UNLV2001 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 DATE: Saturday, December 10 TIME: 1:30 p.m. SITE: MGM Grand Garden Arena (16,800), Las Vegas TV: FS1 (Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery) RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM (Jon Sandler, Curtis Terry, sidelines: Steve Cofield) AUDIO: UNLV Rebels App & UNLVRebels.com STATS: Live Stats at UNLV Rebels App & UNLVRebels.com UNLV leads the all-time series with Washington State in men’s basketball 1-0 with UNLV winning at home on December 17, 1973 58-47 UNLV is 62-64 all-time against teams that currently make up the Pac-12 Conference UNLV’s 9-0 start this season is its best since the 2010-11 The last time UNLV was 10-0 was when it won its first 34 games of the 1990-91 season With a perfect 9-0 mark on the season, UNLV is one of just 10 schools that remain undefeated in men’s basketball this season heading into Friday’s games Washington State (4-4) started the season with a win over Texas State (83-61) before losing to Mountain West-member Boise State (71-61). The Cougars then lost at Prairie View A&M (70-59, won at Eastern Washington (82-56) and defeated Detroit Mercy (96-54) before opening Pac-12 play with two losses: at Oregon (74-60) and at home to Utah in overtime (67-65). WSU is coming off a win over Northern Kentucky (68-47) on Wednesday night. WSU has four players averaging in double figures in scoring, led by TJ Bamba (16.3 ppg). Mouhamed Gueye is second in scoring (14.3 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (7.6 rpg). Justin Powell is the team’s assist leader (4.4 apg), while he is also in double figures in scoring (11.5 ppg) After nine contests, Gilbert leads UNLV in scoring with 14.4 ppg, while shooting 51.3% from the field and 60.0% on 3-pointers, in addition to averaging 3.8 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Harkless is scoring 14.0 ppg with 4.1 rebounds per game, and 2.9 apg and 1.2 spg. Rodriguez is also averaging double figures in scoring at 12.6 ppg and rebounding with 5.9 rpg, while leading the team in steals at 2.3 per game (31st in the nation). David Muoka is leading the team in rebounding and blocks with 6.7 rpg and 1.8 bpg UNLV has 14 points in the AP Poll, which is equivalent to being ranked 33rd, and five points in the Coaches’ (38th) So far this season, UNLV ranks No. 2 in the nation in turnovers forced per game at 21.4 and No. 2 in turnover margin at 7.9. The Runnin’ Rebels are No. 8 in steals per game at 11.1 The Runnin’ Rebels have held seven of their nine opponents this season to 63 points or less and are limiting their opponents to just 38% shooting Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in 1986-87, UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all 1,170 games played Since the program’s inception in 1958-59, the Runnin’ Rebels have posted an all-time record of 1,344-611 (.687) Overall Overall Individual Statistics # Player GP GS Minutes FG 3PT FT Scoring Rebounds PF AST TO STL BLK TOT AVG FGM FGA FG% 3PT 3PTA 3PT% FTM FTA FT% PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG 10 Gilbert, Keshon 9 9 246 27.3 40 78 .513 15 25 .600 35 43 .814 130 14.4 5 18 23 2.6 14 34 19 18 3 55 Harkless, EJ 9 9 241 26.8 41 104 .394 13 49 .265 31 43 .721 126 14.0 2 35 37 4.1 18 26 24 11 1 15 Rodriguez, Luis 9 9 249 27.7 43 91 .473 11 37 .297 16 20 .800 113 12.6 14 39 53 5.9 14 12 11 21 0 24 Johnson III, Jackie 9 0 134 14.9 29 75 .387 13 37 .351 14 17 .824 85 9.4 4 12 16 1.8 8 9 18 6 1 02 Webster, Justin 9 0 163 18.1 14 34 .412 11 23 .478 17 19 .895 56 6.2 3 18 21 2.3 5 10 8 7 0 12 Muoka, David 9 9 187 20.8 24 40 .600 0 0 .000 6 14 .429 54 6.0 26 34 60 6.7 16 2 5 9 16 14 Hall, Keyshawn 4 0 42 10.5 8 19 .421 3 5 .600 3 6 .500 22 5.5 2 8 10 2.5 5 4 2 1 1 01 Parquet, Elijah 9 9 227 25.2 20 44 .455 2 10 .200 7 15 .467 49 5.4 7 20 27 3.0 12 11 10 12 6 13 Cottrell, Isaiah 1 0 9 9.0 1 3 .333 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 5 5.0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 22 Jones, Karl 6 0 30 5.0 11 13 .846 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 22 3.7 8 6 14 2.3 4 1 3 1 5 05 McCabe, Jordan 8 0 104 13.0 8 19 .421 7 16 .438 4 6 .667 27 3.4 0 3 3 0.4 4 14 7 5 0 03 Nowell, Shane 3 0 31 10.3 3 14 .214 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 7 2.3 5 4 9 3.0 3 6 3 4 0 00 Iwuakor, Victor 9 0 125 13.9 6 10 .600 0 0 .000 5 12 .417 17 1.9 18 21 39 4.3 29 4 7 5 4 34 Burist, Cameron 2 0 9 4.5 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 2 1.0 0 3 3 1.5 0 1 0 0 1 31 Walters, Nick 2 0 3 1.5 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 1.0 0 1 1 0.5 0 1 1 0 0 Total 9 1800 200.0 250 549 .455 76 207 .367 141 203 .695 717 79.67 109 241 350 38.9 133 135 122 100 38 Opponents 1800 200.0 193 508 .380 79 252 .313 79 118 .669 544 60.44 97 220 317 35.2 179 116 193 69 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 UNLV is gonna be 10-0!