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UNLV’s Zimmerman Jr. out indefinitely

UNLV freshman forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr. is out with a sprained left knee, and it’s uncertain when he will return.

UNLV’s Rice faces job-defining game at Wyoming

The most important basketball game in Dave Rice’s career as UNLV’s head coach and for others around him takes place Saturday in the southeastern part of Wyoming, a place west of Cheyenne that can be found at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287.

Wyoming’s Adams builds off success in Mountain West tourney

On the day Josh Adams signed with Wyoming, there was no live announcement on ESPN. He was not a five-star prospect surrounded by hype. Four years later, he’s the nation’s No. 4 scorer, averaging 25.7 points.

Injuries leave Wichita State vulnerable entering UNLV game

While some college basketball coaches sit on a hot seat, Gregg Marshall occupies the opposite seat. He’s a hot commodity, mentioned each spring as a candidate for major-conference job openings yet never lured away from this quiet Kansas town.

Concussions too much for Lady Rebels player Major

The elbow caught Diamond Major square. It was as if someone had painted a target on the middle of her forehead and fired a bazooka. It was friendly fire — it was at a Lady Rebels practice a couple of weeks ago.

Jerry Tarkanian leaves hospital after four-week stay for pneumonia

The 84-year-old Hall of Fame basketball coach was released Wednesday from Valley Hospital Medical Center after spending almost a month there following a relapse of the pneumonia that initially hospitalized him in mid-November.

Rebels stunned by UNR, 64-62

Marqueze Coleman’s 18-foot jumper with 4.8 seconds remaining lifted the Wolf Pack to a 64-62 upset of the Rebels on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNR continues to grow up, now 2-0 in Mountain West

Somehow, UNR was able to close the deal Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Wolf Pack managed to stay step for step with UNLV for 40 minutes, and David Carter’s team did enough things right to escape with a 64-62 victory.

Score another one for Wolf Pack

UNLV lost to UNR in basketball again on Wednesday night, and that was a bad thing if you were Rebels coach Dave Rice, who takes a ration of grief — or something like it — whenever the Rebels stub a toe against the lesser squads of the Mountain West Conference.