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Final: Utah 70, UNLV 60
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah (20-7, 11-2) used an 18-4 run to close out the first half en route to a 38-24 halftime lead and it proved to be too big of a deficit for the Rebels (20-8, 8-6) to overcome in a 70-60 loss to the Utes on Wednesday night at the Huntsman Center.
Luke Nevill had 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Shaun Green added 12 points, including three 3-pointers late in the first half that keyed Utah’s 18-4 run.
UNLV trailed by double-digits for most of the second half but cut the Utah lead to two, 57-55, with 2:56 to go on a Rene Rougeau layup. But Utah guard Luka Drca answered with a big 3-pointer to put the Ute lead back up to five points, and UNLV never got any closer the rest of the way.
Rougeau led UNLV with 19 points and 4 steals while Tre’Von Willis added 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
With the loss, UNLV seems pretty much assured of playing in the 4 vs. 5 game in the Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinals on March 12 at the Thomas & Mack Center at 2:30 p.m. The Rebels’ likely opponent would be San Diego State.
