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1 andy grossman - director of media relations - unlv sports information 4505 Maryland Parkway - Las Vegas - NV O: F: C: andy.grossman@unlv.edu SCHEDULE/RESULTS Record: Home: MWC: Away: vs. Top 25: Neutral: DATE OPPONENT W/L TIME TV 11/11 WASHBURN % W, /15 SAN DIEGO W, MTN. 11/18 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN ^ W, /20 NORTHERN ARIZONA W, /22 NORTH CAROLINA A&T ^ W, /24 at UTEP W, CBS C 11/28 CALIFORNIA ^ L, /29 CINCINNATI ^ L, /3 at Fresno State W, LV One 12/6 at Nevada, Reno W, /14 vs. Western Michigan # W, KLAS 12/17 SANTA CLARA W, MTN. 12/20 ARIZONA W, VERSUS 12/23 SOUTHERN UTAH W, MTN. 12/31 at No. 18 Louisville W, ESPN2 1/3 NEW MEXICO * W, MTN. 1/10 at TCU * L, Mtn. 1/14 at Colorado State * L, /17 WYOMING * W, MTN. 1/21 at BYU * W, CBS C 1/24 UTAH * W, VERSUS 1/31 at Air Force * W, VERSUS 2/3 SAN DIEGO STATE * 7:30 PM MTN. 2/7 at New Mexico * 5:00 PM CBS C 2/10 TCU * 7:00 PM MTN. 2/14 COLORADO STATE * 7:00 PM 2/18 at Wyoming * 7:00 PM Mtn. 2/21 BYU * 8:00 PM CBS C 2/25 at Utah * 7:00 PM Mtn. 3/4 AIR FORCE * 7:00 PM CBS C 3/7 at San Diego State * 7:00 PM CBS C 3/11-14 MWC Tournament! TBD TBA KEY Home games in BOLD CAPS % - Exhibition game ^ Global Sports Classic All times Pacific # - at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas * - MWC games! - Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas Mtn. - Mountain West Sports Network CBS C - CBS College Sports QUICK FACTS Location:... Las Vegas, NV Founded: Enrollment:... 28,000 Nickname:... Runnin Rebels Colors:... Scarlet & Gray President:... Dr. David B. Ashley Dir. of Athletics:... Mike Hamrick Conference:.... Mountain West Arena:... Thomas & Mack Center Capacity:... 18,500 Record in Arena: (.836)/26th season All-Time Record:.... 1, (.714)/51st season All-Time vs. MWC: (.664) Head Coach:... Lon Kruger UNLV Record: (.701)/5th season Career Record: (.604)/23rd season UNLV s Record: /12-4 MWC (2nd) 2008 Postseason:... NCAA Tournament - Second Round Monday, February 2, 2009 UNLV back home to host san diego state tuesday san diego st. (15-5, 5-2 MOUNTAIN WEST) at unlv (17-4, 5-2 MOUNTAIN WEST) DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 TIME: 7:30 p.m. SITE: Tarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center (18,500), Las Vegas TV: The Mtn. (Tim Neverett, Dave Bollwinkel) RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM, Las Vegas (Jon Sandler, Glen Gondrezick) ONLINE: Audio broadcast and Gametracker at UNLVRebels.com The UNLV men's basketball team, which is in a three-way tie for first place in the Mountain West Conference, has won four straight games and 12 of its last 14. The Runnin' Rebels are coming off a win on Saturday at Air Force and will now return home to the Thomas & Mack Center to host San Diego State on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The game against the Aztecs, who are also tied for first in the league, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on the Mtn., while the radio broadcast will be available on ESPN Radio 1100 AM in Las Vegas and worldwide through the All-Access feature at UNLVRebels.com. It will also be "Greg Maddux Night," with the legendary major league baseball pitcher and Las Vegan being honored at halftime. THE UNLV RUNNIN' REBELS The Runnin' Rebels have won four straight games, 12 of their last 14 and are in a three-way tie for first place in the MWC... UNLV is coming off a road win over Air Force on Saturday... a week earlier, UNLV turned in a home win over Utah on Jan. 24, which followed a win at BYU on Jan the win at BYU snapped the Cougars' 25-game MWC home win streak and is only BYU's second loss at home overall in its last 59 games... prior to that, UNLV defeated Wyoming, 83-66, on Jan prior to the current four-game win streak, UNLV suffered back-to-back road losses (80-73 at TCU on Jan. 10 and at Colorado State on Jan. 14)... prior to the TCU game, UNLV had won eight straight games... the eight-game win streak was UNLV's longest since winning nine straight during the season... UNLV opened MWC play on Jan. 3 with a home win over New Mexico and prior to that, UNLV recorded a win at No. 18 Louisville on Dec UNLV was off to a 5-0 start to the season for the first time since , but lost two straight home games (to California and Cincinnati on Nov ) to fall to UNLV snapped its two-game losing streak with a road win at Fresno State on Dec. 3, which began its eight-game win streak... the Runnin' Rebels are 17-4 overall, 10-2 at home (with six straight wins at the Thomas & Mack Center), 6-2 in road games and 1-0 on a neutral court this season senior guard Wink Adams leads the team in scoring with 13.8 ppg, while 6-4 sophomore guard Tre'Von Willis (11.2) and 6-6 senior guard René Rougeau (10.5) are the other Runnin' Rebels averaging double figures in scoring... Rougeau leads the team in rebounding with 7.0 rpg, while Willis leads the team in assists (3.4 per game), 6-2 freshman guard Oscar Bellfield is second (3.3), while Adams is third (3.1)... Rougeau leads the team in steals with 1.5 per game, while Adams is second (1.4)... Rougeau is also the team's blocks leader with 1.9 per contest... Rougeau is second in the MWC in blocks, third in steals, fourth in rebounding and fourth in field-goal percentage, while Adams is fourth in steals and 12th in scoring senior forward Joe Darger is third in the conference in 3-point field goals made per game with UNLV head coach Lon Kruger is in his fifth season with the Rebels... the MWC and

2 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Feb. 2, 2009 Rank Team Record Pts Prev. 1 Connecticut (64) Oklahoma (5) North Carolina (3) Duke Louisville Pittsburgh Wake Forest Marquette Xavier Clemson Butler Purdue Michigan State Memphis UCLA Texas Villanova Gonzaga Minnesota Syracuse Kansas Washington Illinois Arizona State Utah State OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Dayton(20-2) 95; Davidson(18-3) 85; Missouri(18-4) 39; Penn State(17-5) 37; LSU(17-4) 36; South Carolina(16-4) 33; West Virginia(15-6) 33; UNLV(17-4) 29; Florida(18-4) 24; Providence(14-7) 14; Southern California(15-6) 8; Notre Dame(12-8) 7; Siena(17-5) 4; Kansas State(14-7) 4; Ohio State(15-5) 3; Northeastern(15-6) 3; Kentucky(16-6) 2; Arizona(14-8) 2; Florida State(16-5) 1; Northern Iowa(16-6) 1; VMI(17-3) 1 ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES POLL Feb. 2, 2009 Rank Team Record Pts Prev. 1 Connecticut (28) Oklahoma (3) Duke North Carolina Pittsburgh Wake Forest Louisville Marquette Xavier Clemson Butler UCLA Purdue Michigan State Memphis Villanova Texas Gonzaga Minnesota Syracuse Illinois Utah State Arizona State Kansas Washington OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Dayton(20-2) 69; Missouri(18-4) 30; Davidson(18-3) 27; UNLV(17-4) 19; St. Mary's(18-3) 18; Southern California(15-6) 15; Penn State(17-5) 13; LSU(17-4) 10; South Carolina(16-4) 8; Florida(18-4) 6; West Virginia(15-6) 5; Notre Dame(12-8) 4; Georgetown(12-8) 3; Baylor(15-6) 3; Kentucky(16-6) 3; Utah(14-7) 2; Brigham Young(16-5) 2; Boston College(17-6) 1 USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year is (.701) at UNLV... he won his 100th game as head coach of the Runnin' Rebels on Dec the Runnin' Rebels were ranked in numerous preseason top-25 polls by a variety of publications and were 26th in the preseason edition of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll and 27th in the Associated Press' preseason rankings... the Runnin' Rebels were picked to win the regular season Mountain West Conference title by the media... UNLV lost just two players off last year's squad (Corey Bailey and Curtis Terry) that finished the season with an overall record of 27-8 and lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the NCAA Tournament's second round, marking the Runnin' Rebels' second straight NCAA Tournament appearance (the team advanced to the 2007 Sweet 16)... the team also won its second consecutive MWC Tournament championship in March... the Runnin' Rebels return four players from last year's team who are seniors this year: Adams, Darger, Rougeau and Mareceo Rutledge... Adams was selected as the Preseason Co-Player of the Year at MWC Media Day in October... UNLV is (.796) since the start of the season... its 74 wins during that span (through Sunday, Feb. 1) ranks eighth in the country among teams that have played in each of the last two NCAA Tournaments and is the second-most victories over the last two years among teams in the West, only behind UCLA... UNLV had a 19-game home win streak snapped against California on Nov prior to the loss it was tied for the seventh-longest active streak in the country... UNLV is 48-5 at home since the start of the season and has won 27 straight games against MWC opponents at the Thomas & Mack Center... UNLV returns six letterwinners from last year's team, including three starters. Junior forward Matt Shaw would have been the seventh returning letterwinner, but he had knee surgery in the summer and will use his redshirt year this season... UNLV has seven newcomers this year. the san diego state aztecs San Diego State is also tied for first in the MWC... the Aztecs have won their last two games - Jan. 28 at home against TCU (67-50) and at Colorado State on Saturday (78-59)... prior to those games, San Diego State lost at BYU (77-71) on Jan. 24 after defeating New Mexico (81-76) at home on Jan SDSU has won three of its last four overall, but has gone 1-2 in its last three road games... San Diego State is 15-5 overall, 9-1 at home, 3-3 on the road and 3-1 in neutral-court games this season... the Aztecs are led in scoring by 6-5 senior forward Kyle Spain, who averages 14.6 ppg senior forward Lorrenzo Wade is the only other SDSU player in double figures in scoring (14.1), but he has only played in 11 games this season... Spain and 6-7 freshman forward Tim Shelton lead the team in rebounding, each with 5.1 rpg, while 5-10 senior guard Richie Williams leads the team in assists (4.0) and steals (2.3)... San Diego State returns eight letterwinners, including all five starters from its team that finished the year with a overall record and a fourth-place MWC finish with a 9-7 conference mark... San Diego State played in the NIT last year, falling in the first round at Florida... head coach Steve Fisher is in his 10th year as head coach at San Diego State with a record of (.546) and is in his 18th year overall as a collegiate head coach with a career mark of (.615). series history This will mark the 44th meeting between UNLV and San Diego State... UNLV leads the all-time series UNLV won the last meeting, 68-58, which was in Las Vegas on Feb. 26, UNLV swept the season series last year, also winning in San Diego, 72-69, on Jan. 26, UNLV has won three of the last four meetings with the Aztecs, including two straight at the Thomas & Mack Center... UNLV is 18-4 all-time against San Diego State at home and is 12-3 against the Aztecs at the Thomas & Mack Center... the Runnin' Rebels are all-time against teams that currently make up the Mountain West Conference and are the only conference team with an all-time winning record (over.500) against each of the other eight teams in the league (Air Force 20-8, BYU 15-13, Colorado State 28-8, New Mexico 24-13, San Diego State 31-12, TCU 11-2, Utah Wyoming 24-13). last year's unlv vs. san diego state games At UNLV - Feb. 26, Wink Adams scored a game-high 23 points as UNLV defeated San Diego State on Feb. 26, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center... UNLV (21-6, 10-3 MWC) remained in second place, one game behind BYU with three regular-season games to go... Adams scored 20 or more for the fifth time in his past eight games, as he was 8-for-19 from the field... Joe Darger hit two key 3-pointers to help hold off the Aztecs (18-10, 8-6)... his 3-pointer stretched UNLV's lead to with six minutes left and after a steal and a layup by UNLV's René Rougeau and a jumper by SDSU's Lorrenzo Wade, Darger made another 3 to make it with 5:33 left... Darger finished with 13 points, 11 in the second half... UNLV trailed at halftime after making just 1-of-9 from 3-point range... the Runnin' Rebels shot 4-of-10 from 3-point range in the second half... Wade finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists... UNLV opened the second half with an 11-2 run as Darger scored five points and Curtis Terry scored four... Rougeau made a short jumper and Adams stole the inbounds pass and scored on a layup to put the Rebels up with 10 minutes to play... Adams scored 12 points in the first half, including eight straight for UNLV at one point... Rougeau scored six points in each half and finished with nine rebounds. At San Diego State - Jan. 26, Curtis Terry rolled off a screen and made the game-winning 3-pointer with 26 seconds remaining that broke a tie and gave UNLV a win at San Diego State on Jan. 26, UNLV improved to 15-4 on the season, which tied last the season's start after 19 games... the Runnin' Rebels climbed into a first-place tie in the Mountain West Conference with BYU at San Diego State (14-6, 4-2) had a chance to tie, but Kyle Spain's 3-point attempt missed with four left and Marcus Lawrence grabbed the rebound for the Rebels... Spain made two free throws to tie the game at 69 with 38 seconds left... San Diego State's Richie Williams was off on a 3-point attempt to tie and fouled Terry on the rebound with 11 seconds to go, but Terry missed the free throw, allowing the Aztecs one more shot... Terry was 3-for-7 from 3-point range and finished with 10 points... Joe Darger led the Rebels and had game-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds for his first career doubledouble... Corey Bailey made all six of his shots, including two 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 15 points... Bailey was the primary defender on Lorrenzo Wade, who entered the game as the Aztecs'

