Men's Basketball

Runnin' Rebels Back At Home Saturday


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MatchupPrairie View A&M (0-5, 0-0 Southwestern Athletic) at UNLV (5-1, 0-0 Mountain West)
DateSaturday, November 28, 2015
Time7:00 p.m.
SiteTarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center (18,000), Las Vegas
VideoMountain West Network/UNLVRebels.com (Tony Cordasco, Keith Starr)
RadioESPN Radio 1100 AM/100.9 FM (Jon Sandler, Robert Smith)
AudioUNLV Gameday App & UNLVRebels.com
Stats
Twitter@TheRunninRebels

Game Notes vs. Prairie View A&M | 2015-16 Media Guide

Nov. 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - After going 2-1 at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, including a 72-69 win over No. 13/14 Indiana on Wednesday, the UNLV men's basketball team will return home to the Thomas & Mack Center to face Prairie View A&M on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.

In the win over the Hoosiers, Patrick McCaw scored 20 points (his fourth straight game with at least 20), while Ike Nwamu and Ben Carter finished with 16 apiece.

Prior to the Indiana game, UNLV (5-1) bounced back after suffering its first loss of the season on Monday to UCLA (77-75) to defeat Chaminade (93-73) on Tuesday. Derrick Jones Jr. led all Runnin' Rebels in that game with a career-high 26 points and hauled in a career-high 10 rebounds to record his first career double-double. McCaw added a career-high 25 points and also chipped in four assists, three steals and three rebounds. Stephen Zimmerman Jr. missed that game because of illness.

In UNLV's Maui Invitational opener against UCLA, Zimmerman Jr. recorded his third double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 rebounds. He also had three blocks and two assists. McCaw scored 20 against the Bruins.

Prairie View A&M (0-5) is coming off an 85-67 loss at Wisconsin on Wednesday. The Panthers opened the season with losses at VCU, at Houston, at Bryant and vs. Radford before the game in Madison, Wis.

Saturday's game will have no television coverage, however a live Mountain West Network video stream will be available for free at UNLVRebels.com with Tony Cordasco and Keith Starr calling the action. Jon Sandler and Robert Smith will handle the radio call, which may be heard live on ESPN Radio 1100 AM/100.9 FM. All internet links along with live stats will be available at UNLVRebels.com.

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Players Mentioned

Derrick Jr.

#1 Derrick Jr.

Forward
6' 7"
Freshman
HS
Ike Nwamu

#34 Ike Nwamu

Guard
6' 5"
Senior
TR
Stephen Jr.

#33 Stephen Jr.

Forward
7' 0"
Freshman
HS
Ben Carter

#13 Ben Carter

Forward
6' 8"
Junior
TR
Patrick McCaw

#2 Patrick McCaw

Guard
6' 6"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Derrick Jr.

#1 Derrick Jr.

6' 7"
Freshman
HS
Forward
Ike Nwamu

#34 Ike Nwamu

6' 5"
Senior
TR
Guard
Stephen Jr.

#33 Stephen Jr.

7' 0"
Freshman
HS
Forward
Ben Carter

#13 Ben Carter

6' 8"
Junior
TR
Forward
Patrick McCaw

#2 Patrick McCaw

6' 6"
Freshman
HS
Guard