
Callie Lawson-Freeman
Sports Reporter at Las Vegas Review-Journal
Aces/UNLV sports reporter @reviewjournal | @sji_update @nabj
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6 days ago |
reviewjournal.com | Callie Lawson-Freeman
The Aces’ training camp just got even more competitive. Deja Kelly, a 5-foot-8-inch guard, is the latest training camp signee set to battle for one the team’s 12 roster spots when offseason workouts begin April 27, the team announced Friday. Kelly was not selected in Monday’s WNBA draft after averaging 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists as a graduate student at Oregon this season.
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1 week ago |
reviewjournal.com | Callie Lawson-Freeman
New UNLV men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner announced his full staff Thursday. As previously reported by the Review-Journal, he is welcoming Justin Hawkins and Anthony Wilkins as assistant coaches. Hawkins is a former Rebels guard who was UNR’s player development coach for the past three seasons. Wilkins was an assistant at Texas-Rio Grande Valley last season after serving as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt the year before.
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1 week ago |
reviewjournal.com | Callie Lawson-Freeman
The Aces introduced their new draftees, guards Aaliyah Nye of Alabama and Harmoni Turner of Harvard, in a virtual news conference Wednesday. After entering Monday’s WNBA draft in search of versatile talent to fit coach Becky Hammon’s positionless system, Aces president Nikki Fargas detailed how the No. 13 and 35 picks fit that description. “When you look at Aaliyah Nye, her sharpshooting and defensive tenacity is very attractive to us at this next level,” Fargas said.
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1 week ago |
reviewjournal.com | Callie Lawson-Freeman
The UNLV men’s basketball team added some backcourt size with its latest transfer portal addition. Howard “Howie” Fleming Jr., a 6-foot-5-inch guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley, has committed to join the Rebels, he announced via X on Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
reviewjournal.com | Callie Lawson-Freeman
The Aces selected Alabama guard Aaliyah Nye with the No. 13 pick of the 2025 WNBA draft Monday. Nye set the Alabama record for 3-pointers with 109 this season, breaking her own record of 108 from the previous year. She joined the Crimson Tide after spending two years at the University of Illinois. The graduate student averaged 12.2 points per game over her five-year collegiate career.
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