3 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Standings Thru Mon., Feb 2 MWC Games All Games W L Pct. W L Pct. UNLV San Diego State Utah BYU TCU New Mexico Wyoming Colorado State Air Force UNLV s Record When It... plays at home plays on the road plays at a neutral site plays a conference game plays a home conference game plays a road conference game plays during the morning plays during the afternoon plays at night plays vs. a Big East Conference team plays vs. a Big Sky Conference team plays vs. a Conference USA team plays vs. an Independent team plays vs. a Mid-American Conference team plays vs. a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team plays vs. a Pacific-10 Conference team plays vs. a Summit League team plays vs. a West Coast Conference team plays vs. a Western Athletic Conference team leads at halftime trails at halftime is tied at halftime is in an overtime game shoots a higher FG% than opponent shoots a lower FG% than opponent shoots the same FG% as opponent takes more shots than opponent takes less shots than opponent takes the same number of shots as opponent shoots 50% or better from field shoots less than 50% from field shoots a higher 3pt% than opponent shoots a lower 3pt% than opponent shoots the same 3pt% as opponent takes more 3pters than opponent takes less 3pters than opponent takes the same number of 3pters as opponent shoots a higher FT% than opponent shoots a lower FT% than opponent shoots the same FT% as opponent takes more FT than opponent takes less FT than opponent takes the same number of FT as opponent has more rebounds than opponent has less rebounds than opponent has the same number of rebounds as opponent has more assists than opponent has less assists than opponent has the same number of assists as opponent has more turnovers than opponent has less turnovers than opponent has the same number of turnovers as opponent has more fouls than opponent has less fouls than opponent has the same number of fouls as opponent has more blocks than opponent has less blocks than opponent has the same number of blocks as opponent has more steals than opponent has less steals than opponent has the same number of steals as opponent scores 100 or more points scores points scores points scores points scores points scores 59 or fewer points allows 100 or more points allows points allows points allows points allows points allows 59 or fewer points has a game decided by 1 point has a game decided by 2 or 3 points has a game decided by 4-9 points has a game decided by points has a game decided by points has a game decided by 30 or more points leading scorer with 15.4 ppg, but was held to just eight points... UNLV was 25-of-50 from the field and 10-for-21 on 3-pointers... Wink Adams finished with 13 points and and a team-high six assists, while René Rougeau had eight points, five rebounds and career-highs of four assists and four blocks... Matt Shaw came off the bench and added seven points and six rebounds... Ryan Amoroso led SDSU with 15 points, while Spain scored 13 and Billy White added Amoroso's basket at the 2:38 mark pulled SDSU within one point at 64-63, but Terry answered with a long 3-pointer 10 seconds later... White tied the score at with 1:55 left... UNLV had a halftime lead and stretched it to early in the second half. up next After hosting San Diego State on Tuesday, UNLV will head back out on the road and will play at New Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 7. The 6 p.m. MST/5 p.m. PST game will be televised on CBS College Sports. home game information Feb. 3 against San Diego State will be Greg Maddux Night at the Thomas & Mack Center. Maddux - a longtime UNLV Runnin Rebel fan and season-ticket holder - is considered by many to be the greatest Major League Baseball pitcher of his generation. The evening s celebration will feature a halftime presentation honoring the future Hall of Famer, who announced his retirement from baseball in December Balcony endzone tickets start at just $10 for all remaining home games except BYU. Rebel Fun Packs are available and include four balcony tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for just $50 - just $12.50 per person (savings of $30). Rebel Fun Packs are available to each remaining home game except BYU. Group tickets are available for $9, $8 and $7. For group ticket information, please call KRUGER ERA - YEAR FIVE Head Coach Lon Kruger is in his fifth season with the Runnin Rebels. He has compiled an overall record of (.701). Since the beginning of the season, Kruger has led his UNLV squad to a mark (.796) and two straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament (including wins each year). The team's run to the 2007 Sweet 16 was UNLV s first NCAA Tournament appearance under Kruger, who won the MWC's and USBWA District VIII's Coach of the Year awards. The 2008 NCAA Tournament marked the second consecutive appearance for UNLV for the first time since 1990 and UNLV's overall record was 27-8 in , the team was 30-7 in , in and in his first season at UNLV ( ). His first team was invited to the National Invitation Tournament where it advanced to the second round. Kruger came to UNLV after a four-year stint in the NBA where he was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks ( ) and was an assistant with the New York Knicks ( ). Prior to making the jump from the college ranks to the NBA, Kruger spent 18 seasons as a head coach at Pan American ( ), Kansas State ( ), Florida ( ) and Illinois ( ). With 's 30 wins at UNLV and 's 27 victories, Kruger has led all five of the college programs he has coached to 20-win seasons. With last year's team's 27 wins, Kruger has led UNLV to back-to-back seasons with at least 22 wins for the first time since and and to back-to-back 27-win seasons for the first time since and In 2007, he also became just the fifth coach in NCAA history to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament and is one of just three coaches in NCAA history to win an NCAA Tournament game with four different schools. Additionally, Kruger is one of just four coaches to lead three different schools to Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The 2008 NCAA Tournament appearance made Kruger one of just two head coaches in college basketball history to lead at least four different schools to multiple NCAA appearances. Kruger has led his teams to the postseason on 14 different occasions, with 11 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and three in the NIT. He has compiled nine 20+ victory seasons, was a two-time SEC Coach of the Year (1992 and 1994) and led his Florida squad to the NCAA Final Four. He is in his 23rd season overall as a collegiate head coach and he has a career record of (.604). 27 straight wins at home over mwc opponents Including postseason competition, UNLV has won 27 straight games against MWC opponents at the Thomas & Mack Center (dating back to the season). The streak includes 21 consecutive wins against league foes in regular-season action and six straight MWC Tournament victories. unlv in mwc play over the last three years With its 12-4 MWC records in and , along with this year's 5-2 league mark, UNLV is in conference play the last three years and over the last four seasons. The Runnin' Rebels finished second in the conference in both and , which are their highest league finishes since tying for first in unbeaten at home in mwc play last three years UNLV has finished each of the last two seasons undefeated at home in MWC play (8-0) and is 3-0 at the Thomas & Mack Center this season in league action. The last time before the season that UNLV turned in consecutive seasons where it did not lose a home conference game was (9-0) and (9-0). BIG CROWD attends "pack the mack" night UNLV's win over Wyoming on Jan. 17, was "Pack The Mack" Night at the Thomas & Mack Center with all balcony tickets selling for just $7. The announced crowd of 17,190 was the largest since 18,069 were in attendance for Senior Day during the season against Colorado State.

4 UNLV In The MWC Statistics Thru Mon., Feb. 2 Team All Games MWC Games Category Rank Stat. Rank Stat. Scoring Off th th Scoring Def.... 4th nd Scoring Mar.... 4th th FT Pct.... 8th th FG Pct.... 8th th FG Pct. Def.... 5th th FG Pct.... 8th th FG Pct. Def.... 7th th Reb. Off.... 5th rd Reb. Def.... 8th th Reb. Mar.... 9th rd Blocks.... 3rd th Assists... 3rd rd Steals... 3rd rd TO Mar st nd Ast/TO Rat nd nd Off. Reb.... 3rd nd Def. Reb.... 5th th FG Made... 1st st Individual * All Games MWC Games Category Player Rank Stat. Rank Stat. Scoring... Adams... 12th T12th Willis... 19th th Darger th Reb.... Rougeau... 4th T12th Darger th th Willis T20th. 4.3 FG Pct.... Rougeau... 4th nd Assists... Willis... T9th st Adams th FT Pct Steals... Rougeau... 3rd T4th Adams... 4th Bellfield T8th FG Pct.... Darger.... 6th th Wallace st FG Made. Darger.... 3rd nd Wallace T5th Blocks.... Rougeau... 2nd T6th Santee... T9th T6th Ast/TO Rat.. Bellfield... 5th Adams... 9th th Willis st Off. Reb... Rougeau... 1st T10th Darger T2nd Def. Reb... Rougeau... 7th Darger T7th Min. Played * Must appear in at least 75% of team s games to be ranked UNLV In The NCAA Statistics Thru Sun., Feb. 1 Team Category Rank Stat. Turnover Margin 19th 3.9 Turnovers Per Game 22nd 12.0 Assist Turnover Ratio 30th Point FG Per Game 36th 7.9 Personal Fouls Per Game 60th 16.8 Scoring Margin 65th 7.7 Scoring Defense 75th 63.4 Assists Per Game 87th 14.5 Blocks Per Game 91st 4.0 Individual Category Player Rank Stat. Blocks Per Game Rougeau 61st Point FG Pct. Darger 69th Point FG Per Game Darger 87th 2.5 unlv's average home crowd best since Over 12 home games this season, UNLV has averaged a crowd of 13,154. If that average holds up through the end of the season, it will be UNLV's best home average attendance since the season when the Runnin' Rebels averaged 13,347 fans per home game. rebels match 21-game start of last two years UNLV is 17-4 so far this season, which matches its 21-game starts of each of the last two years. UNLV finished the season with a 30-7 overall record and was 27-8 in The last time UNLV started a season 18-4 was in when the Runnin' Rebels started the season 19-4 before losing their fifth game. KRUGER coached 700TH CAREER college GAME UNLV head coach Lon Kruger coached his 700th game as a collegiate head coach on Jan. 10 at TCU. Kruger has a 23-year career record of adams missed first game of his career at l'ville UNLV senior guard Wink Adams, who leads the Runnin' Rebels in scoring this season, strained his lower abdominal muscle in the first half of the Dec. 23 game against Southern Utah. He had yet to score a point in the game, marking his first scoreless contest in his 115-game UNLV career to that point. Adams did not play at Louisville on Dec. 31, which marked the first collegiate game that Adams did not play in. He saw limited action against New Mexico on Jan. 3 coming off the bench and played 18 minutes. He did not score against the Lobos, so UNLV was without any points from Adams over a three-game stretch. He returned to the starting lineup on Jan. 10 at TCU and has been in the starting lineup ever since. runnin' rebels turn in perfect december UNLV was perfect in the month of December, recording 7-0 mark, including wins against Arizona and at No. 18 Louisville. UNLV's last perfect month of December occurred during the season when the Runnin' Rebels went 9-0. eight-game win streak snapped UNLV had a season-high eight-game win streak snapped with its loss at TCU on Jan. 10. The eight-game streak was the Runnin' Rebels' longest since winning nine straight during the season. That season's nine-game win streak was snapped with a NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 loss to Oregon. UNLV also had a 10-game win streak earlier that season. UNLV is on a current streak of four straight wins and has won 12 of its last 14 games. balanced efforts In seven of UNLV's 21 games this season, four Runnin' Rebels have scored in double figures. Those games were against Northern Arizona, at UTEP, at Fresno State, Santa Clara, Southern Utah, at TCU and against Wyoming. willis' assist-to-turnover ratio during streak During UNLV's current four-game win streak, Tre'Von Willis has recorded 25 assists, while committing just two turnovers. That's an assist-to-turnover ratio of 12.5-to-1. unlv was 5-0 for first time in nine seasons Prior to the games against California and Cincinnati (both losses), UNLV started the season 5-0 for the first time since , when Bill Bayno was the head coach. That team finished the season 23-8, tied for the regular season MWC title and won the MWC Tournament. Before the loss at TCU on Jan. 10, UNLV was 13-2, which was the program's best 15-game start since recording a 13-2 record to start the season. The Runnin' Rebels were 14-2 that year before dropping their third game and went on to a 30-7 overall mark that season. UNLV is currently 17-4 overall. Last season, UNLV was 17-4 before losing its fifth game of the year and in , the team was 19-4 before dropping its fifth game. rebels suffer first losses of the season on road With UNLV's Dec. 31 win at No. 18 Louisville, UNLV started the season a perfect 4-0 in road games and 5-0 away from the Thomas & Mack Center when you count the Dec. 14 neutral-site game at the Orleans Arena vs. Western Michigan. The last time UNLV started a season with four straight road wins was in when the Runnin' Rebels won their first 34 games of the season before losing to Duke in the Final Four. UNLV was a perfect 12-0 in road games that season. This season, UNLV lost at TCU on Jan. 10 and at Colorado State on Jan. 14, which dropped UNLV to 4-2 in road games. The wins at BYU on Jan. 21 and at Air Force on Jan. 31 moved UNLV to 6-2 in true road games this season. kruger reaches 100 wins at unlv With his squad's victory over Santa Clara on Dec. 17, UNLV head coach Lon Kruger became just the second coach in program history to win at least 100 career games. Kruger is in his fifth season leading the Runnin' Rebels and he has a record of at UNLV. Kruger is No. 2 at UNLV in all-time coaching victories. On Dec. 3 with the win at Fresno State, Kruger passed Rolland Todd ( ) on the list. Todd was in five seasons. Jerry Tarkanian is No. 1 with 509 wins. 1,500th game UNLV's game at UNR on Dec. 6 marked the program's 1,500th game. UNLV is in its 51st season as a program and has an all-time record of 1,