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickdraw Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I sort of expect WS to play us similar to Hawaii. Put bigs down on the baseline then guards driving lanes to shoot or dump to bigs. Then the pass out to find an open 3pt shooter. So far so good. I like our defense and have confidence. It’s a toss up game at this point so GO REBELS! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Their post and Bamba are good players, but that’s about it. They’re offensively challenged so UNLV should easily win this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Rebs by 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ph90702 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 11:22 AM, UNLV2001 said: Johnson and McCabe are drags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/dec/10/unlv-basketball-looks-to-extend-win-streak-vs-wash/ UNLV basketball looks to extend win streak hosting Washington State UNLV may be 9-0, but McCabe said Saturday’s matchup against Pac-12 opponent Washington State is a chance for the Scarlet and Gray to make a statement. “We’re not going to shy away from the fact that it is a Power 5 school,” McCabe said. “We are in the Mountain West, so we understand that people respect us, but they still look at us like, ‘Are they a Power 5 conference?’ Well, then they say no, and we have to go out there time and time again and, over the body of work against Power 5 schools, we have to win more than we lose.” Washington State is top 50 nationally in 3-pointers made per game (8.9), and the Cougars shoot them at a 36.8% clip, so UNLV will have to respect their ability from beyond the arc. That presents a particular challenge for the Scarlet and Gray, as Kevin Kruger’s defensive scheme is based on “heavy help” defense — a strategy that can sometimes leave outside shooters open. Kruger said he doesn’t expect to make to many tweaks to the team’s base gameplan, and with good reason, as they currently rank No. 33 in KenPom’s adjusted defense metric. Instead, UNLV will play its usual swarming D and focus on disrupting the kick-out passes that lead to good 3-point looks. “They really thrive on creating 3-point looks for each other,” Kruger said. “That’ll be the challenge for us. We’re a strong help team, so we really try to discourage drives as much as possible. If we can make those passes off-time, off-target, so that they’re harder to shoot and the percentages take a dive, I think that’s when we’re at our best.” UNLV has used the same starting lineup in all nine games this season, which has allowed Kruger to settle into a fairly regular substitution pattern. One of the benefits of fixing the rotation so early has been consistent play from the team’s reserves. Sophomore guard Jackie Johnson is leading the bench with 9.4 points per game, but senior guards Justin Webster and McCabe have been pitching in lately, too. Webster has made 10 3-pointers over the last three games (10-of-12) while averaging 12.7 points, and McCabe was a team-best plus-18 in 14 minutes off the bench against Hawaii. “I think the last two games especially you’ve seen what can happen when we’ve got that second wave, another wave of guys coming in and putting pressure on the defense,” Kruger said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 This year’s UNLV team would have a winning record in the PAC-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ph90702 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Put UNLV in the PAC-12 and we return to national power status! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 McCabe is a smart man. He understands the perception game that's played in college bball. He's an influencer himself. He gets it. If they run a pac12 team out of the gym, they will open up some eyes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Game is on FS2 to start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 WSU nailing 3's - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I've watched wsu. As we are seeing now they can really shoot it. Not a gimme game at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwelish Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 WSU is hitting some shots but I still like the defense mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredHaygood Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 The size, length, and athleticism of WSU is a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
