Kelsey Mitchell knew she was having a good freshman season at Ohio State. The numbers didn’t lie.
Basketball
Patrick McCaw scored 20 points, Ike Nwamu and Ben Carter finished with 16 apiece and UNLV upset No. 13 Indiana 72-69 in the Maui Invitational fifth-place game Wednesday.
So, what do you get the man who has everything for his birthday? How about a nice belt? But not just any belt. We’re talking a championship belt, like the ones Floyd Mayweather Jr. used to collect.
UNLV forward Ben Carter is the lunch pail and hard hat kid. He’s that guy. He’s the one who doesn’t question orders, a coach’s son who not only can play, but more importantly, knows how to play. There is a big difference.
When San Diego State won the recruiting battle for Winston Shepard in 2012, it was thought to be a short-term prize.
UNLV, who had led by as many as 15 points in the first half, found itself struggling for offense in the second half of Wednesday’s Maui Invitational matchup against 13th-ranked Indiana.
UNLV’s upset of 13th-ranked Indiana in the Maui Invitational’s loser’s bracket was as much a mistake-filled near-meltdown as it was an impressive victory.
The Rebels are 8-point underdogs when they face Indiana today in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui.
Part of the message from the time practice began for UNLV this college basketball season was about reaction. How would the Rebels respond to success? How would they deal with adversity?
Freshman forward Derrick Jones Jr. sparked a second-half rally and finished with a career-high 26 points to lift UNLV to a 93-73 victory over Chaminade in the Maui Invitational.
Before we hand out grades, it’s fair to mention that the Runnin’ Rebels were headed for F performances all across the board.
Not many things seem to bother James Daniel. But ask him about being the nation’s leading scorer in Division I men’s basketball and he gets a little uncomfortable.
The Rebels are 22-point favorites when they face Chaminade today in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui.
When the game was about to slip away, Patrick McCaw got a grip and shot UNLV back into it. When the game was on the line late, Bryce Alford and Thomas Welsh put UCLA over the top.
When the talent continued to sign on the dotted line and the depth became more than UNLV’s basketball team has enjoyed under fifth-year head coach Dave Rice, it wasn’t guaranteed the Rebels would immediately turn a corner back towards the NCAA Tournament.
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