San Diego State outscored the Rebels 12-2 in overtime and won 62-52 in a first-round conference tournament game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Breaking down the UNLV basketball game against San Diego State at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the first round of the Mountain West tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.
One conference tournament down, three to go.
Adam Hill and Betsy Helfand from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review Gonzaga’s win over Saint Mary’s at the WCC tournament and discuss the UNLV women’s win in the Mountain West quarterfinals over Utah State.
The Lady Rebels will meet Fresno State, a team they beat 54-38 last week, at 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
As crushing as it was to be down 21 at halftime, climb to within five with 9:47 remaining and then watch Gonzaga pull away, the Gaels won’t be denied a place in the NCAA bracket this time.
Nigel Williams-Goss had 22 points, six rebounds, six assists and six steals to lead No. 4-ranked Gonzaga to a 74-56 victory over No. 19 Saint Mary’s on Tuesday in the West Coast Conference tournament final.
Gonzaga downed St. Mary’s, 74-56, for its fifth straight West Coast Conference tournament championship on Tuesday night at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Gonzaga fans made their way to Las Vegas and took over the the Orleans Arena Tuesday night to see the No. 4 Bulldogs wrap-up their fifth straight West Coast Conference tournament championship.
Elin Gustavsson had 26 points and 12 rebounds to spark No. 1-seeded Colorado State to a 65-60 victory over No. 8 San Jose State in the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament.
UNLV will try to win four games in four days in the Mountain West tournament, something that has never happened. The Rebels open play at 4 p.m. Wednesday against San Diego State.
The action on the Mountain West and Pac-12 tournaments will pick up for the semifinals and finals. But there has been no rush to the betting windows to get down on the future odds to win each tournament.
Jill Barta scored 22 of her career-high 37 points in a dominating first half, and Gonzaga earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in three years by holding off Saint Mary’s 86-75 on Tuesday in the West Coast Conference final.
Gonzaga opened as a 6-point favorite over Saint Mary’s, but wiseguy action on the underdog has caused bookmakers to lower the line to 4½ for Monday’s West Coast Conference tournament title game.
Oregon, Arizona and UCLA, the top teams in the Pac-12 Conference, see an opportunity to be placed closer to home for the NCAA Tournament provided they win this week in Las Vegas.