Rebels putting up a fight, trail 60-54, with 7:03 left

LEXINGTON — It would have been quite easy for UNLV to toss in the towel on its season early in the second half here after Kentucky took a 20-point lead, 50-30, on back-by-back dunks by Perry Stevenson and Patrick Patterson with 16:00 left.

But the Runnin’ Rebels, behind a pair of 3-pointers by both Wink Adams and Mo Rutledge, have rallied to cut the Wildcat lead to six points, 60-54, with 7:03 left, thanks to an 18-4 run.

Adams (14 points) and Rutledge (10 points), who missed Sunday’s team banquet because he was sick, have led the Rebel comeback before a noisy sellout crowd of 8,327 at Memorial Coliseum.

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