The Mountain West announced changes to its schedule Monday that affect UNLV basketball.
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The UNLV men’s basketball team will begin Mountain West play Dec. 29 at Colorado State. The Rebels’ nonconference schedule still is being finalized.
Xavier Sneed’s 12-footer with 28.9 seconds left in overtime put Kansas State up for good, and the Wildcats went on to beat UNLV 60-56 on Saturday at the Thomas Mack Center.
The 6-foot-10-inch center is the fourth member of UNLV’s 2020 class and the third with Las Vegas ties. He will attend a prep school in Arizona this academic year.
Former UNLV point guard Kevin Kruger is returning to the program as an assistant coach, and guards Amauri Hardy and Bryce Hamilton and forward Nick Blair will remain with the team.
UNLV is the fifth seed in the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament and plays fourth-seeded Fresno State at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV lost an 18-point second-half lead Saturday, but made key plays in the final two minutes to beat Colorado State 65-60 at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against Colorado State at 1 p.m. Saturday at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Fresno State waltzed into a subdued Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, made 15 of 29 3-pointers, limited UNLV to 3 of 15 on 3s and left town with an 83-65 victory.
Three takeaways from UNLV’s 83-65 loss to Fresno State on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Fresno State went on an 11-2 run to take control late and defeat UNLV 83-65 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Braxton Huggins scored 31 points for the Bulldogs.
Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against Fresno State at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Nikki Wheatley had 28 points and nine rebounds, and the UNLV women’s basketball team defeated New Mexico 66-57 on Wednesday at Cox Pavilion.
Junior guard Jade Thomas announced in October her commitment to UNLV, where she will join her sister Bailey, who transferred last year from West Virginia to play for the Rebels. Sam is a sophomore wing at Arizona.
Wright State seized an early lead and never trailed in a 68-52 win over the UNLV women’s basketball team Friday night at Cox Pavilion in the season opener for both teams.
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