Loyola Marymount senior Raychel Stanley, a Bishop Gorman graduate, capped her collegiate career Thursday with six points and five rebounds in a 72-63 loss to Saint Mary’s.
Basketball
The WAC has no plans to alter or change its men’s and women’s basketball tournament schedules despite the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nevada.
The Aces played most of the second half without All-Star center Liz Cambage, who sustained a lower leg injury and had ice taped to her left ankle.
The Aces resumed their suspended game against the Washington Mystics on Monday, and fell 99-70 at T-Mobile Arena.
Las Vegas, the preseason betting favorite to win the WNBA championship, has started the season 1-2 entering Thursday’s game at the Atlanta Dream.
The Rebels will play five teams that qualified for the postseason, including three defending conference champions. They open the season Nov. 5 against Purdue Fort Wayne.
Young and the Aces opened their second training camp with a pair of practices at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion. The 21-year-old Young, drafted No. 1 overall last month out of Notre Dame, worked as the team’s lead guard and played with several lineups.
Vegas Madness returns as men’s and women’s college basketball teams from four Division I conferences will congregate in Las Vegas and attempt to solidify the coveted automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament.
The Grizzlies won the Gator Winter Classic’s diamond bracket championship for the second consecutive year with a 66-54 victory over Dimond (Alaska) on Saturday at Green Valley.
Clark senior forward Ian Alexander was awarded a full academic scholarship Monday to Northwestern through participation in QuestBridge — a nonprofit organization that “connects the nation’s brightest low-income students to America’s best universities and opportunities.”
The Aces rode their two stars to an 84-80 victory over the Sky at Mandalay Bay Events Center before an an announced crowd of 4,699 that included NBA superstar Chris Paul.
Aces forward Dearica Hamby played sparingly in the WNBA team’s first four games, but since has emerged as a viable scoring option with 38 points in 36 minutes in her past two games.
Nia Coffey is primed for a bigger role after struggling last year in San Antonio, where she averaged 1.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and shot 27.1 percent from the field.
The Aces are negotiating with the Las Vegas Sports Network on a radio deal for their inaugural season, which begins May 20.
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