You can never underestimate the spirit of sports, those intangibles that make certain athletes rise to the occasion when all seems lost in a season, when your bench has been reduced to the point your basketball coach spent part of his day before a conference game against your biggest rival glancing at the school’s football roster.
Nyasha LeSure had 19 points, six rebounds and six assists to help rally UNR to a 71-65 win over UNLV in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Saturday in Reno.
UNLV’s 102-91 victory over UNR at Thomas & Mack Center wasn’t always pretty. In fact, the Rebels tried to ugly it up at times almost out of necessity as they were down to six scholarship players by the time the game tipped off.
The Rebels host their in-state rival, the UNR Wolf Pack, tonight at Thomas & Mack. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to watch.
The Rebels are 5 1/2-point favorites when they host UNR at the Thomas & Mack tonight.
The basketball game had just ended, and UNR coach Eric Musselman dashed over the Lawlor Events Center floor to the student section, his shirt coming untucked as he celebrated wildly with fans and Wolf Pack players.
The overall record is 29-1, and the national ranking is a robust fifth, and the goal of reaching another Division I state tournament has been realized, and everything they say about the Centennial High girls basketball team and its prominent place in Nevada history seems more than trustworthy.
The New Orleans Pelicans signed guard Bryce Dejean-Jones and waived forward Jarnell Stokes on Friday.
The New York Knicks are preparing to sign guard Jimmer Fredette to a 10-day contract, according to published reports.
UNLV is interested in Dayton’s Archie Miller as its next basketball coach, but the feeling doesn’t appear to be mutual, sources said Thursday.
Joel Anthony, who attended UNLV from 2004-2007, was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers Thursday in a three-team trade, according to CSN Philly.
Five takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 79-74 loss at Air Force on Tuesday.
Patrick McCaw and Jalen Poyser each scored 15 points to lead UNLV, but the Falcons made the plays down the stretch to beat the Rebels 79-74 at Clune Arena.
UNLV lost a basketball game to Air Force on Tuesday night by a final score of 79-74. The problem: For much of it, the Rebels played as if it was 100-64 all over again.
The Rebels are 7 1/2-point favorites on the road against Air Force tonight. The game tips at 6:30 p.m. PST.
