by a 50-30 margin, winning Saturday at the Thomas Mack Center to close out nonconference play.
Officials from college athletics’ governing body spoke on a panel Tuesday at the International Conference on Gambling Risk Taking at Caesars Palace.
T.J. Otzelberger was introduced as UNLV’s basketball coach Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The 41-year-old went 70-33 in three seasons at South Dakota State, making the NCAA Tournament twice.
UNLV has become the Mountain West’s top shooting team after switching to a perimeter-based offense to open conference play. The Rebels play No. 8 UNR on Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The UNLV men’s basketball team plane has returned and is in good condition, coach Marvin Menzies said Monday. UNLV had to bus back from San Diego on Saturday night after someone broke into the plane the previous day and damaged it.
Valparaiso used a 21-2 run that began late in the first half to establish control and defeat UNLV 72-64 on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels committed 25 turnovers.
Breaking down UNLV’s game against Valparaiso at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV’s Noah Robotham, a Bishop Gorman graduate who sat out last season after transferring from Akron, practiced Friday knowing he would play in games. He is expected to start at point guard for the Rebels.
UNLV’s basketball team released its nonconference schedule Thursday, a 12-game slate highlighted with games against Cincinnati, Illinois and Brigham Young and an appearance in the Diamond Head Classic.