San Diego State closed out the regular season on Saturday night, leaving no doubt in an 80-61 win over Nevada in front of a sellout crowd at Viejas Arena.
The victory clinched a season sweep for the Aztecs over Nevada and marked their 13th consecutive win over the Wolfpack at Viejas Arena. Four Aztecs finished in double figures led by Nick Boyd. The Florida Atlantic transfer had 18 points on 7-10 shooting while dishing out four assists. Miles Heide, Pharoah Compton and BJ Davis each joined Boyd in double figures, helping San Diego State cruise to the victory. The Aztecs will head to Las Vegas early next week, set to open the Mountain West Conference tournament against Boise State on Thursday.
Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s victory.
San Diego State’s topflight defense was not on display in Tuesday’s loss at UNLV. Leading at halftime against the Runnin’ Rebels, San Diego State allowed UNLV to get loose, shooting 65 percent in the second half en route for a 71-64 victory. UNLV knocked down 12 of their 24 three-point attempts with Julian Rishwain scoring a career high 26 points in the game.
Returning to their home court for senior night on Saturday, San Diego State’s defense returned. The Aztecs used a 15-0 first half run to take a 43-21 lead into the halftime break. As Nevada tried to cut into the second half deficit, San Diego State was able to come up with key stops to keep the Wolfpack at bay.
Nevada shot 40 percent from the field for the game and made five of their 23 three-point attempts. They finished the night with 12 turnovers and just eight assists as the Aztecs limited them to four fastbreak points and five second chance points.
Nick Boyd led San Diego State on Saturday night with an efficient 18 points and four assists on 7-10 shooting but was one of many with standout offensive nights. Miles Heide, who entered the starting lineup when Magoon Gwath went down last month, continues to show improvement. He had 14 points (5-5 shooting) and six rebounds across his 25 minutes of action.
Forwards Pharoah Compton and Demarshay Johnson Jr. made the most of their minutes off the bench. Compton had 13 points, three rebounds, and two assists in 17 minutes while Johnson Jr. had four points, a rebound and a block in 10 minutes.
Miles Byrd finished with eight points on 3-6 shooting while playing a team high 34 minutes. Byrd didn’t force anything against Nevada, contributing across the board in what was a standout offensive performance for the Aztecs. He knocked down two three-pointers while finishing with six rebounds, five assists, three steals and a block.
DOMINANCE AGAINST NEVADA CONTINUES
Saturday’s win marked the 13th consecutive home victory against Nevada for the Aztecs. They’ve won 15 of their past 18 games overall against the Wolfpack, capturing both games by 19 points this season.
The Aztecs never trailed and led for 39:06 of the game on Saturday. They held a double-digit lead for more than 31 minutes. At one point San Diego State had stretched their lead to 28, their largest lead against a Mountain West foe this season.
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A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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