5 hamga granted release UNLV head men's basketball coach Lon Kruger announced Dec. 12 that freshman center Beas Hamga requested and was granted his release from the Runnin' Rebel program. Hamga, who joined the team in the fall of 2007, sat out the season after the NCAA granted him qualifier status with a restriction. The season became his redshirt year and as a freshman this season, Hamga appeared in five of UNLV's nine games before his departure. He averaged 5.2 minutes played per game, scored five points on the year and tallied four rebounds and two blocked shots. "We wish Beas the best," Kruger said. "His attitude and work ethic have been outstanding and because of that, we think he will develop into a very good player." Hamga, who is originally from Douala, Cameroon, came to UNLV from Decatur (Ill.) Christian School. willis earns mwc co-player of the week award UNLV sophomore Tre'Von Willis was named the Mountain West Conference Co-Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Jan. 26, marking his first career honor and the second for a UNLV player this season. Willis shared the week's award with Wyoming's Tyson Johnson. Willis led the Runnin' Rebels to conference wins at BYU (76-70) and at home vs. Utah (75-65), on Jan. 21 and 24, respectively. At BYU, Willis scored 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. He also grabbed five rebounds and had three assists with just one turnover in 34 minutes of action. The win snapped the Cougars' 25-game home conference win streak and was just the second win for a visiting team at the Marriott Center in BYU's last 58 games. In UNLV's win over Utah, which was its third straight win on the season and 27th straight victory at home over MWC opponents, Willis scored a career- and game-high 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. He also dished out a career-best tying six assists against only one turnover and recorded a career-high three steals in 34 minutes. Willis scored seven points during a decisive 23-9 run, including a jumper that gave UNLV a lead with 12 minutes remaining in the game. On the week, Willis averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 52.0 percent from the field (13-of-25), 80.0 percent from 3-point range (4-of-5) and made 5-of-7 free throws (71.4 percent). rougeau earns first mwc player of week award UNLV senior René Rougeau was named the Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Dec. 8. Rougeau led the Runnin' Rebels to back-to-back non-conference road wins at Fresno State (82-76) and Nevada, Reno (64-57) on Dec. 3 and 6, respectively. He led UNLV in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and field-goal percentage on the week with averages of 15.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting 56.0 percent (14-for-25) from the field. At Fresno State, Rougeau was 6-for-9 from the floor in scoring 12 points, while adding six rebounds, two blocks, one steal and one assist in just 27 minutes of action. Against UNR, he scored a career-high tying 19 points and grabbed a career-best and game-high 13 rebounds. He shot 8-for-16 from the field in recording UNLV's first double-double of the season. He also had two steals, two assists and made all three of his free throw attempts in 36 minutes of play to help UNLV to its third straight win over UNR. The MWC Player of the Week award was also the first for a UNLV player this season. ROUGEAU WALKS UNLV senior René Rougeau walked in winter commencement ceremonies at the Thomas & Mack Center on Dec. 16. Rougeau, who redshirted in , earned his degree in his fifth year with the program. He was a criminal justice major with a minor in sociology. dropped two straight and at home UNLV's losses on Nov. 28 to California and Nov. 29 to Cincinnati at home in the Global Sports Classic marked the first time the Runnin' Rebels lost consecutive home games since the season when they lost to BYU in overtime, 82-72, on Feb. 5, 2005, and then to Utah, 57-53, on Feb. 7, The last time UNLV lost two straight games overall before this season was during the season (at Air Force, 56-50, on Jan. 6, 2007, and at Wyoming, in overtime, on Jan. 10, 2007). UNLV snapped its second two-game losing streak of the season with its win over Wyoming on Jan. 17. adams a top 50 wooden award candidate UNLV senior guard Wink Adams was on the list of preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year trophy. The list was composed of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, were the early frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor. Adams, who was selected as the Mountain West Conference's Preseason Co-Player of the Year, was a first-team All-MWC selection last season and was the 2008 MWC Tournament's MVP. A two-time MWC Player of the Week in , Adams was also named to the NABC All-District 15 second team last year in helping the Runnin' Rebels to a 27-8 overall record and second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Adams led UNLV in scoring last season and was third in the MWC with a career-high 16.9 points per game average and scored in double figures in 32 of UNLV's 35 games, including 18 of his last 19. He tallied 20 or more points in 12 games, and was second on the team and fifth in the MWC with 1.49 steals per game. Adams is ninth on the all-time scoring list in UNLV history with 1,707 career points and is averaging 13.8 ppg this season to lead the team. He also ranks third all-time at UNLV with 198 steals and is fourth with 191 career 3-pointers made. Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts were not eligible for the preseason list. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round during the NCAA Tournament. Larry Johnson, who was the 1991 Wooden Award winner, is the only player in UNLV history to earn the award as the nation's top player. UNLV HAS WON 46 of last 50 home games The Runnin Rebels are in their 26th season in the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV has posted an all-time record of (.836) in the arena since it opened in The Runnin Rebels were 12-4 at home in , 19-1 at home in (including 17 straight wins to close the year) and 19-2 at home in (including 15 straight wins to close the year). UNLV is 10-2 at home this season (has won six straight), which makes the Runnin' Rebels 60-9 (.870) at home since the start of the season and 48-5 (.906) at home since the start of the season. The Runnin' Rebels had a 19-game home win streak snapped on Nov. 21, 2007, against then-no. 6 Louisville and have now won 46 of their last 50 games at the Thomas & Mack Center (Nov. 28 of this year against California, another 19-game home win streak was snapped. At the time it was tied for the seventh-longest active home win streak in the country). UNLV has the best all-time home-court win percentage in the MWC. Utah is second at.823, while New Mexico is third at.809. unlv tied sixth-longest home win streak UNLV had a 19-game home win streak snapped against California on Nov. 28. At the time, it was tied for the seventh-longest active home win streak in the country. The 19-game home win streak also tied for the sixth-longest home court win streak in program history. UNLV also won 19 home games in a row from Nov. 21, 2006 through Nov. 13, UNLV's fifth-longest home win streak was from Nov. 27, 1982 through Dec. 28, 1984 when it won 22 straight home games. UNLV's longest home win streak is 72 games, set from With Jan. 24's win over Utah, UNLV has now won six straight at home. unlv wins 350th at thomas & Mack With its win over North Carolina A&T on Nov. 22, UNLV won its 350th game at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV is in 26 years on its current home court.

6 3-POINT GOAL... UNLV holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games with a made 3-pointer. Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in , UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all 727 games played. Entering the season, Vanderbilt was second in consecutive games with at least one made 3-pointer, 10 games behind UNLV. The Big West Conference experimented with the 3-point shot in the , and seasons. During that period, UNLV connected from 3-point range in 53 of the 64 games (the 3-pointer was used in some non-conference games). With the experimental years included, the UNLV streak for games in which it has made at least one 3-point shot stands at 744. The last time the Runnin Rebels failed to make at least one 3-pointer came against Long Beach State on Jan. 25, So, UNLV has made at least one shot from behind the arc in 780 of the 791 games in which the rule was used. From to , the NCAA used a 3-point line of 19-feet, 9-inches, but in 2007, the rules committee decided to lengthen the 3-point line to 20-feet, 9-inches. The new distance was implemented at the beginning of the season. unlv IS since the start of With 's 30-7 overall record, 's 27-8 mark and this year's 17-4 record, UNLV is since the start of the season. runnin' rebels are in last 66 games Dating back to the latter part of the season, UNLV has gone over its last 66 games. adams ninth on career scoring list Wink Adams (2005-pres.) is ninth on the UNLV career scoring list with 1,707 points. Dalron Johnson ( ) is eighth with 1,728, Larry Anderson ( ) is seventh with 1,818 and Armon Gilliam ( ) is sixth with 1,855. Adams is fifth on the all-time MWC career scoring list. more unlv career charts In addition to being No. 9 on the all-time UNLV career scoring list, Wink Adams is third in career steals with 198 and fourth in career 3-pointers made with 191. Joe Darger is fifth on the all-time UNLV career made 3-pointers list with 182. going for the all-time mwc steals record UNLV's Wink Adams and San Diego State s Richie Williams are both looking to become the MWC s all-time steals leader. Williams is second all-time with 215 career steals and Adams is third with 198 thefts. The MWC record for career steals is 217, held by former San Diego State standout Brandon Heath ( ). more mwc charts Wink Adams' 191 career made 3-pointers ranks 10th on the all-time MWC list. darger earns all-tournament recognition Joe Darger was UNLV's only Global Sports Classic All-Tournament Team representative. The Global Sports Classic concluded on Nov. 29 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Darger's 6-for-9 3-point shooting effort against Cincinnati helped earn him a spot on the list. The rest of the team: Toney Douglas, Florida State (MVP); Ryan Reid, Florida State; Jerome Randle, California; Patrick Christopher, California; Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati; Thomas Coleman, North Carolina A&T; Anthony Breeze, Coastal Carolina; David DuBois, Western Illinois; Emmanuel Jones, Texas-Pan American. UNLV PICKED TO WIN MWC IN , adams co-preseason player of the year Two-time defending Mountain West Conference Tournament champion UNLV was picked to win the regular season men's basketball title in the league's media poll. Select media members who cover the league gave the Runnin' Rebels, who have posted victories in the last two NCAA Tournaments, including advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2007, 16 of a possible 24 first-place votes for 206 total points. Two-time defending MWC regular-season champion BYU (181 points) collected five first-place votes, while San Diego State (170 points) earned three first-place votes to finish second and third, respectively. Utah tallied 148 points for fourth and New Mexico earned 132 points for fifth. Wyoming received 75 points to finish sixth, followed by Air Force (66 points) in seventh, Colorado State (53 points) in eighth and TCU (49 points) in ninth to round out the poll. Five seniors representing five institutions were chosen for the preseason All-MWC team. UNLV's Wink Adams and BYU's Lee Cummard shared Preseason MWC Player of the Year honors, while UNLV's Tre'Von Willis garnered Preseason Newcomer of the Year accolades and New Mexico's Phillip McDonald received Preseason Freshman of the Year kudos. UNLV AMONG NATION'S BEST IN NUMBER OF WINS since start of season Since the start of the season, UNLV has won 74 total games - including three in the NCAA Tournament. Among teams that have played in the last two NCAA Tournaments, the only team in the West to surpass the Runnin' Rebels in wins during that time is UCLA. Additionally, UNLV, UCLA and Washington State are the only three teams in the West to advance past the first round of the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons. Winning and Dancing - The nation's winningest teams since the start of the season (to be included, school also must have made the NCAA Tournament in both 2007 and 2008 (courtesy of Rivals.com) Rank Team Wins (06-07, 07-08, 08-09) 1. Memphis 89 (38, 33, 18) 2. Kansas 87 (37, 33, 17) 3. North Carolina 86 (36, 31, 19) 4. UCLA 82 (35, 30, 17) 5. Butler 78 (30, 29, 19) 6. Davidson 76 (29, 29, 18) 7. Pittsburgh 75 (27, 29, 19) 8. UNLV 74 (30, 27, 17) 9. Wisconsin 73 (31, 30, 12) 10. Texas 71 (31, 25, 15) 11. Georgetown 70 (28, 30, 12) overall success on the road With an 11-6 road and neutral-site record in , an 8-6 mark in and a 7-2 record away from the Thomas & Mack Center this season, UNLV has gone in road and neutral-site games over the last three seasons. Over its last 32 road and neutral-site games, dating back to , UNLV has gone in those contests. UNLV started this season 4-0 on the road, marking the first time since the season.

