A promotional photo for UNLV’s basketball game Wednesday night is being called offensive by many for its depiction of a black New Mexico Lobos player being led on a leash by the Rebels’ mascot, Hey Reb!
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It was March 2011, and the Lady Rebels had just beaten Utah in their regular-season finale. Three days later, they would play Utah again, in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament.
The UNLV women’s basketball team snapped its three-game losing streak with an 82-80 Mountain West victory over Utah State on Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
Kevin Olekaibe scored 21 points, 16 in the second half, as UNLV rallied to defeat Utah State 73-62 at Smith Spectrum.
A bear of a man, Stew Morrill is not big on reminiscing or getting sentimental. At least, that was the case Friday, when he shrugged off the idea of hitting a coaching milestone.
While UNLV fans were taking to social media and message boards to express their pleasure over the program landing Rashad Vaughn, its third top 40 recruit of this class, others blasted Vaughn for eschewing their beloved institutions.
The talent keeps coming for UNLV basketball, keeps believing in the vision Dave Rice has created, keeps talking about a style of play that if the Rebels ever get around to implementing, just might produce the sort of success a third-year coaching staff insists is attainable.
Larry Nance Jr. missed a potential tying 8-foot jumper in the lane in the final seconds, and UNLV escaped with a 48-46 victory over Wyoming at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The plan was simple for Wyoming on Saturday night: Don’t suffer an early knockout by UNLV.
For the third straight game, the UNLV women’s basketball team hit less than one-third of its shots. And for the third straight game, the Lady Rebels were soundly beaten.