The Rebels upset the No. 21-ranked Lobos at The Pit, with EJ Harkless and Keshon Gilbert leading UNLV to its first Mountain West win of the season.
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UNLV is still looking for its first conference win and will need sophomore Keshon Gilbert to rebound after a difficult start to Mountain West play.
UNLV junior forward Nneka Obiazor will have season-ending knee surgery, women’s basketball coach Lindy La Rocque announced Saturday.
San Diego State’s basketball team shot 52.4 percent on 3s and flashed its elite defense in taking out UNLV 76-67 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Turnovers and poor rebounding continue to plague UNLV, which lost to San Diego State on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center to fall to 0-2 in Mountain West play.
The UNLV men’s basketball team has surrendered at least 16 offensive rebounds in four of its past five games. The Rebels face San Diego State on Saturday.
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Coach Lindy La Rocque made a significant lineup change as UNLV began Mountain West play with a win against Wyoming on Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
Guard EJ Harkless scored 20 points, all after the first half, but UNLV was beaten by San Jose State in overtime Wednesday night in San Jose, California.
The Lady Rebels still have some questions to answer as they prepare to defend their conference title.
The Rebels finished nonconference play 11-1, but they haven’t forgotten the Mountain West preseason poll which ranked them sixth.
Mark Warkentien was at UNLV when the Rebels won the 1990 national championship. He was later named NBA Executive of the Year with the Denver Nuggets in 2008-09.
Fifth-year guard EJ Harkless scores 19 points and UNLV finishes the non-conference season 11-1.
UNLV is looking for a positive response after its late collapse against San Francisco, but will have to do it without the experienced Eljah Parquet and Isaiah Cottrell.
A short-handed UNLV women’s basketball team lost to Oklahoma State, its lone nonconference Power Five opponent, on Sunday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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