7 NOTES FROM THE air force GAME - jan. 31 Joe Darger had game highs of 18 points and seven rebounds, while Wink Adams added 13 points to lead UNLV to a win over Air Force on Jan. 31 at Clune Arena... the win snapped a six-game losing streak for UNLV to the Falcons in Colorado Springs... the 38 points scored by Air Force, which lost its eight straight game, were the fewest by a UNLV opponent this season... Kendall Wallace came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and tie his career high with 15 points, and Tre'Von Willis had a career-high 11 assists, which equaled the number Air Force tallied as a team... Willis had no turnovers... UNLV trailed with 7:33 left in the first half, but with Wallace and Darger starting to find their range, UNLV outscored the Falcons 17-6 in the final 6:44 and led at halftime... Air Force (9-11, 0-7) shot 35 percent from the field, including 5-for-20 (25 percent) from 3-point range... UNLV led eight minutes into the second half and by 24 points with 2:30 left... Matt Holland was the only Air Force player in double figures, scoring 13 points. NOTES FROM THE utah GAME - jan. 24 For the second straight game, UNLV came back from a double-digit deficit in the second half and defeated Utah, 75-65, at the Thomas & Mack Center on Jan Tre'Von Willis scored a career-high 22 points to lead UNLV into a tie for first place in the MWC... UNLV trailed Utah at halftime and by 11 points two minutes into the second half... Wink Adams, Willis and Mareceo Rutledge scored all of UNLV's points during a game-changing 23-9 run... Willis tied his career high with six assists... Adams was held to two points at halftime, but scored UNLV's first eight points of the second half... Rutledge made a 3-pointer to tie the score at 48, and after a Rutledge steal, Willis hit a jumper... Rutledge's second 3-pointer put the Rebels ahead with 11:24 remaining... Rutledge had season highs of nine points and seven rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench... during UNLV's game-turning surge, Adams had 10 points, Willis seven and Rutledge six... Kendall Wallace followed with a 3-pointer, and Oscar Bellfield drove for a layup over Luke Nevill, Utah's 7-foot-2-inch center... Bellfield added two free throws to make the score with 7:25 left, extending the Runnin' Rebels' run to Nevill had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Utes (12-7, 3-2)... Joe Darger helped limit Nevill to six points and two rebounds in the second half... Nevill blocked four shots, all in the first half... Adams finished with 14 points, including 12 in the second half when the Rebels shot 16-for-29 (55.2 percent)... René Rougeau also had 14 points, 10 in the first half... Willis made two 3-pointers late in the first half... he shot 8-for-16 from the field, 4-for-5 on free throws and had only one turnover in 34 minutes of action... Lawrence Borha, Luka Drca and Shaun Green each scored 11 points for Utah, which made 10 3-pointers but committed 18 turnovers. NOTES FROM THE byu GAME - jan. 21 Down 13 points at halftime, UNLV rallied behind Wink Adams for a upset victory over BYU at the Marriott Center on Jan Adams scored a game-high 22 points in leading UNLV to end the Cougars' 25-game home winning streak against Mountain West Conference opponents... Adams scored eight points during UNLV's 25-5 run to open the second half, when BYU went 11 minutes without a field goal... Tre'Von Willis added 13 points and Darris Santee 11 as nine players scored for the Runnin' Rebels... Adams was 7-for-16 from the field and 8-for-10 from the free throw line... BYU's Lee Cummard scored 10 points for the game, but was held scoreless in the second half... BYU had won 55 of its previous 56 games overall on its home floor... Adams beat the shot clock with an 18-foot jumper that put the Rebels ahead with 2:04 remaining... after the Cougars cut the deficit to with 23.8 seconds left, Cummard drew a technical foul for slapping the ball out of René Rougeau's hands as he was trying to make an in-bounds pass... Adams made a free throw, and Joe Darger made two more to push UNLV's lead to six points... Jonathan Tavernari's 3-pointer brought BYU (14-4, 2-2) within with 10 seconds to go... Oscar Bellfield was fouled and hit two free throws to clinch it for the Rebels... Jimmer Fredette beat the halftime buzzer with a 3-pointer to put the Cougars ahead they shot 18-for-35 (51.4 percent) in the half and held a advantage in rebounds... Brice Massamba's layup put UNLV up with 9:06 remaining... Darger hit a 3-pointer to help trigger the spurt... Adams hit two free throws, made two reverse layups and knocked down a 17-foot jumper over Cummard... Rougeau's jumper tied it at 48 with 12:12 left... Adams' free throw put UNLV ahead with 6:59 to go... in the first 14 minutes of the second half, the Cougars shot 1-for-17 with their only basket being Jackson Emery's 3-pointer at the 16:43 mark... Willis' 3-pointer from the corner stretched the Rebels' lead to with 5:20 left... Fredette had 15 of his 19 points in the first half... Tavernari shot 7-for-22 and finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds... Adams had eight rebounds as UNLV held a edge on the boards after halftime. NOTES FROM THE wyoming GAME - jan. 17 Wink Adams scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half to guide UNLV to an win over Wyoming on Jan. 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center... the crowd of 17,190 was a season-high... René Rougeau scored 14 points and Tre'Von Willis added 13 for UNLV, which snapped a two-game losing streak with the win... Rougeau added nine rebounds, four assists and three steals... Joe Darger also added nine rebounds, while he and Rougeau each grabbed six of UNLV's 22 offensive rebounds... UNLV forced 18 turnovers... Adams ignited the offense in the first half - he made a 3-pointer, followed it up with two steals and scored six straight points to put the Runnin' Rebels up with five minutes left in the half... UNLV led at halftime... Kendall Wallace made a 3-pointer and Oscar Bellfield made a layup to increase UNLV's lead to with eight minutes left... Darger finished with eight points, but didn't score until less than five minutes were left... his 3-pointer stopped a short Cowboys rally and put UNLV up Adams shot 8-for-20 from the field and the Runnin' Rebels were 33-for-77 as a team... UNLV attempted 26 more field goals than Wyoming (24-for-51)... Willis scored 10 points in the second half, while Darris Santee scored eight of his 10 in the second half... Adams, Willis and Darger helped defensively to hold Brandon Ewing, the conference's scoring leader, to just seven points on 2-for-5 shooting... Sean Ogirri made 7-of-15 3-pointers for Wyoming and finished with 21 points for the Cowboys (12-5, 1-2). NOTES FROM THE colorado state GAME - jan. 14 Oscar Bellfield missed a contested layup and Tre'Von Willis rebounded but missed a short jumper in the lane just before time expired as Colorado State defeated UNLV, 71-69, at Moby Arena... Andy Ogide scored 18 points for Colorado State, which jumped out to an early lead and held on... Joe Darger made six 3-pointers for UNLV and scored a game-high 20 points... it was UNLV's second straight loss in its second straight road game... the Rams (6-11, 1-2) stopped a 19-game regular-season conference losing streak... UNLV committed seven turnovers early and fell behind CSU opened the game by shooting 10-fo-16 and finished the game 27-for-58 (46.6 percent)... CSU's Willis Gardner scored nine points in the first half to lead the Rams to a halftime lead... UNLV went ahead on Darris Santee's layup three minutes into the second half... CSU responded with a 20-9 run, and Gardner's layup pushed its lead to with 11:15 remaining... UNLV trailed with four minutes left but trimmed the deficit to on Wink Adams' two free throws with 45 seconds left... Adams, who finished with 14 points, stumbled on a drive and missed a layup with 16 seconds remaining... Willis fouled Colorado State's Adam Nigon, who made one of two free throws... CSU had five players score in double figures. NOTES FROM THE tcu GAME - jan. 10 Zvonko Buljan scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as TCU defeated UNLV, 80-73, at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Jan the loss snapped an eightgame win streak for UNLV... the Horned Frogs shot 56.6 percent from the field, including 14-for-22 (63.6 percent) in the second half and took control with a 15-0 spurt... UNLV went ahead on a layup by René Rougeau with 14:07 left... Buljan scored seven points during TCU's 15-point run that lasted over four minutes... Joe Darger led the Runnin' Rebels in scoring with 15 points... Darger's 3-pointer pulled UNLV within with 1:25 left and Wink Adams made a free throw to cut the Horned Frogs' lead to one... after Buljan made a free throw to make it 73-71, Adams missed a jumper in the lane. Rougeau and Buljan got tangled on the rebound, and Rougeau was called for a personal foul and a technical, fouling him out with 30 seconds to play... TCU made 2-of-5 free throws on its possession and led Tre'Von Willis made two free throws with 22 seconds to go... Edvinas Ruzgas, who scored 18 points, made two free throws for the Horned Frogs (11-5, 2-0), and Adams missed a 3-point attempt with 15 seconds left... Adams finished with nine points and passed Larry Johnson ( ) to climb to 13th on UNLV's career scoring list with 1,624 points... Adams dished out a career-high nine assists in his first start since suffering a lower abdominal injury Dec. 23 against Southern Utah... the

