Breaking down UNLV’s game at San Diego State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
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.
San Diego State has played seven one-possession games in a row and won six of them. UNLV visits the Aztecs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
UNLV running back Charles Williams is coming off his best performance of the season. He rushed for 121 yards on 16 carries against his hometown Fresno State team in Saturday’s 48-3 home loss.
UNLV has watched UNR use transfers to become a Mountain West power and rise in the national rankings, but Rebels coach Marvin Menzies hasn’t wavered from the plan of building a winner his way.
UNR has its eyes on a run to a national championship, but the Wolf Pack will have to get through the Mountain West first. They will have their share of challengers.
Max Gilliam is expected to start at quarterback for UNLV when the Rebels visit San Diego State on Saturday. Armani Rogers is still working his way back from a toe injury, but could play.
Three takeaways from UNLV’s 48-3 loss to No. 20 Fresno State on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Fresno State never let UNLV’s offense get going in a 48-3 victory over the Rebels on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium. It was the Rebels’ sixth consecutive defeat.
UNLV senior Darren Palmer was named a finalist for the Armed Forces Merit Award. The Rebels also had some lineup changes in Saturday’s game against Fresno State at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Noah Robotham’s pass to a cutting Kris Clyburn for a layup with about a second left gave UNLV an 83-81 exhibition victory over Montana State-Billings on Friday night.
UNLV was a massive underdog to Fresno State last season, but won 26-16. The Rebels hopes to repeat history when the teams meet Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium.
A position-by-position breakdown of UNLV’s game against Fresno State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
UNLV plays Montana State-Billings at 7 p.m. Friday in an exhibition basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels have several questions that will need answers.
UNLV’s opponent Saturday, Fresno State, leads the Mountain West with allowing 13.5 points per game. The Bulldogs also have held their past 19 opponents to 30 points or fewer, tops in the nation.
UNLV quarterback Armani Rogers, who has missed the past month with a toe injury, was cleared to play, coach Tony Sanchez said Thursday.
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