Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Runnin' Utes Head To Las Vegas To Take On UNLV
1/19/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2009
Game Notes in PDF Format - Updated 1/22 
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah men's basketball team (12-6, 3-1 MWC) gets back into action Saturday in Las Vegas as the Utes take on UNLV (15-4, 3-2 MWC). The game is slated for a 2 p.m. MT start and will be televised live on VERSUS.
Utah enters Saturday's contest on a two-game winning streak following victories at Air Force (57-36) and at home against Colorado State (82-66). At 3-1 in conference play, the Utes are off to their best league start since the 2004-05 season, when Utah began 4-0.
UNLV is fresh off of its second straight victory, a 76-70 win at BYU on Wednesday. The victory snapped the Cougars' 25-game MWC home winning streak, while bringing UNLV back to .500 in the conference after the Rebels fall at TCU, 71-69, and at Colorado State, 80-73.
Saturday's game will see a matchup of two of the top players in the conference as MWC Preseason All-Conference selections Luke Nevill (Perth, Australia) of Utah and Wink Adams of UNLV take to the court. Nevill is averaging 17.4 points per game, third-best in the MWC, while Adams is pouring in 13.8, 12th-best in the league. Nevill is the conference's leading shot-blocker, while Adams ranks among the top five in steals.
Utah and UNLV met three times last season with the Rebels winning twice, both home at the Thomas & Mack center in Las Vegas. Utah won the first meeting, an 81-73 decision in Salt Lake City on Feb. 6. UNLV won the next two games just six days apart, taking the regular-season meeting 70-63, then capturing a 61-55 victory in the second round of the MWC Tournament.
Utah holds a 19-20 all-time record against the Rebels, including a 6-13 record in Las Vegas. The Utes have not beaten UNLV at home since 2004-05, dropping five straight meetings, including regular-season and MWC Tournament play.
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