Back in the Mountain West Conference days, the BYU-UNLV matchups were usually intense, emotional battles. Eight years later, not much has changed—a close loss to the Rebels in Las Vegas feels just as awful today as it did then. The rivalry is not dead.
The last time the Cougars played the Rebels, Jimmer Fredette and Jackson Emery headlined, their combined 13 three pointers leading the way to an 89-77 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center.
This time around, on a “neutral court” in Las Vegas, it was UNLV who was red hot from the three point line.