UNLV Falls Short to Utah
- UNLV
- Mens Basketball
- Utah Utes
Wednesday’s 66-61 setback at Utah was the Rebels’ third consecutive defeat since landing a resounding 88-74 victory over conference kingpin BYU at home less than two weeks ago. Plagued again by the same woes — coming out of the gates flat, spotty rebounding and inconsistent scoring — Lon Kruger’s club was again forced to fight from behind on the road.
And, again, an inability to get over the hump placed UNLV (19-7 overall, 7-5 Mountain West) on the losing end. It’s also hard to completely ignore the fact that it may have put the team firmly on the NCAA tournament bubble.
Carlon Brown, who led the Utes with 18 points and repeatedly hurt UNLV with his ability to explode with his first step, drive and finish at the rim, was asked if he thought the Rebels resembled a team ready to fight for a win they badly needed. In the grand scheme of things, the loss did nothing more for the Utes (12-13, 5-6) than give them bragging rights, having swept the season series from the Rebels in an up-and-down year for Jim Boylen’s club. Read the rest of this article at the Las Vegas Sun.