Sparks should fly when BYU meets UNLV for first time since the Cougars left the Mountain West

Provo • Jimmer Fredette was more amused than annoyed back in January 2011 when UNLV guard Tre’Von Willis said that BYU’s star guard was just an average player and would be shut down at the Thomas & Mack Center in what was then the Mountain West Conference opener.“He’s got all of those [All-America] accolades, but he’s gotta come in and prove it,” Willis said.Prove it, he did.Fredette erupted for 39 points, including seven 3-pointers, as BYU beat UNLV