The Rebels this week will finally unveil their new roster, the one with nine scholarship transfers, the Mountain West’s Preseason Freshman of the Year and two returning rotation players.
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The returning players on UNLV’s women’s basketball team understand second-year coach Lindy La Rocque and her championship-caliber expectations.
Bryce Hamilton on Thursday became the eighth Rebels’ player to enter the portal since the season concluded last month. The 6-foot-4-inch junior led UNLV in scoring the last two seasons.
McKinley Bradshaw had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 7 Wyoming to an upset of second-seeded UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament.
David Jenkins scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the second half, and the Rebels erased a six-point halftime deficit to beat Air Force 69-64.
Bill Bayno went 94-64 from 1995-2000 with UNLV with two NCAA Tournament appearances.
The UNLV men’s and women’s basketball programs received an $8 million donation from the James J. Baumberger estate.
Desi-Rae Young, a freshman forward from Desert Oasis High School, leads UNLV with 12.5 points per game and is second on the Lady Rebels with 6.1 rebounds a game.
UNLV will get a second shot at Colorado State on Saturday after letting a 13-point second-half lead slip away in a 74-71 loss to the Rams on Thursday.
The UNLV men’s game against Eastern Washington on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center has been canceled after a member of the program tested positive for COVID-19.