The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men’s basketball team dropped their third consecutive game on Friday night. This one stings a little more because it was to their in-state rivals, the Nevada Wolf Pack. Nevada won the game convincingly by a score of 89 – 76.
With this loss, we can safely say that any hopes of the Rebels making a run at the Mountain West Conference regular season championship is dead. They have now dropped to sixth place in the Mountain West with a 5 – 5 conference record and below .500 overall at 10 – 11.
For the Wolf Pack, they improve to 8 – 3 in conference play and 16 – 6 overall. Following another disappointing loss, Rebels head coach Josh Pastner spoke about the game…