A’ja Wilson scored a career-high 39 points to lead the Aces to a 102-97 overtime victory over Indiana. Teammate Liz Cambage scored 12 points in the extra period.
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The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas turns 15, and the event has grown in stature locally and nationally. Here are 15 events that helped shape the Summer League.
The Aces average 16.8 turnovers a game, second worst in the WNBA, and opponents have scored 18.2 points per game off giveaways, the highest average in the league.
The Summer League will be July 5 to 15 at the Thomas Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. All 30 NBA teams plus the China and Croatia national squads will compete.
Isaac Lindsey, a guard from Mineral Point (Wisconsin) High School, committed to play basketball for UNLV. He is the second member of the Rebels’ 2020 class.
UNLV football season-ticket holders can pay $30 for T-shirts that represent the program’s five decades and a coin signifying the final year in Sam Boyd Stadium.
Jolene Watanabe’s name remains throughout the UNLV women’s tennis record book. She died on Saturday at 50 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer.
Florida linebacker Rayshad Jackson announced Saturday that he is transferring to UNLV. As a graduate transfer, he is eligible to play this season.
Wide receiver Ronald Gilliam, who plays at Serra High School in Gardena, California, chose the Rebels over scholarship offers from Arizona State, Florida, Kansas and Oregon.
Zion Williamson will make his NBA Summer League debut with the New Orleans Pelicans on July 5 in Las Vegas.
P.J. Washington, who played at Findlay Prep, was selected by Charlotte with the 12th pick of Thursday’s NBA draft. Another ex-Pilot, Bol Bol, went No. 44 to Denver.
Jabaz Myles, a senior linebacker from St. Augustine High School, tweeted that he has committed to UNLV. He is the third member of the Rebels’ 2020 recruiting class.
The former Kentucky forward is projected to be taken as a lottery pick or just outside those top 14 selections in the NBA draft, which begins at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Kobe Jenkins, a 6-foot, 170-pounder who attends Bullard High School in Fresno, California, made the Fresno Bee’s first-team County/Metro Athletic Conference squad.
The NCAA voted Wednesday to move the 3-point line to the international distance of 22 feet, 1¾ inches beginning in the 2019-20 season. It had been 20 feet, 9 inches since 2008.
The junior shortstop, who starred at Desert Oasis High School, hit .356 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs this season and was named the Mountain West’s co-player of the year.