Final: UNLV 71, TCU 57

By Steve Guiremand
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM

Wink Adams scored 21 points and dished off four assists and Joe Darger added 14 points and six rebounds and UNLV’s pressing defense forced a season-high 26 turnovers as the Rebels (18-6, 6-4) snapped their two-game losing streak with a 71-57 win over TCU (13-11, 4-6) on Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

The Rebels actually received a smattering of boos early in this one while falling behind, 17-7. That crowd reaction, along with a nice half-court trap which forced 17 first half Horned Frog turnovers, and sent UNLV on a 23-2 run over the next eight minutes en route to a 40-31 halftime lead.

The Rebels extended their lead to as many as 18 points, 66-48, in the second half.

UNLV, which finished with 13 steals, held a 23-13 edge in points off turnovers.

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Steve Guiremand is the editor of Rebel Nation, a UNLV all-sports publication owned by Stephens Media that is printed weekly from August through April. He was born in southern California and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1978. He has covered college and professional sports as well as recruiting for over 30 years for several publications including the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, The National Sports Daily, the Long Beach Press-Telegram and the Las Vegas Sun. He moved to Las Vegas in 1998 and has covered UNLV football and basketball as well as the old Las Vegas Stars triple-A baseball team. He’ll blog about UNLV sports and recruiting.

Final: UNLV 71, TCU 57

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