Second-ranked Stanford went on an 11-0 run to start the game and maintained control the entire way in an easy victory over UNLV.
UNLV Basketball
The new head women’s basketball coach at UNLV is a former Durango High star whose father ranks eighth all-time in prep wins for a Las Vegas coach.
Guard Caleb Grill has a long relationship with UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger. He originally signed with South Dakota State when Otzelberger was the Jackrabbits’ coach.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger refused to blame the Rebels’ 67-61 loss to Boise State on Thursday in the Mountain West tournament on the absence of injured Elijah Mitrou-Long.
Fourth-seeded UNLV rallied from 11 points down to twice cut the deficit to two, but never caught up in a loss to No. 5 Boise State on Thursday.
UNLV athletic events and the ongoing Mountain West men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center are going on as scheduled.
The fourth-seeded Rebels (17-14) play No. 5 Boise State (19-11) in the Mountain West tournament quarterfinal at the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday.
Neemias Queta scored 21 points and Sam Merrill had 20 to rally Utah State to a 69-54 victory over UNLV on Wednesday night in Logan, Utah.
It was sloppy in parts and not in others but all the while, the concepts were distinct and obvious as UNLV’s basketball team topped Purdue-Fort Wayne 86-71 on Tuesday night.
UNLV went on a 25-4 run late in the first half to assume to control in its 86-71 victory over Purdue-Fort Wayne on Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The UNLV men’s and women’s basketball teams made their 2019-2020 season debut during the Scarlet & Gray Showcase at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday.
The Rebels will play five teams that qualified for the postseason, including three defending conference champions. They open the season Nov. 5 against Purdue Fort Wayne.
The NCAA voted Wednesday to move the 3-point line to the international distance of 22 feet, 1¾ inches beginning in the 2019-20 season. It had been 20 feet, 9 inches since 2008.