The UNLV women’s basketball team is 22-2 and has won 13 straight but has yet to crack the Top 25 rankings.
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UNLV’s basketball team is suddenly defending again, which was good enough to beat rival UNR 68-62 on Saturday night.
The Lady Rebels and 2,500 of their closest friends enjoyed an 80-57 victory Saturday over archenemy UNR — marking their first-ever sellout at Cox Pavilion.
Off to its best start in over three decades, the UNLV women’s basketball team is getting everyone’s best shot this season. The Lady Rebels play at Wyoming on Thursday.
The Rebels deserved to lose after blowing leads at the end of regulation and in overtime in falling to Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
San Diego State’s basketball team shot 52.4 percent on 3s and flashed its elite defense in taking out UNLV 76-67 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Gilbert, a point guard, leads the Rebels in scoring (15.9) and assists (3.3) while shooting 56 percent through a 7-0 start to the season.
The Rebels forced 24 turnovers and held No. 21 Dayton to one 2-point basket in the second half during a 60-52 victory Tuesday night.
The UNLV men’s basketball team opens a second season under coach Kevin Kruger against Southern on Monday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Defense will likely determine what exactly the 2022-23 Rebels are capable of during the second season of Kruger’s head coaching tenure.
Eight new faces — many of them known for their ability at the defensive end — highlight UNLV’s basketball roster under second-year coach Kevin Kruger.
Former UNLV basketball star Glen Gondrezick, who played on the school’s first Final Four team, will be honored posthumously by the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
Kevin Kruger grew tremendously as a head basketball coach off the court as his players did on it during the 2021-22 season.
The Thomas Mack Center felt just like Laramie, minus about 5,000 feet of elevation. Hosting the MW Tournament isn’t any sort of home-court advantage for UNLV. Hasn’t been for some time.
UNLV’s women’s basketball team is NCAA Tournament bound for the first time since 2002, courtesy of three wins in three days during the conference tournament at Thomas Mack Center.