The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men’s basketball team caught a beatdown on Tuesday night at the hands of the New Mexico Lobos. To make matters worse, the game took place on the Rebels’ home court at the Thomas & Mack Center. They went 0 – 2 on this crucial home stand against two of the top teams in the Mountain West Conference. New Mexico won this game by a lopsided score of 89 – 61. This was a brutal outcome for UNLV.
With this loss, the Rebels drop to 5 – 4 in Mountain West play and 10 – 10 overall. Any hope they had of winning the Mountain West regular-season title has vanished with these last two games. They are now three games back of first place in the standings. The Lobos moved to 8 – 2 in conference play with this win and 17 – 4 overall. That leaves them just 0.5 games behind the San Diego State Aztecs for first place in the Conference.
Following the loss to the Lobos, Rebels’ head coach Josh Pastner spoke about UNLV’s rough night…