Marvin Coleman and Jonah Antonio each made a 3-pointer to open overtime Saturday and put UNLV on the path to a 78-69 road victory over Wyoming.
Mark Anderson
Former Sports Reporter
It’s up to new head football coach Marcus Arroyo to excite the UNLV fan base, which is hungry for success.
UNLV plays at California on Tuesday night in the earliest true road game for the Rebels in 12 years. They play at UCLA on Friday.
T.J. Otzelberger is preparing for his first season as UNLV’s basketball coach. Here are the top five UNLV coaches by wins.
UNLV quarterback Kenyon Oblad will get his second start Saturday at Vanderbilt. He was a four-year starter at Liberty High, where he set the state record for passing yards.
Half of UNLV’s Mountain West basketball schedule will be televised by CBS Sports Network. An ESPN channel will air five conference games, and the other four will be on AT&T SportsNet.
Northwestern quarterback Hunter Johnson, a transfer from Clemson, had a rough start on Aug. 31 at Stanford.
UNLV defensive end Nate Neal received athletic genes from both sides of his family. His mother, Yvette McLeod, was an 11-time All-America track athlete at USC and nearly made the 1988 Olympics.
Wrapping up Thursday’s action at the Vegas Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
By going lower in the NBA draft than projected, Nassir Little landed with a Portland Trail Blazers team with enough talent to slowly bring him along.
The university is negotiating for a new shoe and apparel contract to replace the one with Nike that expires May 31. Nike had an exclusive negotiating window that ended April 1.
The 6-foot-11-inch sophomore forward started 22 games and averaged 6.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots last season for the Rebels.
The 6-foot-2-inch guard played for UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger the past two seasons at South Dakota State. He began a two-day official visit to UNLV on Saturday.
UNLV lost 66-55 to Fresno State on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. That ended the Lady Rebels’ season at 12-18.
UNLV returns its football coaching staff for the first since 2014 under Bobby Hauck, though there was a change made with the strength and conditioning coach. The last time the entire staff that included the strength coach returned was in 2001 under John Robinson.