Dakota Gonzalez put on a show in her UNLV women’s basketball debut Saturday before 1,622 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center. That’s a small crowd compared with the 12,201 the men’s squad drew Friday night, but one prominent bystander took notice of Gonzalez’s dazzling 21-point performance.
Las Vegas added more madness in March. The newest addition to the men’s college basketball postseason is “The Vegas 16,” a tournament similar to the National Invitation Tournament.
Patrick McCaw scored 15 points and Zimmerman had 12 points and nine rebounds as the Rebels held off a late rally to defeat Cal Poly 74-72 before 12,201 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Armed Forces Classic between No. 9 Gonzaga and Pittsburgh in Okinawa, Japan, was cancelled at halftime on Friday due to floor safety issues. It was the season opener for both teams.
The rise to social media fame was almost over before it began for UNLV’s Gonzalez twins — 6-foot junior transfers Dylan and Dakota — who will make their Lady Rebels debuts today at 3 p.m. in the team’s season opener against Southern Utah at the Thomas & Mack Center.
These college basketball lid-lifters and early-season games against teams supposedly easily vanquished have not always gone well for Dave Rice’s UNLV teams. The words “gasoline” and “fire” immediately come to mind.
Here’s what Coach Dave Rice and the Rebels had to say after winning their season opener.
This game could have easily been a 10-point win for Cal Poly if the UNLV bench didn’t step up at crucial times like it did.
The Harlem Globetrotters set seven World Records in one day, in honor of Guinness World Records Day.
The Rebels open the season as 6.5-point favorites when they host Cal Poly at the Thomas & Mack tonight.
Questions about job security shadowed Dave Rice in the spring. The UNLV basketball coach was granted another year, at least, to find the right answers. Four months from now, he hopes to avoid a “Groundhog Day” scenario and the same questions.
A year ago, it was unanimous. Kentucky coach John Calipari was king of the hill in college basketball. Calipari had compiled an NBA farm team that was capable of running the table and inspired a proposition bet on an undefeated season.
Former Arizona basketball star Michael Wright was found slain in a vehicle in New York City.
No longer is Joe Callero a control freak, so to speak. The Cal Poly coach has a reputation for wanting to control each possession and pump the breaks on the pace of each basketball game.
Three years ago, Bishop Gorman seniors Megan Jacobs, Raychel Stanley and Maddie Washington briefly talked about the possibility of becoming a package deal once college basketball recruiters started coming along.
