Freshman Jamie Smith had 17 points and 14 rebounds for her third straight double-double, leading the UNLV women’s basketball team to a 71-61 victory over UC Riverside on Sunday at Cox Pavilion.
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With an impressive shooting display, Jerome Randle, California’s 5-foot-10-inch guard, took UNLV apart. In the aftermath of a surprising blowout, he made another big statement by taking one parting shot.
The thing to realize is not 45 missed shots. It’s that few of them were even open. It’s that when you defend the basketball in November as well as Cal did Friday, an opponent must play far beyond its own potential to have a chance.
After a couple of months of college life, UNLV freshman Oscar Bellfield is handling almost everything with ease.
Kathy Olivier just keeps talking — she’s a college basketball coach, which means she owns the intrinsic capacity to yap like Churchill — until the recruit’s eyes flicker. That’s when she knows the proper button has been pushed.
Perhaps it’s telling that Brigham Young’s two biggest plays defensively Saturday occurred when it dropped into coverage rather than blitzed.
The differences between the UNLV and Utah State football teams seem minuscule compared to the striking similarities.
Editor’s note: UNLV basketball player Kendall Wallace is providing occasional postcards from the team’s six-game “Down Under” tour of Australia:
The UNLV basketball team apparently has found its comfort zone in its six-game exhibition tour of Australia, and it’s from 3-point range.
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