There are only two guys coming off the bench for UNLV at this point, but both were effective on Wednesday night.
Basketball
In defeat, UNLV just might have defined its season-long mantra better than any of its previous 29 games. All In, All Together. And a few players short.
A shot to the nose knocked out freshman guard Patrick McCaw, one of UNLV’s most valuable players, early in the second half. What could have turned into a lopsided fight at that point still went the distance.
UNLV hosts San Diego State tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 8:00 p.m.
Longtime NBA guard Ray Allen announced Wednesday that he will not play this season. Allen, 39, said he will spend the rest of the year reassessing whether he will play in 2015-16.
Recent comments by New York Knicks president Phil Jackson reportedly cost his team some money. According to a Yahoo Sports report Tuesday night, the NBA fined the Knicks an undisclosed amount in response to Jackson’s remarks after he watched Ohio State play Nebraska on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.
Sometimes, seniors are celebrated for helping a team pile up wins and championships. Jelan Kendrick and Cody Doolin, starting guards for a mediocre UNLV team, will be honored Wednesday night for career achievements that go beyond basketball.
That was then: A group of college basketball players that helped embed into the game a hip-hop culture with how they dressed and what they said and the music blaring from their headphones. They influenced a nation of fans, a team viewed as rebellious by some and yet merchandising giants for corporate America.
San Diego State shot 70.8 percent from the field in the second half en route to a 76-61 victory over UNLV on Tuesday night in a Mountain West women’s basketball game in San Diego.
The Sacramento Kings named Vlade Divac as vice president of basketball and franchise operations, the team announced Tuesday.
Denver Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw was fired Tuesday. Shaw was 20-39 this season with the Nuggets, who began the day seven games out of last place in the Western Conference and 12 1/2 games out of the eighth playoff spot in the conference.
The NBA suspended Houston Rockets guard James Harden for one game Monday as punishment for Harden kicking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the groin.
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski did not comment during a Monday news conference on allegations he knew that Rasheed Sulaimon, who was dismissed from the team in January, was alleged to have sexually assaulted two women during the 2013-14 academic year.
SAN DIEGO — After three conference games, Boise State hadn’t won. Since then, the Broncos have lost only once.
With its seemingly insurmountable lead fading away and its star player having already fouled out of the game Saturday night, Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team needed someone to save its perfect season.
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