Aqeel Quinn scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half as No. 2 seed San Diego State rallied to defeat seventh-seeded UNLV 67-64 in a Mountain West tournament quarterfinal at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Las Vegas is the place to be this week and next week if you bet college basketball. It’s not all about next week, either. Many of the fans at the Thomas & Mack Center, MGM Grand Garden and Orleans Arena showed up with betting tickets.
The Las Vegas City Council has been making front-page news for months, thanks to its efforts to build a tax-subsidized, privately owned soccer stadium in downtown’s Symphony Park against the public’s will. That issue alone was enough to awaken city voters from the slumber that normally surrounds municipal politics and compel thousands of them to sign petitions demanding a public vote on the project. The stadium plan died last month when Major League Soccer declined to award Las Vegas an expansion franchise, but the council’s handling of the project remains the dominant theme of the April 7 municipal primary election.
A recent decision by a federal court in Nevada highlights a significant problem facing the Las Vegas economy, one that threatens the livelihoods of many workers. The issue in question is unions seeking to drive business away from employers they dislike. Unfortunately, this has sometimes driven business opportunities right out of the state.
Stew Morrill’s 29-year coaching career, the past 17 at Utah, ends after a 67-65 loss to Wyoming in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. “I’m looking forward to new things and new challenges, mostly relaxing for a while,” he said.
Isaac Hamilton scored a career-high 36 points in UCLA’s 96-70 win over USC in the quarterfinals of the Pacific-12 Conference tournament at the MGM Grand Garden.
Adam Mitchell catches the first six innings, singles home the go-ahead run in the third and pitches the final inning as the Spartans” submarine-style closer in a 3-2 victory over Shadow Ridge.
Tyler Crone tossed a four-hitter and struck out 11 on Thursday to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-1 win at Clark.
Sarah Pinkston tossed a five-hitter Thursday to help Coronado stun nationally-ranked Pacifica (Calif.), 1-0, in the Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Ariz.