LARAMIE, Wyo. — A shooting slump, an injury and streaks of inconsistency have shadowed UNLV’s Wink Adams through his senior season.
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A buzz spread through the small gym as Victor Rudd played with the basketball as if it was a yo-yo. Echoes bounced off the walls while he put on a big-time show.
The list was impeccably prepared, because it seems as if Brad Stirling doesn’t do anything in a lackluster manner when it comes to UNLV basketball. The names were neatly written down the side of one page, all those Rebels players from the 1960s.
In the reserve role he has learned to like and play well, senior guard Mareceo Rutledge provided the jump-start UNLV needed Saturday night.
The UNLV women’s basketball team shot 25.9 percent from the floor, and Colorado State made two second-half runs to coast to an 85-55 victory Saturday in a Mountain West Conference game in Fort Collins, Colo.
Some nights Oscar Bellfield plays like Oscar Robertson, making smart decisions and making his teammates look good.
If a UNLV game turns into a blowout, senior forward Rob Ketchum is waiting on the bench and hoping to get called in for mop-up duty.
With a quick leap from the baseline, UNLV guard Tre’Von Willis grabbed a rebound with his right hand and dunked.
We are left with an obvious question this morning: How in the world did UNLV’s basketball team lose to Texas Christian last month?
A nightmare of a week was continuing, and Wink Adams could not believe what he was seeing. He also was afraid of what he was about to hear.