8 Rebels went 15-for-34 from 3-point range, with Darger hitting 5 of UNLV lost the rebounding battle, Rougeau and Kendall Wallace, who hit all four of his 3-point shots, scored 12 points apiece... Willis was the fourth UNLV player in double figures in scoring with 11 points. NOTES FROM THE new mexico GAME - jan. 3 UNLV defeated New Mexico on Jan. 3 at the Thomas & Mack Center, 60-58, in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams... Tre'Von Willis led the Runnin' Rebels with 15 points... UNLV extended its home winning streak against MWC opponents to 25 games with the victory... UNLV missed five free throws in the final 37 seconds and hung on at the end... New Mexico's Chad Toppert missed a 3-point attempt with five seconds left and Tony Danridge rebounded and missed a short shot in the lane at the buzzer... Willis drive through the lane for a layup out of a timeout with 1:04 left gave UNLV a lead... UNLV's Mareceo Rutledge missed two free throws and the Lobos' Jonathan Wills made a 3-pointer to cut UNM's deficit to with 14 seconds to go... Willis went to the free-throw line and made one of two shots... Toppert hit two free throws with 9.4 seconds left, then Willis was fouled again, and he missed the first free throw and made the second... Willis was 7-for-11 from the free throw line for the game... UNM's Daniel Faris led all scorers with 19 points... Danridge finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for New Mexico (9-6)... Joe Darger and René Rougeau scored nine points each foir UNLV... Darger had 10 rebounds, and Rougeau grabbed seven... Faris scored inside to put the Lobos up three minutes into the second half... Darger's 3-pointer pulled the Rebels within 43-41, and Darris Santee's layup tied it at 43 with 10:33 left... Rougeau scored on a reverse layup, was fouled by Roman Martinez and finished the three-point play to put UNLV up Rougeau then made a jumper to make the score at the 9:09 mark... the Lobos led after Faris' layup with 6:20 to go and Rougeau made a jumper and Willis hit two free throws to put UNLV ahead with 4:11 remaining... Willis' two free throws extended the lead to with 1:50 to play... Faris scored 10 first-half points to help UNM to a lead at the break... Wink Adams, who was out since Dec. 23 with a lower abdominal injury, entered the game at 12:25 of the first half... he didn't score in 18 minutes on the court. NOTES FROM THE no. 18 louisville GAME - DEC. 31 Oscar Bellfield made an acrobatic lay-in with 16 seconds remaining to lift UNLV to a win at No. 18 Louisville on Dec. 31 at Freedom Hall... UNLV trailed by one point before Bellfield's game-winner... Louisville missed its last shot attempt, as Terrence Williams drove to the basket, but missed and UNLV's Joe Darger grabbed the rebound as time expired... René Rougeau led the Runnin' Rebels with a game-high 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots... Tre'Von Willis scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half... the loss dropped Louisville, which was ranked No. 3 in the country in the preseason, to 8-3 overall and 7-1 at home... UNLV was without Wink Adams, the team's leading scorer, who was recovering from a lower abdominal strain... Willis and Bellfield made back-to-back 3-pointers to open the game, and Rougeau's fast-break dunk put UNLV up 10-0 after three minutes... Louisville missed its first 11 field goals before Edgar Sosa scored on a short jumper that was goaltended by DeShawn Mitchell... after a dunk by Mitchell, Rougeau scored four points, and Bellfield made a jumper to give the Rebels their largest lead at Bellfield finished with eight points and four assists... Rougeau scored 12 points in the first half to help UNLV to a lead at the break... the Cardinals shot just 6-for-26 in the first half and finished the game shooting 29.6 percent (16-of-54)... Louisville took its first lead, 48-47, with 4:31 left in the game... Willis made a 3-pointer to put UNLV back in front at the four-minute mark... Willis made 7-of-8 free throws down the stretch... Bellfield came up with a steal with 40 seconds to go, setting up his winning shot... Preston Knowles made three 3-pointers and totaled 11 points to lead Louisville. NOTES FROM THE SOUTHERN UTAH GAME - DEC. 23 UNLV defeated Southern Utah on Dec. 23 at the Thomas & Mack Center for its sixth straight win... when Wink Adams went down with a lower abdominal strain in the first half (he didn't return), Kendall Wallace picked up the slack by scoring a career-high 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range in a season-high 23 minutes... Adams had to be helped off the court and returned to the bench in the second half wearing street clothes... he was dribbling and backing into the lane when he hit the floor suddenly without being touched... René Rougeau shot 7-for-8 from the field for the game and finished with team highs of 16 points and seven rebounds... UNLV trailed when Adams exited, but it led at halftime after Wallace and Joe Darger each made a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first half... Rougeau was 6-for-6 and was the high scorer with 12 points at the half... Wallace made another 3-pointer at the 8:45 mark, Darger followed with a 3 and Wallace made a jumper to extend the Rebels' lead to with 7:17 remaining... Southern Utah (3-9) closed the gap to with 2:52 to go, but Darger answered with his third 3-pointer... Darger and Oscar Bellfield each finished with 11 points... Bellfield also had eight assists... Adams played 10 minutes before his injury and went scoreless for the first time in 115 career games... Dave Marek led Southern Utah with 19 points and Davis Baker had 16. notes from the arizona game - dec. 20 UNLV defeated Arizona on Dec. 20 at the Thomas & Mack Center in front of a season-high 16,667 fans for its fifth straight win... UNLV senior guard Wink Adams hit seven 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 25 points - at one point, Adams made six consecutive 3-point attempts... Adams was one of three Runnin' Rebels to hit double figures... Tre'Von Willis had 19 points and René Rougeau added UNLV shot 14-for-31 from behind the arc, with Adams going 7-for UNLV broke open a close game with a 15-0 run early in the second half to go ahead Adams made a 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer then started the run with another 3-pointer... Willis made back-to-back 3-pointers to put UNLV ahead with 7:11 left, part of his 16 second-half points... Willis added six rebounds and four assists while Rougeau had team highs of nine rebounds, six blocked shots and four steals... a bucket by Rougeau gave the Runnin' Rebels their largest lead, 73-50, with 5:11 remaining... Joe Darger and Kendall Wallace each hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first half to help the Runnin' Rebels build an early lead... UNLV had 21 assists and just eight turnovers as a team and forced 19 Arizona turnovers... Oscar Bellfield handed out seven assists and committed zero turnovers... Arizona's Chase Budinger scored 22 points and Jordan Hill had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (7-3)... the win snapped a two-game losing streak to Arizona for the Runnin' Rebels. notes from the santa clara game - dec. 17 UNLV defeated Santa Clara on Dec. 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center for its fourth straight win... it was the first game that the Runnin' Rebels had played in the TMC since Nov. 29 because of the National Finals Rodeo... UNLV head coach Lon Kruger earned his 100th win at UNLV with the victory over the Broncos... Wink Adams led all scorers with 16 points and he was one of four Runnin' Rebels to reach double figures... René Rougeau (15), Darris Santee (11) and Joe Darger (10) also scored at least 10 points on the night... it was only the second time this season that Adams, Darger and Rougeau scored in double figures in the same game... Adams hit a pair of 3-pointers in the game after going 1-for-26 in the previous six outings... Adams scored 11 first-half points, including a seven-point burst in the final 1:16... following two jumpers from Adams, freshman Brice Massamba scored on an offensive rebound to give UNLV a lead with 8:29 left in the first half... The Broncos (5-5) would not cut the lead to single digits in the second half Runnin' Rebels saw playing time and all of them scored... the lead grew to with 6:52 remaining on a steal, layup and 3-point play by Rougeau... Rougeau later added a highlight dunk, off an assist from Bellfield... Bellfield finished with seven points and four assists... Santa Clara center John Bryant paced the Broncos with 12 points and 15 rebounds. notes from the western michigan game - dec. 14 UNLV defeated Western Michigan on Dec. 14 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for its third straight win... the game was played at the Orleans because the Thomas & Mack Center was hosting the National Finals Rodeo... Wink Adams scored a team-high 18 points, while René Rougeau scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and blocked a game-high three shots... UNLV shot just 3-for-19 from 3-point range and was out-rebounded by the Broncos (2-8)... Joe Darger's 3-pointer gave UNLV a lead with 15 minutes to play, but Western Michigan answered with a 13-3 run... Western Michigan trailed with five minutes to play... Adams made two free throws, Rougeau scored inside and Adams made a jumper to extend UNLV's lead to with just over three minutes left fouls were called on Western Michigan, compared to 14 for UNLV... the Runnin' Rebels shot 34 free throws, while the Broncos attempted 16

9 ... Derek Drews made five 3-pointers to lead the Broncos with a game-high 19 points... Darger and Brice Massamba added eight points, while Oscar Bellfield, Darris Santee and Tre'Von Willis each had seven. notes from the nevada, reno game - dec. 6 UNLV defeated Nevada, Reno on Dec. 6 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nev., for its third straight win over the Wolf Pack... René Rougeau turned in the best peformance of his Runnin' Rebel career, which helped earn him MWC Player of the Week honors... He had a career-high tying 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds... He was 8-for-16 from the field... Oscar Bellfield connected on 5-of-7 3-pointers and scored a career-high 17 points, while Wink Adams and Tre'Von Willis each added 11 points for the Runnin' Rebels... Rougeau was fouled on a dunk and made the free throw to put UNLV up with 5:13 left... Bellfield made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points during a 14-6 UNLV run that stretched UNLV's lead from four points to 12 with four minutes to play... Rougeau had eight points and nine rebounds in the first half as UNLV trailed at the break... Rougeau scored the first basket of the second half that ignited an 11-2 run... Adams made 7-of-10 free throws in the second half, including two with 25 seconds left to extend the lead to Armon Johnson had 21 points and Luke Babbitt 15 points and eight rebounds for UNR (3-4)... Johnson's dunk in traffic with 37 seconds left trimmed the Rebels' lead to the Wolf Pack shot 17-for-50 (34 percent) from the field, including 3-for-21 on 3-pointers... about 11 minutes into the game, UNR held an 8-6 edge as the teams combined to shoot 5-for Rougeau's six consecutive points lifted the Rebels to an lead with about four minutes to go in the first half... UNLV outrebounded UNR for the game. notes from the fresno state game - dec. 3 UNLV defeated Fresno State on Dec. 3 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.... Darris Santee was 9-of-11 from the floor and scored a team-high 21 points, while Willis enjoyed his homecoming with 18 points... Santee scored 14 of his points in the first half and was 7-of-9 from the field by halftime... Willis, who attended high school in Fresno, scored 14 of his points in the second half... the Runnin' Rebels held a halftime lead... Wink Adams scored 17 points, 13 in the second half and his two free throws gave UNLV a lead with four minutes left... UNLV extended the lead to six points with 48 seconds to play... René Rougeau was 6-of-9 from the field and scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds... Santee scored in double figures for the first time in his eight-game UNLV career... his previous high was nine points in two games... two free throws by Santee gave UNLv a lead at the 6:31 mark, a lead they would never relinquish... UNLV was 32-for-66 (48.5 percent) from the field and tied a season-low with eight turnovers... Fresno State's Paul George was 10-of-16 from the field and scored a game-high 24 points... Dwight O'Neil, Willis' half brother, made all eight of his free throws and scored 21 points for Fresno State (2-4). notes from the cincinnati game - nov. 29 UNLV lost for the second time in as many days at home as Cincinnati defeated the Runnin' Rebels on Nov. 29 at the Thomas & Mack Center in the consolation round of the Global Sports Classic... it was the first time since February 2005 that UNLV lost back-to-back games at the TMC... Yancy Gates and Deonta Vaughn each scored 16 points for the Bearcats, who trailed at halftime and made a late run... the Runnin' Rebels trailed by two with 15 seconds to go... out of a timeout, Wink Adams was fouled on a drive to the basket with 11 seconds left... Adams missed the first attempt, but made the second to cut the deficit to one at with 6.6 seconds left, UNLV fouled Mike Williams, who made both free throws to put Cincinnati (5-1) up by three... after Tre'Von Willis made 1-of-2 free throws, Cincinnati's Anthony McClain missed a free throw and René Rougeau launched a 65-foot shot that was short at the buzzer... Joe Darger's 3-pointer with 4:41 to go gave the UNLV a lead, but Cincinnati went on an 8-0 run, which included two 3-pointers by Alvin Mitchell... Darger and Willis each scored 18 points to lead the Runnin' Rebels... Darger was 6-for-9 from 3-point range, making five in the second half... Adams was 2-for-11 and scored just five points. notes from the california game - nov. 28 Jerome Randle scored 18 points as California defeated UNLV on Nov. 30 at the Thomas & Mack Center... the loss ended UNLV's 19-game home win streak... Randle made 4-of-5 3-pointers and added eight assists and six rebounds... UNLV shot 19-for-64 (29.7 percent) from the field and were out-rebounded René Rougeau grabbed 11 rebounds and scored five points, but along with Wink Adams and Joe Darger, the three were a combined 6-fo-30 from the field... Adams was 3-for-14 and scored just two points in the first half - 10 for the game... Cal led at halftime behind Randle's 13 points... UNLV was just 8-for-31 (25.8 percent) in the first half... UNLV hung around and got within on Darger's free throw with 4:12 left, but the Bears pulled away from there... Cal's Jamal Boykin scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds... five players scored in double figures for the Bears... Patrick Christopher and Theo Robertson each scored Jorge Gutierrez, who played at Findlay Prep in Henderson, had 10 points and five rebounds... Oscar Bellfield made two 3-pointers for UNLV and finished with 10 points... notes from the utep game - nov. 24 Wink Adams scored 16 of his game-high-tying 20 points in the second half to help UNLV to an win over UTEP on Nov. 24 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas... after missing his first five 3-point attemps, Adams made a 3-pointer with 3:20 left in the game to put the Runnin' Rebels up with the win, UNLV improved to 5-0 for the first time since the season... Tre'Von Willis added 17 points and six rebounds, while Oscar Bellfield score 10 points, all in the second half... UNLV trailed by 13 points with seven minutes left in the first half... Willis' two 3-pointers helped UNLV go from a deficit to trail at the half... UNLV scored the first seven points of the second half and a Bellfield 3-pointer gave the Runnin' Rebels a lead with under 12 minutes to play... an Adams left-handed layup pushed UNLV's lead to with six minutes left... Stefon Jackson had 20 points and Randy Culpepper scored 11 for the Miners (2-1)... the two combined to shoot 10-for-36 for the game... René Rougeau scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Darris Santee scored eight points... UNLV shot 26-for-51 for 51 percent from the field and made 20-of-26 free throws... Adams was 7-for-8 from the line and Willis was 7-for-9... a total of 51 fouls were called - 26 on UTEP... Adams also had six rebounds, a game-high six assists and a game-high five steals. notes from north carolina a&t game - nov. 22 Wink Adams led all scorers with 19 points and Joe Darger scored 18 - all on 3-pointers - as UNLV defeated North Carolina A&T, 71-58, on Nov. 22 at the Thomas & Mack Center... Darger shot 6-for-11 from behind the arc and UNLV was 11-of-33 overall from 3-point range... Adams was 3-for-10 from the field, adding six rebounds and five assists... the Aggies (2-2) of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference took a lead with just under 12 minutes remaining in the game... René Rougeau scored the next four points on a jumper and two free throws to lead a 12-0 run... Mareceo Rutledge added five points during the spurt and Tre'Von Willis' 3-pointer gave UNLV a lead with nine minutes to play... Adams had 13 first-half points and Darger nine as UNLV led at the break... Adams and Darger combined to score 22 of UNLV's first 25 points of the game... UNLV shot 21-for-57 (36.8 percent) from the field, making 10 of 24 shots inside the 3-point line... Willis started at point guard for the first time this season... he had eight points and four assists in 26 minutes... Bellfield, who started the first three games at the point, scored four points and had three steals in 23 minutes... Rutledge had a game-high and career-high four steals... North Carolina A&T outrebounded UNLV Ed Jones led the Aggies with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Thomas Coleman scored 15 and Nicholas Wilson added all of Jones' points were scored in the second half. notes from northern arizona game - nov. 20 Wink Adams scored 18 points and Kendall Wallace added a career-high 14 as UNLV defeated Northern Arizona, 87-71, on Nov. 20 at the Thomas & Mack Center... UNLV led at halftime and ended the first half on a 14-0 run... Wallace scored two 3-pointers during that run in the half's last minute including a shot at the buzzer to give UNLV a 23-point lead... Adams had 14 points at the break, while Wallace had Joe Darger and René Rougeau each scored 11 points in the game to give UNLV four scorers in double figures for the first time this season... Rougeau had a game-high eight rebounds and Darger was 3-of-5 from 3-point range... UNLV led 11-2 to start the game... Mareceo Rutledge made both of his 3-point shots during the opening spurt and an Oscar Bellfield 3-pointer gave UNLV its 11th

