Jan. 24, 2012

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - Off to its best start to a season since 1991-92, the No. 12/15 UNLV men's basketball team (18-3, 2-1) won both of its games last week at home, 101-78 over TCU on Wednesday and 80-63 against New Mexico on Saturday in front of a sold-out Thomas & Mack Center crowd.

The Runnin' Rebels will hit the road for two games this week: at Boise State on Wednesday, Jan. 25, and at Air Force on Saturday, Jan. 28. UNLV has won nine of its last 10 games and this week's top-25 ranking marks its seventh week as a ranked team this season, its highest total number of weeks in the polls since 1992-93.

The mid-week game against the Broncos at Taco Bell Arena is set for 8 p.m. MST/7 p.m. PST and will be televised by The Mtn., with Ari Wolfe and Bob Donewald calling the action. Jon Sandler and Robert Smith will handle the UNLV radio broadcast, which may be heard live in Las Vegas on ESPN Radio 1100 AM/98.9 FM. The radio broadcast is also available at UNLVRebels.com through the subscription-based All-Access feature, while Gametracker is provided for free on the website.

UNLV's only loss over its last 10 games was at No. 13/12 San Diego State, by two points on a last-second shot. UNLV is 2-1 all-time against Boise State.


GAME 22

NO. 12/15 UNLV (18-3, 2-1 Mountain West)

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BOISE STATE (10-8, 0-3 Mountain West)

DATE: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
TIME: 8:00 p.m. MST/7:00 p.m. PST
SITE: Taco Bell Arena (12,480), Boise, Idaho
TV: The Mtn. (Ari Wolfe, Bob Donewald)
RADIO: ESPN Radio 1100 AM/98.9 FM (Jon Sandler, Robert Smith)
ONLINE: Gametracker (UNLVRebels.com), Radio broadcast: UNLV All-Access subscription at UNLVRebels.com
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