Utah State to face UNLV in MW quarterfinals, looking for first win against Rebels this year | Sports
LAS VEGAS – Twice Utah State faced UNLV in the regular season. Twice the Aggies were defeated, accounting for two of the only five losses USU suffered in all of conference play en route to its Mountain West regular season title. Now, a third meeting is in place between Utah State and UNLV, set for Thursday at 1 p.m. MDT in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament. The Aggies got a bye to the quarterfinal round but UNLV had to advance by way of beating Wyoming. The Rebels nearly led the win get away from them, allowing the Cowboys to rally from down by as much as 16 and get back into the game. UNLV trailed by two points in the final 30 seconds, going back up on the strength of an and-one bucket and conversion from Kimani Hamilton who led UNLV with 23 points. Tyrin Jones then recorded his sixth block of the game to seal what became a 73-70 victory. The win is the first by UNLV in the conference tournament against a team other than Air Force since 2015. Rebels head coach Josh Pastner mentioned that fact unprompted in his post-game press conference. “The Mountain West
