UNLV has been a good defensive and rebounding team. Now the Rebels hope both of them help them win at Illinois on Saturday in their first road game this season.
Redshirt freshman Mikayla Boykin had 11 points, six assists, five steals and four rebounds in her season debut, leading host Duke to a 66-38 win over UNLV in a nonconference women’s basketball game Thursday.
Guard Amauri Hardy originally committed to Oklahoma State, but found a new home in UNLV when coach Brad Underwood left for Illinois. The Rebels visit the Illini at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Runnin’ Rebels drop two straight games at home against Valparaiso and Cincinnati before heading on the road to Illinois.
Leif Fautanu, a center from Honolulu, tweeted Sunday that he had committed to play football at UNLV.
Minyon Moore had 19 points and 10 assists to lead Southern California to an 86-72 win over UNLV in a nonconference women’s basketball game Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
In a game they never led and, well, one you really never thought they would win, the Rebels fell to Cincinnati 65-61 before an announced gathering of 9,572 at the Thomas Mack Center.
Three takeaways from UNLV’s 65-61 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday at the Thomas Mack Center.
Cincinnati took the lead early and never lost it in defeating UNLV 65-61 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Amauri Hardy led the Rebels with 22 points.
One of the world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipients, former UNLV soccer star Simon Keith is hospitalized in San Diego and facing a second transplant.