Five players to watch when UNLV opens its basketball season against South Alabama at 7 p.m. Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center:
1. Ken Williams, senior wing, South Alabama. He averaged 15.5 points last season, and ranks 11th in school history with 1,279 points and third with 203 3-pointers. Williams was named to the preseason second-team All-Sun Belt Conference.
2. Nick Stover, senior forward, South Alabama. The Loyola Marymount transfer averaged 10.1 points last season. In Friday’s 77-46 exhibition victory over Mobile, he tied for the team lead with 12 points.