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.