UNLV Basketball
Near the end of UNLV’s practice Monday, Kendall Wallace walked out of the tunnel, took the floor and participated in a 3-point shooting drill.
It’s becoming a February-to-March tradition in Las Vegas, but Lon Kruger is not celebrating it, and he prefers to not discuss it.
D.J. Gay scored 20 points and made the go-ahead free throws with one minute remaining as No. 6 San Diego State held on to defeat UNLV 63-57 in a Mountain West Conference game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV (18-6, 6-4) is hunting for a big-game victim as No. 6 San Diego State (24-1, 9-1) rolls into the Thomas & Mack Center for a 5 p.m. start Saturday that is expected to draw a sellout crowd.
The Lady Rebels made things interesting at the end but couldn’t overcome big nights from Texas Christian’s top three players in a 71-64 Mountain West Conference loss Wednesday at Cox Pavilion.
