Boise State defeated the UNLV women’s basketball team 64-46 in the Mountain West basketball tournament quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lady Rebels’ season ends at 13-17.
Basketball
There was a time not so long ago when the West Coast Conference basketball tournament bracket could pretty much be filled out in pen with Gonzaga playing Saint Mary’s in the championship game. The seventh-ranked Bulldogs appear to have a new foil.
Not that it comes as a surprise, but the injury report on freshman guard Rashad Vaughn is bad news for UNLV, which is planning for the postseason without its leading scorer.
Mountain West coaches cut the media out of voting for the all-conference team this year — and neglected to tell the writers. Don’t expect to learn who the coaches nominated or voted for.
UNLV was the hottest Mountain West women’s basketball team not long ago, but that was before a three-game skid to close the regular season. Now the Lady Rebels must find their old form with the conference tournament beginning.
Derrick Rose can’t jump, but the Chicago Bulls guard is strengthening his knee and hamstring after a third knee surgery in three years.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Dahntay Jones was fined $10,000 by the NBA on Monday.
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh could begin regular exercise later this month and is expected to resume full basketball activities in September, doctors said Monday. Bosh was hospitalized for a week last month with blood clots on a lung and is out for the season as he undergoes blood-thinning treatment.
When asked if he deserves to be named to the All-Mountain West first team, UNLV sophomore forward Chris Wood answered with confidence and without hesitation.
With a West Coast Conference basketball tournament quarterfinal game and potentially Brigham Young’s NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, senior guard Tyler Haws dribbled right off a screen and hit a jumper from just beyond the free-throw line with such ease it almost appeared rehearsed.
Facing the proposition of a second consecutive loss before the NCAA Tournament, it was only a matter of time before Gonzaga responded in a big way.
BOISE, Idaho — Sophomore forward James Webb III posted a double-double, leading Boise State to a 71-52 victory over Fresno State on Saturday to claim a share of the Mountain West title and the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament in Las Vegas.
UNLV closes the regular season tonight at San Jose State. Tip is at 7:00 p.m.
Despite his team’s shooting struggles for much of the game, San Francisco coach Rex Walters had no doubt a 3-pointer by Kruize Pinkins from the top of the key was going to fall as soon as the senior released the ball.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rashad Muhammad is the face of his basketball team, for better or worse. He continues to smile, even while leading one of the worst teams in the nation.
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