By her high standards, Jamie Smith had a rough first semester at UNLV.
UNLV Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With another shot to be the hero for UNLV, freshman Oscar Bellfield made a determined drive down the right side of the lane and elevated toward the basket.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A scratch on the bridge of Rene Rougeau’s nose shows evidence of rough play. He was hit while battling for a rebound, he said, and it’s no big deal. Rougeau and his UNLV teammates get a chance to bully Colorado State at 6 p.m. today at Moby Arena.
Freshman point guard Oscar Bellfield has been developing into a smooth operator of UNLV’s offense. But he was not running anything during Monday’s practice.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Christian junior Zvonko Buljan is new to the Mountain West Conference, so he took advantage of an opportunity to introduce himself Saturday.
Trailing by 18 points late in the first half Saturday, UNLV’s only apparent hope was to keep the final outcome from getting out of hand.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Every time he returns to his home state, Wink Adams makes sure UNLV takes care of business.
More than a few problems plagued Kendall Wallace during his freshman season at UNLV.
Attention to detail is one of UNLV coach Lon Kruger’s strengths. During practices, rarely does a minute go by without Kruger stepping in to make a teaching point.
The UNLV women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a barrage of first-half 3-pointers from New Mexico, losing to the Lobos 75-49 Wednesday in Albuquerque, N.M., in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.
It was early in the season, and UNLV women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier was fretting that her team’s progress was occurring not by leaps, but mere baby steps.
After another dramatic finish at the buzzer, UNLV sophomore guard Tre’Von Willis was not in a celebratory mood.
You place an X on the positive side of the ledger and move on. Watch the tape, break down all the mistakes, try to learn from them, take another deep breath and begin preparing for the next game. There’s not much else to do after such an escape.
Wink Adams had plenty of tough shooting nights this season before he strained his lower abdominal muscle. So the UNLV senior guard couldn’t use his injury as an excuse.
The Fresno State women’s basketball team held UNLV to five first-half field goals en route to a 65-42 victory Friday night at Cox Pavilion.
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