Rebels’ Dejean-Jones suspended for conduct detrimental to team

UNLV's Bryce Dejean-Jones, shown here shooting against Air Force on Jan. 4, will not make this weekend's trip to Reno. He has been suspended from the team through Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones has been suspended from the UNLV basketball team through Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team, coach Dave Rice announced Thursday in a news release issued by the school.

Dejean-Jones, the team’s leading scorer at 13.4 points per game, will not travel to Reno for the Rebels’ regular-season finale against UNR.

Rice also said junior forward Roscoe Smith, the team’s leading rebounder, will miss his second consecutive game while recovering from a concussion. Smith might be able to return to practice Monday.

Visibly upset after UNLV’s 73-64 loss to No. 10 San Diego State on Wednesday night, Dejean-Jones appeared to shove aside teammate Jelan Kendrick and walked off the court without shaking hands with the Aztecs. He was seen leaving the Thomas & Mack Center about 15 minutes after the game.

Dejean-Jones shot 1-for-7 from the field and scored seven points in 21 minutes. He has started 26 games for the Rebels (19-11, 10-7 Mountain West).

The UNLV-UNR winner will get the No. 3 seed in next week’s conference tournament at the Thomas & Mack.