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By Mike Grimala 3/21 8:52pm

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Run As Done: UNLV Upset by Cal

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the back of our minds, we all supposed it would end this way — with a long string of missed jumpers and too many empty offensive possessions. But not many believed the end would come so quickly. Haunted all season by offensive inconsistency, UNLV went ice cold at the Read More
By Mike Grimala 3/15 7:08pm

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Freshmen Lead UNLV Past CSU

Experience? Who needs it. Certainly not the Runnin’ Rebels of UNLV, who rode hot streaks from a pair of precocious freshmen to a 75-65 win over Colorado State on Friday night. The win propelled UNLV to the Mountain West tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon, where they’ll take on regular-season champ New Mexico. There Read More
By Mike Grimala 3/13 10:46am

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Open Fire: Rebels Cruise Past Air Force

The Rebels couldn’t have responded much better to their first taste of the postseason, as the team’s key contributors brought their A-game and helped UNLV bury Air Force, 72-56, in the first round of the Mountain West tournament at Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday afternoon. Anthony Bennett’s first postseason game seemed to be Read More
By Mike Grimala 3/02 12:59pm

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Moser’s Hot Hand Leads UNLV

The Rebels won’t play away from the Thomas and Mack Center again for another three weeks, but after routing Nevada-Reno 80-63 on Saturday, they probably wouldn’t mind another road trip. All five UNLV starters scored in double figures, led by Mike Moser’s 20 points (all in the first half), and the Rebels never led Read More
By Mike Grimala 2/23 3:13pm

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UNLV Makes Major Statement

The good news started for UNLV about an hour before game time, when word started to leak out that Leonard Washington wouldn’t be playing in Saturday’s matinee at Wyoming. Without their leading scorer and rebounder, the Cowboys were no match for a focused UNLV team that finally hit on all cylinders on the road. The Read More
By Mike Grimala 2/20 7:02pm

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Marshall Beats Buzzer, Colorado State

In the final 1:23 of Wednesday’s contest against Colorado State, Anthony Marshall missed two big shots that could have cost the Rebels the game. But no one has more faith in the senior point guard than head coach Dave Rice, and on the final possession, with the game tied, Rice called Marshall’s number and Read More