Final: UNLV 75, BYU 74

UNLV’s first home sellout since 1993 witnessed something that hasn’t been done in over a decade … a regular season sweep of BYU.

The Runnin’ Rebels (20-7, 8-5) climbed back within a half-game of the second place Cougars, San Diego State and New Mexico with a 75-74 victory before a crowd of 18,523 at the Thomas & Mack Center.

The win completed UNLV’s first regular season sweep of the Cougars since 1998 when both teams were still both members of the WAC.

Wink Adams led the Rebels with 22 points and 7 rebounds while Mo Rutledge added 13 points. Kendall Wallace finished with 8 points but they were big ones midway through the second half when he connected on two long 3-pointers in a 16 second span that gave UNLV a 43-37 lead.

UNLV led by double-digits for most of the final seven minutes before BYU cut it to one on Lee Cummard hit a 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds left. But the Rebels successfully inbounded the ball to Adams who managed to dribble the clock out before the Cougars could foul him.