NOTES ..................................................................................... 96 DEPARTED PLAYERS .......................................................................98 STATISTICS................................................................................ 99 RESULTS.................................................................................. 100 POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS.............................................................101 GAME-BY-GAME STATS ...................................................................102 HIGHS AND LOWS ........................................................................ 103 MOUNTAIN WEST REVIEW ................................................................104 BOX SCORES.............................................................................. 105 2016-17 2016-17 REVIEW 95 2016-17 SEASON NOTES at New Mexico State where he compiled a 198-111 (.641) record ... He had previously served as an assis- tant coach at UNLV during the 2004-05 season under Lon Kruger ... Menzies won his 200th career game Nov. 19, 2016, vs. Cal State Fullerton (during his first season as UNLV's head coach). SOLID START The Runnin' Rebels opened the 2016-17 season with six straight home games at the Thomas & Mack Center ... UNLV went 4-2 over that stretch and fin- ished the regular season with a 9-9 record at the TMC ... UNLV went 2-11 away from home during the 2016- 17 season, including 2-9 in true road games. MORGAN SUFFERED SEASON-ENDING INJURY Junior forward Dwayne Morgan was leading the team in rebounding (7.3 rpg), but missed the season's final 23 games because of injury. MANY NEWCOMERS Jovan Mooring and Coach Marvin Menzies The 2016-17 Runnin' Rebels had 12 newcomers on the roster ... Only three players returned from the Christian Jones 2015-16 squad. 2016-17 SEASON and celebrate life ... For additional information, visit The Runnin' Rebels finished the 2016-17 season www.coachesvscancer.org with an overall record of 11-21 after falling to San ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST UNLV men's basketball junior guard Jovan Mooring Diego State in the Mountain West Tournament's First was selected Third Team All-Mountain West as voted TEAM EFFORT Round ... UNLV finished tied for 10th in the Mountain on by the league's 11 head coaches ... He was also a UNLV has spread its scoring around during the 2016- West regular-season standings with a 4-14 mark in third-team selection by the media ... For league-only 17 season ... In its 32 games, the Runnin’ Rebels had conference play ... It was head coach Marvin Menzies games, Mooring led the conference in assists with 4.7 at least four players score in double figures 12 times, first season leading the program ... UNLV was led in per game ... He was also 13th in scoring with 15.1 while they have had at least five in double figures six scoring by junior guard Jovan Mooring (12.6 ppg) ... points per contest ... He ranked third in the MW in times and six in double digits on two occasions. Mooring also led the team in assists (4.0 apg) and steals with 1.5 spg, fourth in assist/turnover ratio at was second in the Mountain West ... A total of four 1.7 per game, sixth in 3-pointers made with 2.3 per DIFFERENT LEADERS Runnin' Rebels averaged double figures in points - the game, seventh in minutes played at 34.5 per game In UNLV’s 32 games during 2016-17, it had seven other three: senior forward Tyrell Green (11.7), senior and ninth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.380). different players lead the team in scoring and eight forward Christian Jones (10.6) and sophomore guard different guys lead in rebounding. Jalen Poyser (10.4) ... Jones led the team in rebound- ing (6.8 rpg) ... Mooring was selected third team All- "3-POINT GOAL..." - 1,006 STRAIGHT GAMES UNLV and Kentucky traded off during the 2016-17 MISSING TIME Mountain West by both the coaches and the media. season owning the NCAA record for most consecu- During the course of 2016-17, UNLV had six play- ers miss time because of injury or illness: (Dwayne MENZIES FIRST SEASON BACK AT UNLV tive games scoring at least one 3-pointer ... Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in 1986- Morgan, Cheickna Dembele, Christian Jones, Uche The 2016-17 season was UNLV head coach Marvin 87, UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all Ofoegbu, Kris Clyburn and Troy Baxter Jr.) Menzies' first leading the Runnin' Rebel program 1,006 games played. Kentucky has made at least one ... He spent the previous nine years as head coach 3-pointer in 1,013 straight games, which is the NCAA record ... UNLV has made a 3-pointer in every game it has played since the rule was adopted by the NCAA, while Kentucky’s streak is only consecutive games (The Wildcats had a game early on where they didn’t 2016-17 2016-17 REVIEW make a 3-pointer). UNLV WAS PART OF THE COACHES VS. CANCER 3-POINT CHALLENGE UNLV men’s basketball was a part of the Coaches vs Cancer 3-point Challenge ... Fans were asked to support by pledging a donation for every 3-point shot the Runnin’ Rebels made from Feb. 1 - March 5 ... Every made 3-pointer during the program helped the American Cancer Society save more lives ... The national 3-Point Challenge competi- tion could be tracked at www.3pointchallenge.org ... Every shot counts. Every life counts. ... All pro- ceeds helped the American Cancer Society save lives Tyrell Green Jalen Poyser 96 2016-17 SEASON NOTES game for the first time since tallying 113 vs. Saint Katherine during the 2014-15 season ... It also was the most points that UNLV scored in a game against a Division I team since 2011 when it had 124 against Central Arkansas. QUITE THE TURNAROUND Injuries kept senior forward Tyrell Green out for most of the 2015-16 season, and when he did play early in the year, he only averaged 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds ... In 2016-17, he started 19 of UNLV’s games, while playing in 31, and finished second on the team in scoring at 11.7 ppg ... He also averaged 5.5 rpg ... He scored in double figures in 13 of his last 22 games and led the Runnin’ Rebels in scoring in nine of those ... He scored 20 or more points in a total of five games in 2016-17, including a career-high 28 on Feb. 11, 2017, vs. San José State ... He had a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds on Senior Night vs. Utah State. ROSTER MAKEUP Kris Clyburn Uche Ofoegbu The 2016-17 roster had 12 newcomers on it (six fresh- GLOBAL SPORTS CLASSIC WRAP-UP men, three JC transfers, two Div. I graduate transfers 16, 2016, vs. UC Riverside ... Owens, who starred (seniors eligible immediately) and one Div. I transfer at UNLV from 1973-77 under Hall of Fame coach The 2016 Global Sports Classic at the Thomas & (redshirt). Mack Center was held Nov. 25-26, 2016, with TCU Jerry Tarkanian, was part of the “Hardway Eight,” the 1976-77 Runnin’ Rebels that put the program on the claiming the title over Washington ... The Runnin’ BAHAMAS TRIP Rebels finished third after falling to TCU, but defeated national map and advanced to the school’s first NCAA The Runnin’ Rebels took a summer foreign tour to Final Four ... Owens scored 2,221 points during his Western Kentucky ... Runnin’ Rebel sophomore guard the Bahamas in August 2016 under Coach Menzies, Jalen Poyser made the all-tournament team after UNLV career, 148 more points than any other Runnin’ playing three games - vs. the University of Toronto Rebel in history -- and did so before the introduction averaging 18.0 ppg over the four UNLV games vs. Cal (L, 80-79), the CTG Knights (W, 106-85) and the State Fullerton, Northern Arizona, TCU and Western of the 3-pointer ... He also holds the UNLV record for Providence Storm (W, 102-87) ... The trip was funded most field goals made in a career with 913. Kentucky ... The rest of the all-tournament team: by the Runnin’ Rebels Club. Desmond Bane, TCU (MVP); Alex Robinson, TCU; Markelle Fultz, Washington; David Crisp, Washington; 1987 FINAL FOUR TEAM HONORED MARQUEE NON-CONFERENCE GAMES 30 years after the 1986-87 UNLV men’s basketball Que Johnson, Western Kentucky; Erik Durham, UNLV had several marquee opponents from Power Jacksonville State; Jordyn Martin, Northern Arizona; team made the school’s second trip to the NCAA Five conferences on its non-conference schedule Final Four, the team was honored at the Thomas & Rodney Simeon, Alabama State; Tre’ Coggins, Cal during 2016-17: TCU in the Global Sports Classic State Fullerton. Mack Center on Feb. 25, 2017 ... That team was a at the Thomas & Mack Center, at Arizona State, vs. special one as it became the first UNLV squad to end No. 5/4 Duke at the new T-Mobile Arena on the Las the regular season as the nation’s top-ranked team. MOST POINTS AGAINST A DIVISION I TEAM Vegas Strip, vs. No. 22 Oregon (in Portland) and No. SINCE 2011 3 Kansas at the Thomas & Mack Center on Dec. 22 With 110 points scored against Northern Arizona on ... The Runnin’ Rebels played three teams that were in 2016-17 REVIEW Nov. 22, 2016, the Runnin’ Rebels scored 110 in a the nation’s top 5 in the preseason rankings. 59TH SEASON OF RUNNIN' REBEL BASKETBALL The 2016-17 year marked the 59th season of Runnin’ Rebel basketball at UNLV ... Since the program’s inception in 1958-59, the Runnin’ Rebels have posted an all-time record of 1,251-540 (.699). AT THE THOMAS & MACK CENTER The Runnin’ Rebels played their 34th season in the Thomas & Mack Center in 2016-17 ... UNLV has posted an all-time record of 467-111 (.808) in the arena since it opened in 1983 ... The Runnin’ Rebels have the best all-time home-court win percentage in the Mountain West.