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Anderson Hunt, a member of the 1989-90 UNLV championship team, poses with Jerry and Lois Tarkanian during the gala event Monday at the Green Valley Ranch in Henderson celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the squad.

The Washburn Ichabods led by seven points in the second half and by one at 53-52 with 4:44 to play in the game, but could not hold off the Division I UNLV Runnin' Rebels in a 62-52 loss in the Thomas and Mack Center in an exhibition loss.

Dyone Youmans of Effingham County High School dives to sweep the legs of Jimmy Wilkins of Ware County during the Rebels last home game Friday night.

Clayton leads UNLV over Colorado State, 35-16 Eds:APNewsNow. UNLV 35, Colorado State 16.

Nick Oppenneer helps stop a run during the game against San Diego State Oct. 24. In 2007, the Rams lost six games in a row to begin the season and 13 total spanning from the end of 2006.

JUSTIN HAWKINS CLASS: Freshman POSITION: Guard HOMETOWN: Los Angeles HEIGHT: 6 feet 3 inches WEIGHT: 190 BIRTHDATE: Oct.

To be blunt, Vegas should have stayed in Vegas. But maybe that's what this TCU defense has become.

Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball and the TCU defense smothered UNLV to get its first shutout of the season, 41-0 on Saturday.

UNLV quarterback Omar Clayton stiff-arms New Mexico's Frankie Baca during Saturday's game.

Sporting the fourth-longest win streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision this week, the eighth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs settle in at Carter Stadium in Fort Worth this weekend versus the UNLV Rebels.

UNLV coach Lon Kruger works with freshman guard and former Mojave High standout Anthony Marshall during practice Saturday.

Rebels senior guard Steve Jones, right, a transfer from Arizona State, talks with sophomore guard Todd Hanni during UNLV's practice Saturday.

Omar Clayton had 204 yards passing and two touchdowns and Ryan Wolfe had 11 catches for 118 yards as UNLV snapped a four-game losing streak, beating winless New Mexico 34-17 on Saturday night.

No. 24 Utah at UNLV Artificial turf Las Vegas TV: The mtn. Radio: 700AM THE STAKES For Utah ... The 24th-ranked Utes need a victory to move up in the polls and remain among the unbeatens in the league championship chase.

Expectation vs. reality. It's a common encounter for UNLV basketball this time of year, for all college teams the second week of October.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder waded into potentially awkward waters on Saturday.

Terrance Cain's three-yard touchdown run a ' in which he made a nice fake on UNLV defensive end Malo Taumua a ' came thanks to the Rebels' biggest offensive miscue of the night.

After underachieving a season ago, UNLV hopes to get back to the level of success it achieved the previous two seasons.

UNLV has won 20 or more games in each of the past three seasons, the program's best stretch of 20-win campaigns since the early 1990s.

UNLV head coach Mike Sanford watches as his team plays BYU on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.