10 point... UNLV increased its lead to with just under 12 minutes left in the half... Wallace made 4-of-6 3-pointers in 14 minutes of action to top his previous career high of nine points, which was set in 2007 against NAU... the Lumberjacks (1-2) cut the deficit to 12 points midway through the second half, but a Tre'Von Willis layup and a Darger 3-pointer put the Rebels ahead with 7:32 left... UNLV shot 30-for-51 (58.8 percent) from the field, including 11-for-19 (.579) from 3-point range... Matt Johnson and Josh Wilson each scored 18 points to lead Northern Arizona. notes from texas-pan american game - nov. 18 DeShawn Mitchell scored a game-high-tying 14 points, 12 of them coming in the second half, as UNLV defeated Texas-Pan American, 73-48, on Nov. 18, at the Thomas & Mack Center... it was Mitchell's debut as a Runnin' Rebel as he didn't get into UNLV's season-opener against San Diego... Mitchell dunked three times to provide the spark the Rebels needed after only leading by three points at halftime, René Rougeau had 12 points and was the only UNLV starter to score in double figures... Mitchell was 7-for-10, grabbed four rebounds in 14 minutes of action and played a key role in UNLV's 25-8 run to open the second half... he dunked with just under 12 minutes to play and a couple minutes later his reverse layup gave UNLV a lead... the Rebels missed 10 of their first 11 3-point attempts and finished 6-for-28 from behind the arc... UNLV scored 18 points from in the paint in the second half... Darris Santee finished with nine points and six rebounds... Beas Hamga debuted with three points and three rebounds... Wink Adams, Oscar Bellfield and Joe Darger finished with five points each and combined for 3-for-15 from 3-point range... Kendall Wallace and Mareceo Rutledge each scored seven points off the bench, and Tre'Von Willis had six points and six assists... Emmanuel Jones had 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead Texas-Pan American (1-1). notes from the season opener - san diego - nov. 15 Wink Adams scored a game-high-tying 19 points as UNLV defeated San Diego, 65-60, on Nov. 15, in the season opener for both teams at the Thomas & Mack Center... Adams made four free throws in the game's final minute to help seal the win for the Runnin' Rebels... with a one-point lead with just over a minute to play, René Rougeau blocked a Rob Jones baseline jumper and grabbed the rebound - at the other end of the court, Rougeau was fouled by Jones as he attacked the basket... Rougeau made both free throws to give UNLV a lead with 54 seconds to play... Rougeau and Adams forced a turnover on the inbounds pass, Oscar Bellfield stole the ball and passed to Adams, who was fouled and made a free throw... Adams had a steal on the next possession to seal the victory... USD (0-1) was without three players - Gyno Pomare and Trumaine Johnson were suspended and De'Jon Jackson was out with an injury... Bellfield started in his career debut and scored 13 points, dished out six assists and had three steals... Bellfield was 3-of-6 from 3-point range and drove through traffic for a dunk to give UNLV a lead with just over six minutes to play... San Diego trailed at halftime, but took a lead with 12 minutes left... Joe Darger made his first 3-pointer of the game to give the lead back to the Rebels... Darger had 10 points... UNLV was 8-for-29 from 3-point range... Rougeau had six points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals... Darris Santee had seven points and six rebounds in his first game with UNLV... Jones led San Diego with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Brandon Johnson scored 14 points and played all 40 minutes. notes from the washburn exhibition - nov. 11 UNLV's win over Washburn on Nov. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center was its only exhibition game of the season... it was Division II Washburn's third as it also lost at Kansas and at Kansas State... the Runnin' Rebels victory marked their 11th straight exhibition game win and 24th in their last 25 exhibition contests... over the last 33 exhibition games (a span of 18 years), UNLV has gone 30-3 in those contests... the game was close until Wink Adams helped put some space between the Runnin' Rebels and the Ichabods... Adams scored a game-high 27 points, 12 of them during a late 18-5 run... Washburn cut UNLV's lead to on a 3-pointer with 6:40 left... Adams then made consecutive 3-pointers in a span of 34 seconds to spark the Rebels... Adams was 9-for-18 from the field, including 3-for-10 from 3-point range and 6-for-9 from the free-throw line... Adams was the only UNLV player in double figures. Tre'Von Willis added nine points, while Mareceo Rutledge and Kendall Wallace each added seven... there were 51 total turnovers in the game, with Washburn tallying 29 of them... UNLV out-rebounded Washburn Brice Massamba added six points in six minutes off the bench... UNLV missed nine of its first 10 shots... William McNeill scored 15 points to lead Washburn... René Rougeau led all players with eight rebounds. runnin' rebels went "down under" in summer The UNLV men's basketball team got an early start to the season as it spent a portion of the summer preparing for and taking a foreign tour of Australia. The team's trip to the land Down Under spanned June 23-July 5. The Runnin' Rebel played six exhibition games in Australia and returned home with a 4-2 mark. As part of the preparation for the tour, UNLV was able to hold 10 full practices leading up to its departure - something teams not taking foreign tours couldn't do. Only returning letterwinners and redshirts were eligible to travel on the trip. Included in that group were 7-foot freshman center Beas Hamga (who requested and was granted a release from the program on Dec. 12) and sophomore guard Tre'Von Willis, a transfer from Memphis, who both practiced with the team during the season but couldn't play. The games in Australia marked the first time Hamga and Willis saw game action as members of the UNLV men's basketball team. unlv's returning all-mwc performers UNLV returns three players who earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in Wink Adams earned first team All-MWC, while Joe Darger and René Rougeau were honorable mention. Adams earned second-team honors in and as a freshman in he was named honorable mention. Adams was named the MWC Tournament MVP last year, while Rougeau was included on the all-tournament team. Adams also earned two MWC Player of the Week awards last year and was also named to the USBWA All-District VIII team and to the NABC All-District second team for UNLV posts back-to-back 27-win seasons for the first time in 17 years With its 27 wins in , for the first time since and , UNLV recorded back-to-back 27-win seasons. UNLV won 35 games in and 34 games in In , UNLV won 30 games. unlv won most conference games in 3-year period since Over the last three seasons (entering ), UNLV won 34 conference games (10 in , 12 in and 12 in ). The last time UNLV won that many conference games over a three-year period was from when it won 41 (18 in , 13 in and 10 in ). 74 wins over the past three years - entering the season Over the last three seasons - entering the year - UNLV won a total of 74 games (17 in , 30 in and 27 in ). That is the highest number of wins by a UNLV team over a three-year period since it won 81 games from the season through (34 in , 26 in and 21 in ). unlv bounces back The last three seasons, after a UNLV loss, the Runnin' Rebels are 15-3 in their next game. Nov. 28 and 29 against California and Cincinnati, respectively, UNLV lost two straight games for the first time since it lost at Air Force on Jan. 6, 2007, and at Wyoming on Jan. 10, 2007 (during the season). UNLV snapped its second two-game losing streak of the season on Jan. 17 against Wyoming.

11 unlv named a top-10 most prestigous program During the summer of 2008, ESPN.com released its top 10 most prestigious men's college basketball programs since the season and UNLV found itself among the likes of Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona, Connecticut, UCLA, Syracuse and Georgetown. The Runnin' Rebels came in at No. 8 on the list, which ranked 300 programs using a numerical method. UNLV finished with 239 total points, which were accumulated by winning 19 conference titles (nine regularseason and 10 tournament), having five 30-win seasons, 18 postseason trips (11 NCAA, seven NIT), three No. 1 NCAA Tournament seeds, six Sweet 16 appearances, three Final Fours, winning the 1990 National Championship, 24 NCAA Tournament wins, having five All-Americans and five NBA top-10 picks. The season was selected as a starting point because that is the year when the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams, making it the first time a national champion had to win six tournament games to cut down the nets. According to ESPN.com, that season was also the start of the fairest inclusion in the NCAA Tournament since before that season, even the best conferences got only one team in the field. And with the introduction of the 3-point line in , the past 24 seasons can be considered the most modern era of college basketball, which is also according to ESPN.com. kruger WAs a finalist for national coach of the year UNLV Head Coach Lon Kruger was a finalist for the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Henry Iba Award, which was presented to Keno Davis of Drake. Along with Kruger, other finalists included: Rick Barnes (Texas); John Calipari (Memphis); Mike Krzyzewski (Duke); Sean Miller (Xavier); Matt Painter (Purdue); Bruce Pearl (Tennessee); Rick Pitino (Louisville); Bo Ryan (Wisconsin); Herb Sendek (Arizona State); Kevin Stallings (Vanderbilt). The following are some reasons why Coach Kruger was a National Coach of the Year Candidate Named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year Named the USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year UNLV finished 27-8 overall in and was 12-4 in the Mountain West Conference this season (2nd place) Led UNLV to back-to-back MWC Tournament championships, which was the first time in MWC history that a team has repeated and was UNLV's first consecutive league tournament championships since Kruger led UNLV to back-to-back seasons with at least 22 wins for the first time since and Not only did UNLV lose four starters from the 2007 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 team, but also the top player off the bench, who was the MWC Defensive Player of the Year UNLV was also without 62 percent of the scoring, rebounding and minutes played from 2007's Sweet 16 squad UNLV competed in with just a 10-man roster after the loss of three players from the program during the season The Runnin Rebels won with a lineup that averaged 6-feet, 4.5 inches and whose tallest starter was only 6-foot-7-inches Two UNLV starters on the team entered the program as walk-ons Kruger joined the career 400-win club in February, 2008 UNLV's RPI closed at 22 in a year that those outside the program deemed a transition season kruger a "change agent" On Feb. 9, 2008 against Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center, head coach Lon Kruger won the 400th game of his career (He currently has 426 career wins). Kruger s journey to the accomplishment is unique. He cemented his place in history as college basketball s greatest change agent in March of 2007 when his UNLV squad advanced to the Sweet 16 in just his third season at the helm of the program. In , he led UNLV to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1990 and Five times Kruger has taken over a program and five times within at least four years each time his programs have reigned victorious. It is arguably the most-proven track record of raising programs by one coach. However, that career path makes getting to landmarks such as 400 wins that much more challenging. Of the 23 seasons Kruger has served as a head coach, a majority of the seasons were spent in the early stages of building programs. A 20-win season in his fourth year at Texas-Pan American. He also served as Pan American s athletics director the youngest AD in the nation at the time (he was 29 when he was hired) while also serving as a first-time head coach. The team had won only four games the year prior to Kruger taking over in An Elite Eight appearance in his second season at Kansas State and four NCAA Tournament appearances in his four seasons coaching his alma mater. The Wildcats had failed to reach the tournament in the four seasons prior to Kruger taking over the program in 1986 and were just a combined one game over.500 in the three previous seasons. His team still holds a tie for the school season-single record of 25 wins. The run under Kruger also marks the only time the Kansas State program went to the NCAA Tournament four consecutive seasons. A Final Four appearance and a then-team-record of 29 wins in his fourth season at the University of Florida. The Gators were under investigation by the FBI and NCAA when Kruger took over the program in 1990, with the team coming off of a seven-win season. The unofficial expectations were simple at the time keep the Gators out of trouble and out of the headlines. In addition to cleaning up the program off of the court, his teams went on to win over 100 games in the next six years with four postseason appearances, including a magical run to the Final Four in A Big Ten title for Illinois in his second season with the Fighting Illini and three NCAA Tournament appearances in his four seasons. The Fighting Illini had not captured a Big Ten title in 12 years (and only one in 33 years) when Kruger took over in Illinois had also won just one NCAA Tournament game since it had advanced to the Final Four in In Kruger s three NCAA Tournament appearances in the four seasons, the Illini advanced to the second round each time. A Sweet 16 appearance, a Mountain West Conference Tournament title and a 30-win season in just his third year at UNLV in The once proud Runnin Rebels had not won a game in the NCAA Tournament since 1991 (with just two appearances in 15 years) and had not been ranked nationally since With the season's 27 wins, Kruger led the UNLV program to back-to-back seasons with at least 22 wins for the first time since and and back-to-back seasons with at least 27 wins for the first time since and He was also named the MWC and USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year and led UNLV to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1990 and The names keeping company with Kruger tell more of the story. Only four coaches ever have led three different schools to the Sweet 16 since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams Kruger, Rick Pitino, Bill Self and Tubby Smith. Kruger is also just one of three coaches to lead four different schools to NCAA Tournament wins Jim Harrick and Eddie Sutton are the others he is just one of five coaches to ever take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament Lefty Driesell, Harrick, Pitino and Sutton join him. He is also one of just two to lead four schools to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances - Harrick is the other. epicurean charitable foundation scholarship contribution The Epicurean Charitable Foundation of Las Vegas will make a $1000 per game scholarship contribution to the UNLV men's basketball program in the name of the Runnin' Rebel student-athlete who in each game best exemplifies the competitive spirit and determination in giving UNLV its best chance for victory. ECF Student-Athlete of the Game (last game) - the complete list may be found at UNLVRebels.com from the men's basketball page Jan at Air Force - In UNLV's win at Air Force, Joe Darger shot 7-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-9 from 3-point range to score a game-high 18 points. He also had a game-high seven rebounds in his 35 minutes on the court.

