Overview
- Tipoff is noon Saturday at Clune Arena, with the game available on the Mountain West Network and KWWN radio.
- Sportsbooks list UNLV at -15.5, with one outlet citing a total of 152.5 points.
- Air Force is 3-23 overall and 0-15 in the Mountain West with the league’s lowest-rated offense and defense, and this is its first game since parting ways with suspended coach Joe Scott.
- UNLV is 13-13 (8-7 MW) with the conference’s No. 11 defense after coach Josh Pastner shuffled his lineup and criticized the unit following Wednesday’s 91-86 defeat.
- Guard Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn has scored at least 20 points in six straight games, topping 30 in each of the last two, and UNLV won the first meeting 67-39 as part of a five-game series streak.