Some freshmen move in baby steps or need training wheels. Others get a redshirt year. But Kendall Smith was not interested in kidding around.
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UNLV lost its third basketball game of a young season Tuesday night because in the most critical of moments, it became sloppy defensively. It exhibited poor technique. It was Cal in the NCAA Tournament all over again.
Michelle Plouffe poured in a game-high 26 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to lead Utah to a 66-59 victory over UNLV on Tuesday night before a crowd of 562 at the Thomas &Mack Center.
Rayvonte Rice’s layup with 28 seconds left lifted Illinois to a 61-59 victory over UNLV at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Junior forward Roscoe Smith wants to do the defensive dirty work, but he can’t do it all. His partner in grime is junior big man Khem Birch, the other half the Rebels’ formidable frontcourt.
Danielle Miller made the most of her only field goal Saturday for the UNLV women’s basketball team.
Arizona State’s Jahii Carson put on his own fireworks display at the Thomas & Mack Center, lighting up the scoreboard for a career-high 40 points and rallying the Sun Devils to an 86-80 comeback victory over UNLV before 12,915 on Tuesday night.
He’s timed by a shot clock instead of a stopwatch, but Arizona State sophomore Jahii Carson is the Usain Bolt of college basketball point guards.
It’s not often a student turns down what amounts to a free ride to Harvard. But that’s exactly what Alana Cesarz did, choosing to attend UNLV over the prestigious Ivy League school.
Birch’s putback with 12 seconds to go broke a tie, and his blocked shot with 5.2 seconds left helped the Rebels hold on for a 73-70 victory over Omaha on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.