Runnin’ Rebels To Journey To Memphis For Sunday Sport On ESPN

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV males’s basketball staff will play its first street sport of the 2025-26 common season this weekend, dealing with Memphis in an ESPN nationally televised sport on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. PT at FedExForum.

The Runnin’ Rebels (1-2) accomplished their season-opening three-game homestand with a 102-93 setback to Montana on Tuesday. Prior to that, UNLV defeated Chattanooga final Saturday. The 101-69 victory over the Mocs was UNLV’s first beneath new head coach Josh Pastner, and it marked the primary time since 2017 that the Runnin’ Rebels scored 100 or extra factors in a sport in opposition to a DI opponent.

After three video games performed, UNLV has 4 gamers averaging in double figures in scoring, with Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn main the way in which at 19.0 ppg. The different three are Kimani Hamilton (16.0 ppg), Naas Cunningham (15.0 ppg), and Issac Williamson (11.0 ppg). Tyrin Jones leads in rebounding with 6.3 rpg, whereas Howie Fleming Jr. is the assists chief (3.3 apg).

The Runnin’ Rebels are of their first yr beneath Pastner. Although new to UNLV, Pastner is in his fifteenth yr as a collegiate head coach, having beforehand led Memphis and Georgia Tech for seven seasons every. He holds a profession report of 277-189 (.594).

UNLV’s roster has just one returning participant, Jacob Bannarbie, and has welcomed 13 new faces. The newcomers embrace eight Division I transfers, a former worldwide skilled, a junior faculty switch, and three freshmen.

MORE ABOUT THE ROSTER: This season’s UNLV squad returned only one participant from 2024-25: redshirt sophomore ahead Jacob Bannarbie. The 2025-26 roster added 13 newcomers – eight Division I transfers, a former worldwide skilled, a junior faculty switch, and three freshmen. The staff options 4 seniors, three juniors, three sophomores, and three freshmen, with a place breakdown of seven guards, six forwards, and a middle. Last season, Bannarbie appeared in 19 video games (three begins), averaging 1.6 factors and 1.8 rebounds in 6.6 minutes, and taking pictures 52.9% from the sphere on 17 makes an attempt.

ABOUT MEMPHIS: The Tigers (1-1) opened the season with a house win over San Francisco (76-70) final Saturday after which misplaced at Ole Miss (83-77) on Tuesday. Memphis has 5 gamers averaging double figures in scoring, led by Dug McDaniel’s 13.0 ppg. Julius Thedford leads the staff in rebounding at 5.5 rpg, whereas McDaniel can also be the staff’s help chief at 7.5 apg. The Tigers had been picked because the American Conference favourite within the preseason coaches’ ballot. McDaniel and Aaron Bradshaw had been every chosen to the preseason all-conference first staff. Memphis doesn’t return a single participant from final yr’s staff that went 29-6 total. That squad received the American Conference’s common season title with a 16-2 league mark and received its convention event, however misplaced as a No. 5 seed to Colorado State within the first spherical of the NCAA Tournament. Memphis is certainly one of simply two groups within the nation with 14 transfers on its roster this season. The Tigers, who’ve 11 upperclassmen on their roster, are coached by Penny Hardaway, who’s in his eighth season on the faculty with a report of 156-69 (.693). Memphis has received a minimum of 20 video games in all seven seasons beneath Hardaway, who performed on the faculty and went on to star within the NBA.

BROADCAST INFO: Sunday’s sport might be nationally televised on ESPN with Mike Corey and Mark Adams calling the motion. The radio broadcast could also be heard on ESPN Radio Las Vegas 1100 AM with Matt Neverett and Curtis Terry on the decision. All streaming hyperlinks and reside stats can be found at UNLVRebels.com and thru the UNLV Rebels App.