Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 80-77 loss to New Mexico on Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center:
1. ANOTHER BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY
UNLV coach Marvin Menzies likes to refer to the final minutes as “winning time,” and that’s where the Rebels have come up woefully short in what has now become a three-game losing streak.
All three losses — at Wyoming and San Jose State and then to New Mexico — were by a total of eight points.
“The fight, the competitive effort is all good,” Menzies said. “Too many defensive breakdowns.