UNLV takes a five-game winning streak into the Mountain West tournament, which opens Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels play Boise State at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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UNLV received a commitment from Edoardo Del Cadia from the College of Central Florida. He is the eighth member of the Rebels’ class and second from a junior college.
UNLV sophomore guard Bryce Hamilton was selected to the All-Mountain West first team by the league’s coaches, the league announced on Tuesday.
Rodjanae Wade had 26 points and 21 rebounds for UNLV in Monday’s quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament. The Lady Rebels’ season ended at 13-17.
Bettors will have to lay a price to take the Aztecs to win the Mountain West tournament this week in Las Vegas.
UNLV senior guard Elijah Mitrou-Long has what school called a “severe knee contusion.”
Bryce Hamilton was the only UNLV player named to one of the three All-Mountain West teams by the media, but Amauri Hardy was named honorable mention.
Imani Lacy had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and Da’ja Hamilton scored 19 points Sunday to lead eighth-seeded UNR to a 74-64 victory over No. 9 New Mexico in a first-round game of the Mountain West Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Thomas Mack Center.
The Mountain West and Pac-12 basketball tournaments are expected to go on as planned even as an advocacy group suggested that March Madness games be played without fans present because of concerns about the coronavirus.
UNLV junior guard Bailey Thomas, a Centennial High School graduate, was often assigned to the opposing team’s top offensive player.
UNLV plays San Jose State on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Eight college basketball tournaments will be played in Las Vegas in the next two weeks beginning Sunday with the Mountain West women’s tournament.
Guard Elijah Mitrou-Long left the floor with less than four minutes remaining in the Rebels’ 92-69 win Saturday at San Jose State with an apparent leg or ankle injury.
UNLV closes its regular season at San Jose State at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rebels take a four-game winning streak into the matchup.
UNLV (16-14, 11-6 Mountain West) took as much as a 27-point lead over Boise State and then held off a late rally to win Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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