UNLV sophomore forward Mbacke Diong proved to be a strong defensive player last season. Now he’s showing his ability on the offensive end, with his scoring average having risen from 2.1 points per game to 8.5.
Mark Anderson
Reporter: UNLV football and basketball
Email: manderson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2914
Mark Anderson has been at the Review-Journal since January 1999. He covered UNLV football for 17 seasons before moving to the men’s basketball beat in January 2016, and was president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2016. Anderson returned to the football beat in 2017 and still covers men’s basketball. Before coming to the R-J, he covered UNR football for five seasons at the Reno Gazette-Journal and was the high school sports reporter for the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat from 1988-94. He is a native of Tallahassee and a graduate of the University of Florida.
A position-by-position breakdown of the Las Vegas Bowl between No. 19 Fresno State and Arizona State at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Vic Viramontes, a three-star junior college linebacker who had some notable scholarship offers, tweeted Thursday he had committed to UNLV.
Don’t expect a tearful farewell from Arizona State fifth-year senior quarterback Manny Wilkins after Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium. He’s already been through that twice.
Fresno State’s defense allows only 13.7 points per game and has held opponents to 30 points or fewer in the past 24 games, the nation’s longest streak. The No. 19 Bulldogs play Arizona State on Saturday in the Las Vegas Bowl.
UNLV senior forward Shakur Juiston might miss Saturday’s game against Brigham Young because of an injured left knee, Rebels coach Marvin Menzies said Thursday.
Fresno State wide receiver KeeSean Johnson enters his final game as the program leader in receptions and receiving yards. The Bulldogs play Arizona State on Saturday in the Las Vegas Bowl.
When Junior Nogueira flew to Arizona in November 2013 to visit a friend, his intention was to spend some time there as well as in Las Vegas to watch the World Series of Team Roping at South Point and the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Junior college cornerback Aaron Lewis tweeted Sunday that he committed to UNLV.
Three takeaways from UNLV’s 77-74 loss to Illinois on Saturday at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.
UNLV almost rallied all the way down from 14 points Saturday, but a late steal preserved Illinois’ 77-74 victory at State Farm Center. Joel Ntambwe led the Rebels with 18 points.
Breaking down UNLV’s basketball game against Illinois at 11 a.m. Saturday at State Farm Center.
UNLV has been a good defensive and rebounding team. Now the Rebels hope both of them help them win at Illinois on Saturday in their first road game this season.
Guard Amauri Hardy originally committed to Oklahoma State, but found a new home in UNLV when coach Brad Underwood left for Illinois. The Rebels visit the Illini at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Leif Fautanu, a center from Honolulu, tweeted Sunday that he had committed to play football at UNLV.
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