Boise State defeated the UNLV women’s basketball team 64-46 in the Mountain West basketball tournament quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lady Rebels’ season ends at 13-17.
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Guard Rashad Vaughn was named freshman of the year and earned honorable mention honors. Sophomore forward Christian Wood was named to the all-Mountain West second team. Freshman forward Goodluck Okonoboh was named to the all-defensive team.
Sophomore forward Chris Wood did almost everything Tuesday, totaling 27 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocks to lift the Rebels to a 73-61 victory over Fresno State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian is fighting to stay alive as relatives and friends kept a bedside vigil Tuesday night at a local hospital.
Chris Wood was sensational in every way on Tuesday night. Wood had 27 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocked shots. In short, he was unstoppable.
The Rebels host Fresno State tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 7:00 p.m.
UNLV has pro prospects in Rashad Vaughn and Chris Wood, but the Rebels play five freshmen in their eight-man rotation and have struggled to a 4-6 Mountain West record entering Tuesday night’s Fresno State game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
It was not exactly the homecoming Rashad Muhammad and Darryl Gaynor II had hoped for in their return to Las Vegas.
It was not one of those nights Rashad Vaughn will remember for a long time. It was a good night, though, because it helped UNLV’s freshman guard wipe away bad memories from earlier in the week.
Rashad Vaughn recorded the first double-double of his career in Saturday night’s 74-40 victory over San Jose State. The freshman did it very efficiently, too. He had 15 points on 6 of 11 shooting and went 3-for-7 from 3-point range.
Danielle Miller scored 30 points, including a tying jumper with 13 seconds left in regulation, to lead the UNLV women’s basketball team to a 72-68 overtime win over San Jose State in a Mountain West game Saturday in San Jose, Calif.
UNLV hosts San Jose State tonight at the Thomas & Mack. Tip is at 7:00 p.m.
Nobody ever told Dave Wojcik it would be easy to rebuild the San Jose State basketball program when he took the job before last season.
UNLV is falling from contender status as it prepares to host San Jose State at 7 p.m. today at the Thomas & Mack Center, where a struggle in the conference cellar does not figure to draw a captive audience.
UNLV used a 29-6 run over a 7:21 span in the first half to take a commanding 43-24 lead as the Lady Rebels defeated Dixie State 100-67 in the team’s lone exhibition game Monday at Cox Pavilion.
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