National Basketball Association
San Diego St. 63, UNLV 57
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 12, 2011
Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials:
# Mike Littlewood, # Gerry Pollard, # Rick Randall
Attendance:
18557
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D.J. Gay scored 20 points – including the go-ahead free throws with 1:03 remaining – and No. 6 San Diego State held off host UNLV 63-57 on Saturday.
Kawhi Leonard had 14 points for San Diego State (25-1, 10-1 Mountain West), which has won five straight overall and 34 in a row against unranked teams.
Tre’Von Willis scored 13 points for the Rebels (18-7, 6-5), who fell to 1-5 against Top 25 teams this season.
UNLV was looking for a NCAA Tournament resume-boosting win and nearly got it.
The Runnin' Rebels took their first lead since it was 2-0 when Willis hit a jumper with 3:19 remaining. Gay tied it at 55-55 with a free throw, and added two more that made it 59-57 with 1:03 to play.
Willis had a shot to tie it, but his jumper was off and Malcolm Thomas grabbed the rebound with 51 seconds left as the Aztecs held on.
Top Game Performances
| San Diego St. |
|
UNLV |
|
D.J. Gay 20 |
Scoring |
Tre'Von Willis 13 |
|
D.J. Gay 3 |
Assists |
Oscar Bellfield 2 |
|
Kawhi Leonard 10 |
Rebounds |
Brice Massamba 6 |
|
D.J. Gay 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Oscar Bellfield 2 |
|
Billy White 2 |
Steals |
Oscar Bellfield 1 |
|
Brian Carlwell 1 |
Blocks |
Quintrell Thomas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| San Diego St.
|
63 |
42.6 |
3-7 |
20-22 |
7 |
32 |
2 |
4 |
|
| UNLV
|
57 |
37.9 |
1-15 |
12-19 |
8 |
30 |
2 |
4 |
|