No. 25 UNLV crushes Utah in MWC tourney
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It's hard to tell who counts himself luckier, Lon Kruger or his son. Kevin Kruger, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Arizona State to play for his father this season, scored 21 points and led the 25th-ranked Runnin' Rebels to an 80-54 quarterfinal win over Utah in the Mountain West tournament Thursday night.
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Nobody's enjoying the switch from the Rocky Mountains to the high desert more than the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. The 25th-ranked Rebels swept into the championship game of the Mountain West tournament Friday night with a 88-72 semifinal win over Colorado State at the rocking Thomas &amp; Mack Center.
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Trent Plaisted scored 22 points and 23rd-ranked BYU cruised past TCU 77-64 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament.
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Nate Robinson scored 19 of his 29 points in the first half, and No. 22 Washington held off Utah for a 78-71 victory Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Great Alaska Shootout.
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LAS VEGAS -- The last time top-ranked Illinois got off to this fast a start, it reached the Final Four. Luther Head scored 18 points and shot 5 for 9 from 3-point range to lead the Illini past Northwestern
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Enough talk about New Mexico's bowl struggles. Paul Baker ran for 167 yards in his first start, and Donovan Porterie threw for career-high 354 yards and two touchdowns to help New Mexico beat Nevada 23-0 in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday.
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Albuquerque, NM (Sports Network) - Alex Smith passed for 167 yards and ran for a pair of touchdowns, leading No. 14 Utah to a 28-7 victory over New Mexico in a Mountain West Conference matchup.
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Brian Butch scored 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting and No. 25 Wisconsin continued its home dominance in the Big Ten with a 64-51 victory over Iowa on Saturday.
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Lee Cummard scored 21 points to lead No. 25 Brigham Young to an 86-67 victory over Pepperdine on Saturday night, pushing the Cougars' home winning streak to 37 games.
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Kevin Kruger had 14 points and a career-high 10 assists to help UNLV beat No. 14 Air Force 60-50 Tuesday night. Kruger went 2-for-11 from the field, but 9-for-9 from the line. Joel Anthony added 10 points and nine rebounds for UNLV (23-6, 10-4 Mountain West), which won its 13th straight home game.
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The Utah Jazz powered past Northwest Division rival Denver after Deron Williams scored 26 points and handed out 14 assists in a 114-104 road win on Friday.
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Wendell White scored 12 points and Wink Adams added six of his nine in the final 2:45 Saturday night to help UNLV hold on for a 58-49 victory over No. 20 Nevada, snapping the Wolf Pack's 12-game home winning streak.
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Delivering a little payback for a loss last season, Kansas defeats Nevada 85-52 in Allen Fieldhouse. Links and images inside. Kansas forward Wayne Simien (23) looks for the basket after getting past Nevada
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Andrew Bogut had 31 points and 13 rebounds and No. 14 Utah extended its winning streak to 17 games with a 71-62 victory over Wyoming on Monday night.
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Uintah's Candace Workman, top, battles Canyon View's Jacob Woods in a consolation round of the 3A state wrestling tournament at UVSC on Saturday. Workman lost the match 9-4 but took sixth place in the 103-pound division, the highest a girl has ever finished in Utah.
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Colt Brennan has rewritten the NCAA record book with his arm. He used his legs against UNLV. Playing on a sore right ankle, Brennan ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead 24th-ranked Hawaii to an easy 49-14 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien scored 14  points with 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 Kansas over Nevada,  85-52, at Allen Fieldhouse.