12 welcome back "gondo" UNLV's radio analyst Glen Gondrezick did not work the Runnin' Rebels' NCAA Tournament games in March as he took a medical leave of absence as he awaited a heart transplant. On Sept. 20, "Gondo" underwent a successful heart transplant operation after spending 174 days on the donor list. He was back on the air for the first Lon Kruger Radio Show of the season Nov. 4 and has returned to perform all of his radio duties since. Gondrezick played for UNLV from and is 16th on the all-time UNLV scoring list with 1,311 points and ninth in career rebounds with 831. He was an All-American and played in the NBA. runnin' rebels sign three The UNLV men's basketball program received signed national letters of intent from Justin Hawkins, Carlos Lopez and Anthony Marshall during the early signing period - to enroll at UNLV next fall and play for the Runnin' Rebels starting with the season. Hawkins, a 6-foot, 3-inch, 170-pound senior guard from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif., averaged 14.0 ppg last year as a junior for the Toreadors, helping lead the team to the West Valley League championship with a perfect 10-0 record. He shot 51.4 percent from the field, including 35.3 percent from 3-point range as his team finished the season with a 27-4 overall mark. Hawkins also averaged 3.9 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.1 assists per game. He has been selected first team All-West Valley league three consecutive years and was first-team all-state and fist team All-Los Angeles City Section last year. As a sophomore, he was named first-team all-state among sophomores. His high school team won the city championship last year and was runner-up his freshman season. He also was named to the CIF academic team the last three years. Lopez, a 6-foot, 11-inch, 210-pound senior forward from Findlay College Prep at the Henderson International School in Henderson, Nev., is originally from Lajas, Puerto Rico. He was ranked as the 83rd-best prospect in the class of 2009 by Hoop Scoop. He averaged 7.0 points and 4.5 rebounds last year as the Pilots were 32-1 overall and lost in the prep school national championship game. A former teammate at Findlay Prep of current Runnin Rebel Brice Massamba, Lopez shot 61 percent from the field in Marshall, a 6-foot, 3-inch, 185-pound senior guard from Las Vegas' Mojave High School, averaged 19.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game last year as a junior for the Rattlers, helping the team to a perfect 14-0 league mark and a 25-2 overall record. He is rated as the 58th-best overall prospect in the class of 2009 by Rivals.com, the 68th-best by Scout.com and the 82nd-best by ESPNU. Scout.com rates him as the 12th-best shooting guard in his class and Rivals.com rates him as the 15th-best at that position. Scout.com and Rivals.com also list him as a four-star prospect. As a junior, Marshall was named first team all-state, first team all-division and first team all-conference. He was a second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore. LAST SEASON UNLV finished the season with an overall record of 27-8 and lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the NCAA Tournament s second round... the appearance in the NCAA Tournament was the second straight for UNLV, which advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2007 and the first time that the Runnin Rebels won games in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments since 1990 and UNLV finished second in the Mountain West Conference with a 12-4 mark for the second consecutive year and won the conference tournament championship, also for the second straight time, to earn the league's automatic bid to the Big Dance... UNLV head coach Lon Kruger was named the MWC and USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year... he finished his fourth year at UNLV in with a mark of (.684), including a record of (.792) over the and seasons... UNLV s 57 wins over that span ranked ninth in the country among teams that have played in each of those year's NCAA Tournaments and was the second-most victories over those two years among teams in the West, only behind UCLA... UNLV ended the season with a 15-game home win streak, which was the 11th-longest active streak in the country, compiled a record of 38-3 at home from and ended the year by keeping its 24-game win streak against MWC opponents at the Thomas & Mack Center alive... the Runnin' Rebels won their first round NCAA Tournament game against Kent State, 71-58, in Omaha, Neb., which marked their third NCAA Tournament win over the last two years... UNLV finished two games behind regular-season MWC champion BYU (14-2) and one game ahead of third-place New Mexico (11-5)... the Runnin' Rebels defeated then-no. 24 BYU in Las Vegas for the tournament crown... it was UNLV's first back-to-back conference tournament victory since winning three straight Big West Tournament titles from and marked the first time in MWC Tournament history that a team repeated as the conference's tournament champ... the NCAA Tournament appearance marked UNLV's 16th in the NCAA Tournament... UNLV has a (.688) record all-time in the tourney, which ranks seventh on the all-time tournament winningpercentage chart... before the loss to Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, UNLV had won five straight games, eight of nine, 10 of 12 and 15 of UNLV finished 19-2 at home on the year, 6-5 on the road and 2-1 in neutral-site games... UNLV had six players average 6.4 points per game or more and was led by junior Wink Adams (16.9), junior Joe Darger (11.3) and senior Curtis Terry (11.1), who all averaged double figures in scoring... junior René Rougeau (6.2) led the team in rebounding, followed by Darger (4.5)... Terry was the team's assist leader with 4.8 apg (also led the MWC), followed by Adams (3.1)... Rougeau led the team (second in the MWC) in steals with 2.1 per game, while Adams was second on the squad (1.5)... the Runnin' Rebels entered the season with eight returning letterwinners, including only one starter. one of the winningest division i programs Stat entering the season: With an all-time record of 1, (.713) against four-year American institutions, UNLV ranks as the third-winningest program by percentage in NCAA Division I history (min. 25 years in Div. I). Kentucky's record of 1, (.760) places the Wildcats as the all-time leader. SCHOOL YEARS RECORD PCT. Kentucky , North Carolina , UNLV , Kansas , UCLA , Duke , years of basketball - golden anniversary season The season marks the 50th anniversary (51st season) of Runnin' Rebel basketball at UNLV. Since the program's inception in , the Runnin Rebels have posted an all-time record of 1, (.714). In , UNLV made the move to Division I and has since posted a record of (.731) while competing at that level. In addition, UNLV has an all-time mark of 1, (.718) against Division I competition. IN OVERTIME The Runnin Rebels all-time record in overtime games is (.672). UNLV has not played in an overtime game since the season. The Runnin' Rebels were 2-1 in overtime in UNLV is (.655) all-time in single overtime games, 7-3 (.700) in double overtime and 2-0 (1.000) in triple overtime. The Runnin Rebels have a record of 10-4 in overtime games at the Thomas & Mack Center and have won nine of their last 13 games overall that have been sent to overtime.

13 LEGENDS RETURNed TO THE THOMAS & Mack For the third straight year, many of the players who were part of the UNLV men's basketball program's rise to glory were back on the floor at the Thomas & Mack Center on Nov. 11 for the Legends Alumni Game that preceded UNLV's exhibition game against Washburn. About 30 former Runnin' Rebels took part. The more notable players in attendance: Greg Anthony (didn't play), Freddie Banks, David Butler, Stacey Cvijanovich, Evric Gray, Eldridge Hudson, Anderson Hunt, Reggie Manuel (didn't play), Chris Richardson, Warren Rosegreen, Patrick Savoy, Moses Scurry, Robert Smith, Sam Smith and H Waldman. The 1977, '87 and '91 Final Four teams from UNLV's past were honored during halftime of the Washburn game in a "FOURever Runnin' Rebels" celebration. The 1990 national championship team will be honored during the season (20 years later). Note: Chris Richardson passed away in his sleep on Dec. 10, while on a tour in Japan with the Harlem Globetrotters. The Runnin' Rebel basketball family extends its deepest condolences to the Richardson family. Chris will be missed by all that knew him. runnin' rebels in the nba Over the last 11 seasons, the UNLV program has had three players drafted with lottery picks in the annual NBA Draft. Most recently, Marcus Banks was selected 13th overall in the 2003 draft to the Memphis Grizzlies and moments later was traded to the Boston Celtics. The program had back-to-back lottery selections in 1998 and 1999 with Keon Clark (13th overall by the Orlando Magic ) and Shawn Marion (ninth overall by the Phoenix Suns ). A total of 13 Runnin Rebels have been selected in the NBA s first round since Ricky Sobers was UNLV s first player to be selected in the first round in 1975 by the Phoenix Suns. There are four former Runnin' Rebels who are active on NBA rosters: Louis Amundson (Phoenix Suns), Joel Anthony (Miami Heat), Banks (Miami Heat) and Marion (Miami Heat). Amundson, who was a senior in , has played in the NBA the last two years after signing free agent contracts - he played for the Philadelphia 76ers in Anthony, who was a senior in , joined the Miami Heat as a free agent for the season. coach's shows For the 14th consecutive year, "Gametime with UNLV Hoops" can be seen on CBS affiliate KLAS-TV 8 in Las Vegas. Chris Maathuis joins UNLV Head Coach Lon Kruger in the studio Sundays during the season for a unique half-hour of game reviews, preview and program features. The show airs Sundays on Las Vegas One (Cox Cable channel 19) at 9:30 p.m. and on channel 8 at 11:30 p.m. The only exception is the Feb. 8 episode, which will air on channel 8 at midnight because of The Grammy Awards. The shows also are archived in All-Access on UNLVRebels.com and air during the week on The Mtn., the regional television network of the Mountain West Conference. For the second straight year, the Lon Kruger Radio Show will originate from The Orleans Hotel and Casino. The show, which airs live from 7-8 p.m. on ESPN 1100 AM during selected weekdays, is held at Brendan's Irish Pub located at The Orleans Hotel and Casino. The show is hosted by Jon Sandler and Glen Gondrezick and features UNLV men's basketball head coach Lon Kruger. Periodically guest appearances will be made by other members of the Runnin' Rebel program along with interviews with executives from Boyd Gaming, which owns The Orleans Hotel and Casino. Fans are encouraged to be present at Brendan's during the show, but for those that can't make it and want to call in to ask Coach Kruger a question, the phone number is The show also airs live through All-Access at UNLVRebels.com and will be archived through the website as well. The remaining schedule: Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 9 and 16. TWO RUNNIN' REBELS ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY MWC TEAM The Mountain West Conference announced its Men's Basketball 10th Anniversary Team in October. It was selected by a combined panel of media, institutional and conference personnel and with an online fan poll. In order to be eligible for consideration, candidates must have been an All-Mountain West First Team selection at least once in their career. Current Runnin' Rebel Wink Adams and former star and current member of the NBA's Miami Heat Marcus Banks were UNLV's representatives on the team. Adams and BYU's Lee Cummard were the only members of the team still active in college. The other seven members of the team: Jason Smith (Colorado State), Ruben Douglas (New Mexico), Danny Granger (New Mexico), Brandon Heath (San Diego State), Andrew Bogut (Utah), Marcus Bailey (Wyoming) and Josh Davis (Wyoming).

