It has become a common theme around UNLV’s basketball team, this game-by-game analysis by others of Chris Wood. Of his production and attitude and effort and whether that eating motion he makes after sinking a 3-pointer is really necessary or, well, just another level of self-serving folly.
This was one of those games when you saw the future up, close and personal in an extremely impressive manner. Patrick McCaw gave his mother the best birthday present imaginable, scoring a team-high 21 with her in attendance.
Kayla Woodward scored 23 points, Kaitlyn Mileto 21 and Marquelle Dent 20 to help Wyoming end UNLV’s five-game win streak with a 99-68 rout Saturday in a Mountain West women’s basketball game in Laramie, Wyo.
The Rebels host Wyoming today at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 5:00 p.m.
In the middle of a promising season, Larry Nance Jr. reinforced his worth by disappearing. A mild case of mononucleosis shut him down, doing what no defense could do.
I always loved this story about Jerry Tarkanian: It was shortly after UNLV won its national championship in basketball when a group of out-of-town reporters happened to be in the same restaurant as the Rebels coach.
Cox Pavilion is a midrange jumper from the Thomas & Mack Center, but there was more pushing of the ball and guarding of the dribble and running of set plays in the small gym Wednesday night than we have seen in the big arena of late.
UNLV won its fifth game in a row and seventh in the past eight, beating Utah State 69-61. Danielle Miller and Alana Cesarz combined to score 39 points for the Lady Rebels.
UNLV is in Logan, Utah to take on Utah State tonight. Tip is at 6:30 p.m.
The Rebels were out of contention in January, but if there is a sign of hope, it’s the development of their freshmen. The stars emerging in February are shooting guard Patrick McCaw and 6-foot-10-inch forward Goodluck Okonoboh.
