3 takeaways from UNLV’s victory over Western Kentucky

UNLV Rebels guard Uche Ofoegbu (2) keeps a ball away from Western Kentucky Hilltoppers guard Junior Lomomba (5) and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers guard Tobias Howard (1) during the first half of a basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 71-61 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center:

1. UNLV showed it has fortitude.

The Rebels could have handled Friday’s 63-59 loss to Texas Christian one of two ways. They could have gotten down on themselves and not played with energy against the Hilltoppers. Or they could have come out determined to…