14 ALPHABETICAL UNLV Men's Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Wink Adams G Sr. 3L Houston, Texas/Gulf Shores Academy 0 Oscar Bellfield G Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester HS 45 Joe Darger F Sr. 3L Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS 14 Todd Hanni G So. JC Danville, Ind./Wabash Valley College 10 Scott Hoffman G Jr. 2L-RS Hays, Kan./Thomas More Prep-Marian 5 Derrick Jasper (1) G Jr. TR Paso Robles, Calif./Kentucky 20 Steve Jones (2) G Sr. TR Portland, Ore./Arizona State 13 Rob Ketchum F Sr. RS Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College 12 Brice Massamba F/C Fr. HS Sodertalje, Sweden/Findlay College Prep. 15 DeShawn Mitchell F Fr. HS Newark, N.J./Monmouth Academy 24 René Rougeau G Sr. 3L-RS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS 3 Mareceo Rutledge G Sr. 1L Sacramento, Calif./Yuba College 44 Darris Santee F Jr. JC Houston, Texas/Midland College 34 Matt Shaw (3) F Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif./Fairfax HS 11 Chace Stanback (4) G/F So. TR Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 2 Kendall Wallace G So. 1L Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View HS 33 Tre Von Willis G So. RS Fresno, Calif./Memphis numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Oscar Bellfield G Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester HS 1 Wink Adams G Sr. 3L Houston, Texas/Gulf Shores Academy 2 Kendall Wallace G So. 1L Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View HS 3 Mareceo Rutledge G Sr. 1L Sacramento, Calif./Yuba College 5 Derrick Jasper (1) G Jr. TR Paso Robles, Calif./Kentucky 10 Scott Hoffman G Jr. 2L-RS Hays, Kan./Thomas More Prep-Marian 11 Chace Stanback (4) G/F So. TR Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 12 Brice Massamba F/C Fr. HS Sodertalje, Sweden/Findlay College Prep. 13 Rob Ketchum F Sr. RS Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College 14 Todd Hanni G So. JC Danville, Ind./Wabash Valley College 15 DeShawn Mitchell F Fr. HS Newark, N.J./Monmouth Academy 20 Steve Jones (2) G Sr. TR Portland, Ore./Arizona State 24 René Rougeau G Sr. 3L-RS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS 33 Tre Von Willis G So. RS Fresno, Calif./Memphis 34 Matt Shaw (3) F Jr. 2L Los Angeles, Calif./Fairfax HS 44 Darris Santee F Jr. JC Houston, Texas/Midland College 45 Joe Darger F Sr. 3L Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: Dir. of Basketball Operations: Lon Kruger (Kansas State '75, 5th season) Greg Grensing (Southwest Texas State '79, 4th season) Steve Henson (Kansas State '90, 5th season) Lew Hill (Wichita State '88, 5th season) Mike Shepherd (Kansas State '92, 5th season) (1) Must sit out the season per NCAA transfer rules. Will be eligible to play as a junior in for UNLV. (2) Must sit out the season per NCAA transfer rules. Will be eligible to play as a senior in for UNLV. (3) Will sit out the season (knee injury). Will be eligible to play as a junior in for UNLV. (4) Must sit out the season per NCAA transfer rules. Will be eligible to play as a sophomore in for UNLV. Lon Kruger Head Coach Greg Grensing Assistant Coach Steve Henson Assistant Coach Lew Hill Assistant Coach Mike Shepherd Dir. of Bask. Oper.

15 SEASON HIGHS PTS Arizona - Dec. 20 RBS at BYU - Jan. 21 AST at TCU - Jan. 10 BLK California - Nov. 28 STL at UTEP - Nov. 24 CAREER HIGHS PTS Wyoming - Jan. 23, 2008 RBS Twice, at Utah - Feb. 17, 2007/at Wyo. - Feb. 23, 2008 AST at TCU - Jan. 10, 2009 BLK Nine times - last - California - Nov. 28, 2008 STL Colorado State - Jan. 18, 2006 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/08 * UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/08 * NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/08 * N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/08 * at UTEP 11/24/08 * CALIFORNIA 11/28/08 * CINCINNATI 11/29/08 * at Fresno State 12/03/08 * at Nevada, Reno 12/06/08 * vs Western Michigan 12/14/08 * SANTA CLARA 12/17/08 * ARIZONA 12/20/08 * SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/08 * NEW MEXICO 01/03/ at TCU 01/10/09 * at Colorado State 01/14/09 * WYOMING 01/17/09 * at BYU 01/21/09 * UTAH 01/24/09 * at Air Force 01/31/09 * Totals

16 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Nevada, Reno - Dec. 6 RBS Santa Clara - Dec. 17 AST Southern Utah - Dec. 23 BLK Twice, UTPA - Nov. 18/at Colo. St. - Jan. 14 STL Five times - last - at BYU - Jan. 21 CAREER HIGHS PTS at Nevada, Reno - Dec. 6, 2008 RBS Santa Clara - Dec. 17, 2008 AST Southern Utah - Dec. 23, 2008 BLK Twice, UTPA - Nov. 18, 2008/at CSU - Jan. 14, 2009 STL Five times - last - at BYU - Jan. 21, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/08 * UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/08 * NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/08 * N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/ at UTEP 11/24/ CALIFORNIA 11/28/ CINCINNATI 11/29/ at Fresno State 12/03/ at Nevada, Reno 12/06/08 * vs Western Michigan 12/14/08 * SANTA CLARA 12/17/08 * ARIZONA 12/20/08 * SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/08 * at Louisville 12/31/08 * NEW MEXICO 01/03/09 * at TCU 01/10/09 * at Colorado State 01/14/ WYOMING 01/17/ at BYU 01/21/ UTAH 01/24/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

17 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Colorado State - Jan. 14 RBS New Mexico - Jan. 3 AST Twice, Arizona - Dec. 20/at BYU - Jan. 21 BLK Utah - Jan. 24 STL North Carolina A&T - Nov. 22 CAREER HIGHS PTS UTEP - Dec. 1, 2007 RBS Louisville - Nov. 21, 2007 AST at Colorado State - Jan. 5, 2008 BLK Twice, Dixie St. - Nov. 13, 2007/at Wyoming - Feb. 23, 2008 STL Wyoming - Jan. 23, 2008 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/08 * UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/08 * NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/08 * N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/08 * at UTEP 11/24/08 * CALIFORNIA 11/28/08 * CINCINNATI 11/29/08 * at Fresno State 12/03/08 * at Nevada, Reno 12/06/08 * vs Western Michigan 12/14/08 * SANTA CLARA 12/17/08 * ARIZONA 12/20/08 * SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/08 * at Louisville 12/31/08 * NEW MEXICO 01/03/09 * at TCU 01/10/09 * at Colorado State 01/14/09 * WYOMING 01/17/09 * at BYU 01/21/09 * UTAH 01/24/09 * at Air Force 01/31/09 * Totals

18 PTS - NA RBS - NA AST - NA BLK - NA STL - NA PTS - NA RBS - NA AST - NA BLK - NA STL - NA SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG Totals

19 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Air Force - Jan. 31 RBS Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18 AST Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18 BLK - 0 STL - 0 CAREER HIGHS PTS Twice, Norfolk St. - Dec. 18, 2006/at AFA - Jan. 31, 2009 RBS Dixie State - Nov. 13, 2007 AST Dixie State - Nov. 13, 2007 BLK - 0 STL - 0 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/ NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/ CALIFORNIA 11/28/ ARIZONA 12/20/ SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/ NEW MEXICO 01/03/ at Colorado State 01/14/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

20 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Colorado State - Jan. 14 RBS - 0 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL - 0 CAREER HIGHS PTS at Colorado State - Jan. 14, 2009 RBS - 0 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL - 0 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG at Colorado State 01/14/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

21 SEASON HIGHS PTS vs. Western Michigan - Dec. 14 RBS Santa Clara - Dec. 17 AST Northern Arizona - Nov. 20 BLK Arizona - Dec. 20 STL Cincinnati - Nov. 29 CAREER HIGHS PTS vs. Western Michigan - Dec. 14, 2008 RBS Santa Clara - Dec. 17, 2008 AST Northern Arizona - Nov. 20, 2008 BLK Arizona - Dec. 20, 2008 STL Cincinnati - Nov. 29, 2008 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/ UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/ NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/ N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/ at UTEP 11/24/ CALIFORNIA 11/28/ CINCINNATI 11/29/ at Fresno State 12/03/ at Nevada, Reno 12/06/ vs Western Michigan 12/14/ SANTA CLARA 12/17/ ARIZONA 12/20/ SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/ at Louisville 12/31/ NEW MEXICO 01/03/ at Colorado State 01/14/ WYOMING 01/17/ at BYU 01/21/ UTAH 01/24/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

22 SEASON HIGHS PTS Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18 RBS Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18 AST Northern Arizona - Nov. 20 BLK Northern Arizona - Nov. 20 STL California - Nov. 28 CAREER HIGHS PTS Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18, 2008 RBS Texas-Pan American - Nov. 18, 2008 AST Northern Arizona - Nov. 20, 2008 BLK Northern Arizona - Nov. 20, 2008 STL California - Nov. 28, 2008 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/ NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/ N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/ CALIFORNIA 11/28/ CINCINNATI 11/29/ vs Western Michigan 12/14/ SANTA CLARA 12/17/ ARIZONA 12/20/ SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/ at Louisville 12/31/ NEW MEXICO 01/03/ at TCU 01/10/ at Colorado State 01/14/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

23 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Nevada, Reno - Dec. 6 RBS at Nevada, Reno - Dec. 6 AST Wyoming - Jan. 17 BLK Arizona - Dec. 20 STL Twice, Santa Clara - Dec. 17/Arizona - Dec. 20 CAREER HIGHS PTS Twice, vs. Fres. St. - Dec. 8, 2007/at UNR - Dec. 6, 2008 RBS at Nevada, Reno - Dec. 6, 2008 AST Twice, at SDSU - Jan. 26, 2008/Wyoming - Jan. 17, 2009 BLK Arizona - Dec. 20, 2008 STL Five times - last - Air Force - Feb. 12, 2008 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/08 * UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/08 * NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/08 * N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/08 * at UTEP 11/24/08 * CALIFORNIA 11/28/08 * CINCINNATI 11/29/08 * at Fresno State 12/03/08 * at Nevada, Reno 12/06/08 * vs Western Michigan 12/14/08 * SANTA CLARA 12/17/08 * ARIZONA 12/20/08 * SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/08 * at Louisville 12/31/08 * NEW MEXICO 01/03/09 * at TCU 01/10/09 * at Colorado State 01/14/09 * WYOMING 01/17/09 * at BYU 01/21/09 * UTAH 01/24/09 * at Air Force 01/31/09 * Totals

24 SEASON HIGHS PTS Utah - Jan. 24 RBS Utah - Jan. 24 AST Three times - last - Utah - Jan. 24 BLK Wyoming - Jan. 17 STL North Carolina A&T - Nov. 22 CAREER HIGHS PTS at UC Santa Barbara - Nov. 27, 2007 RBS Kennesaw State - Dec. 28, 2007 AST Five times - last - Utah - Jan. 24, 2009 BLK Twice, UNR - Nov. 24, 2007/Wyoming - Jan. 17, 2009 STL North Carolina A&T - Nov. 22, 2008 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/ UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/ NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/ N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/ at UTEP 11/24/ CALIFORNIA 11/28/ CINCINNATI 11/29/ at Fresno State 12/03/ at Nevada, Reno 12/06/ vs Western Michigan 12/14/ SANTA CLARA 12/17/ ARIZONA 12/20/ SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/ at Louisville 12/31/ NEW MEXICO 01/03/ at TCU 01/10/ at Colorado State 01/14/ WYOMING 01/17/ at BYU 01/21/ UTAH 01/24/ at Air Force 01/31/ Totals

25 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Fresno State - Dec. 3 RBS California - Nov. 28 AST Eight times - last - Utah - Jan. 24 BLK New Mexico - Jan. 3 STL Utah - Jan. 24 CAREER HIGHS PTS at Fresno State - Dec. 3, 2008 RBS California - Nov. 28, 2008 AST Eight times - last - Utah - Jan. 24, 2009 BLK New Mexico - Jan. 3, 2009 STL Utah - Jan. 24, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG SAN DIEGO 11/15/08 * UT-PAN AMERICAN 11/18/08 * NORTHERN ARIZ. 11/20/08 * N. CAROLINA A&T 11/22/08 * at UTEP 11/24/08 * CALIFORNIA 11/28/08 * CINCINNATI 11/29/08 * at Fresno State 12/03/08 * at Nevada, Reno 12/06/08 * vs Western Michigan 12/14/08 * SANTA CLARA 12/17/08 * ARIZONA 12/20/08 * SOUTHERN UTAH 12/23/08 * at Louisville 12/31/08 * NEW MEXICO 01/03/09 * at TCU 01/10/ at Colorado State 01/14/09 * WYOMING 01/17/09 * at BYU 01/21/09 * UTAH 01/24/09 * at Air Force 01/31/09 * Totals