Cold shooting and bad board game Cripples Nevada at 68-55 loss at UNLV

The Nevada Männerbasketball team of the Nevada fell on Saturday at UNLV on Saturday at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas at 68: 55, the first defeat of the Wolfs pack against the rebels since the 2022-23 season.

After slow starts from both side-to-6, a steady back and forth game with a Justin McBride Layup, which used the wolf package with 20-19 with 7:30 in the first half in the first half. Nevada then went over five minutes without a hit and allowed UNLV to open a lead, which finally swelled at a three -point game by Jaden Henley. Kobe Sanders would respond to Nevada and scored five quick points before the end of half to put the wolf package within eight.

A Xavier Dusell three with 15:52 shaved UNG lead over seven. Dusell is now three three from binding the brand of the mountain. But in the end, Nevada could not get closer to the route, using Dominant board game to punish the wolf package. The Runnin 'Rebels rounded off Nevada (48-27) and scored 19 points of the second chance of Nevada's four.

Sanders led the wolf package with 30 points on nine-of-23 shooting, followed by McBrides 12 points in six-von-10 shooting. The remaining players from Nevada only scored 13 points and combined to shoot five out of 26 from the field.

Nevada (16-13, 8-10) is now entering the last week of the regular season, with a home game on Tuesday against New Mexico before ending in the US state of San Diego on Saturday.

Look at the highlights below and listen to Steve Alford's complete postgame remarks here.