Cleveland Edwards, an assistant men’s basketball coach on UNLV’s national championship team who later served as the interim head coach, died Saturday.
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The 6-foot-3-inch guard chose the Rebels over UNR, San Diego State, Colorado State, Washington State and Minnesota. He averaged 15.2 points last season for the Aggies.
The 62-year-old, who needs a heart transplant, was one of coach Tony Sanchez’s first hires after taking over the program following the 2014 season.
Kobe Jenkins, a 6-foot, 170-pounder who attends Bullard High School in Fresno, California, made the Fresno Bee’s first-team County/Metro Athletic Conference squad.
Despite closing the regular season with four straight losses, UNLV claimed a berth in the Mountain West baseball tournament by virtue of San Jose State’s 8-2 loss at Air Force.
The 6-foot-2-inch guard announced Saturday that he had chosen the Rebels over Gonzaga and Oregon. He averaged 19.7 points last season for South Dakota State.
The Rebels have timing working in their favor for their nonconference games, with a chance to pick up some nice victories that otherwise might be more difficult to achieve.
Doug Brumfield completed 61.2 percent of his passes last season for 3,112 yards and 20 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. He also rushed for 207 yards and a touchdown.
UNLV sophomore Polly Mack tied for sixth at 9-over-par 225 in the Mountain West women’s golf championship in Rancho Mirage, California, to lead the Rebels, who fell seven strokes short in their bid for a fourth straight league title.
The UNLV men’s golf team is in fourth place after the first two rounds of the National Invitational Tournament at OMNI Tucson National.
UNLV senior Elizabeth Prior held the lead at 4 under when the second round of the Rebel Beach Invitational was suspended due to darkness Monday at Spanish Trail Country Club.
Wyoming senior guard Justin James leads the Mountain West with 20.7 points per game. UNLV visits the Cowboys at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Laramie.
UNLV senior Aiwen Zhu won twice Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 17th annual Freeman Memorial tennis tournament at Fertitta Tennis Complex.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez gave the Review-Journal a look inside the Fertitta Football Complex.
UNLV plays San Jose State at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels hope to respond after Wednesday’s 106-88 loss at Air Force.
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