Menzies: Wins, yes; values, definitely

ISAN DIEGO n a basketball season that has now reached a historic level of ineptness for UNLV, perhaps one of the positive rays of light in this sea of perpetual darkness sat on the Rebels bench Sunday in the form of sophomore guard Jalen Poyser.

Not for anything he has done on the court this season or in a positive manner for why he was relegated to a spectator’s role, but rather as a symbol for how best the Rebels might create a winning culture.

Poyser broke a team rule and was benched for UNLV’s game at San Diego State, one in which the Aztecs prevailed 77-64 before an announced gathering of 11,896 at Viejas Arena.

It was the 17th defeat for UNLV, the first time the Rebels have dropped this many games in a season.

It was also the team’s seventh straight loss, two shy of the school record set in 1958.

It was also the 10th straight setback to San Diego State, making it tougher and tougher now to define the matchup as the intense rivalry that at one time helped build a national foothold for Mountain West basketball.

But as the losses mount and GRANEY,