unlv hosts air force tuesday for 'black out'

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1 andy grossman - assistant athletics director/media relations & communications 4505 Maryland Parkway - Las Vegas - NV O: F: C: andy.grossman@unlv.edu SCHEDULE/RESULTS Record: MWC: vs. Top 25: DATE 11/10 11/14 11/18 11/21 11/25 11/28 12/2 12/5 12/12 12/15 12/17 12/19 12/22 12/23 12/25 1/6 1/9 1/13 1/16 1/20 1/23 1/26 2/3 2/6 2/10 2/13 2/17 2/20 2/24 2/27 3/6 3/10-13 OPPONENT WASHBURN (Exhibition) PITTSBURG STATE NEVADA, RENO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ^ HOLY CROSS NO. 16 LOUISVILLE at Arizona at Santa Clara KANSAS STATE # at Southern Utah WEBER STATE USC UPSTATE vs. SMU % at Hawaii % vs. USC % at No. 25/23 BYU * at No. 15/14 New Mexico * SAN DIEGO STATE * UTAH * at Colorado State * at TCU * AIR FORCE * at Wyoming * BYU * NEW MEXICO * at San Diego State * at Utah * COLORADO STATE * TCU * at Air Force * WYOMING * MWC TOURNAMENT & Home: Away: Neutral: W/L TIME TV W, W, W, The Mtn. W, W, W, VERSUS W, (2OT) FSN AZ W, ESPN Full Court L, W, W, W, W, ESPNU W, ESPN2 L, ESPN2 L, The Mtn. W, VERSUS W, CBS C L, CBS C W, The Mtn. W, CBS C 7:30 PM The Mtn. 7:00 PM The Mtn. 1:00 PM VERSUS 8:00 PM CBS C 1:00 PM VERSUS 7:00 PM The Mtn. 3:00 PM CBS C 8:00 PM The Mtn. 12:30 PM The Mtn. 1:00 PM VERSUS Mtn./CBS C/VS TBD Home games in BOLD CAPS at Thomas & Mack Center ^ MWC-MVC Challenge All times Pacific # - at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas * - MWC games % - Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii (Teams included: College of Charleston, Hawaii, Northeastern, Saint Mary's, SMU, UNLV, USC, Western Michigan) & - Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas QUICK FACTS Location: Las Vegas, NV Founded: Enrollment: ,000 Nickname: Runnin Rebels Colors: Scarlet & Gray President: Dr. Neal J. Smatresk Director of Athletics: Jim Livengood Conference: Mountain West Arena: Thomas & Mack Center Capacity: ,500 Record in Arena: (.835)/27th season All-Time Record: , (.713)/52nd season All-Time vs. MWC: (.655) Head Coach: Lon Kruger UNLV Record: (.692)/6th season Career Record: (.606)/24th season UNLV s Record: /9-7 MWC (5th) 2009 Postseason: NIT - Lost at Kentucky in first round Monday, January 25, 2010 unlv hosts air force tuesday for 'black out' first 4,000 fans will receive free black t-shirts, fans encouraged to wear black to 7:30 pm game air force (8-10, 0-5 MOUNTAIN WEST) AT UNLV (16-4, 4-2 MOUNTAIN WEST) DATE: TIME: SITE: TV: RADIO: ONLINE: Tuesday, January 26, :30 PM PST Tarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center (18,500), Las Vegas The Mtn. (pbp: Ari Wolfe, analyst: Blaine Fowler, sideline: Molly Sullivan) ESPN Radio 1100 AM, Las Vegas (Jon Sandler, Robert Smith) Audio Broadcast and Gametracker at UNLVRebels.com After a 2-0 road trip with wins at Colorado State (80-72) on Wednesday and at TCU (79-70) on Saturday to improve its Mountain West Conference record to 4-2, the UNLV men's basketball team, winner of four of its last five games, will host Air Force on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game is being billed as a "Black Out," where the first 4,000 fans in attendance will receive a free black UNLV t-shirt, courtesy of The Mtn. All fans are asked to wear black in attempt to "black out" the T&M. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised by The Mtn., with Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler and Molly Sullivan calling the action. The radio call will be handled by Jon Sandler and Robert Smith on ESPN Radio 1100 AM in Las Vegas. The game will also be available via audio streaming (monthly fee) and Gametracker (free) at UNLVRebels.com. THE UNLV RUNNIN' REBELS UNLV (16-4, 4-2 MWC) was 12-2 during non-conference play and is 4-2 so far in Mountain West Conference action with a loss at BYU, a win at New Mexico, a win at home over San Diego State, a loss at home to Utah, a win at Colorado State and a win at TCU... prior to conference action, the Runnin' Rebels recorded a 2-1 mark at the inaugural Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, which was played over Christmas in Honolulu... UNLV defeated SMU (67-53) in the first round, then beat Hawaii (77-53) on its home floor in the second round before losing to USC (67-56) in the championship game of the eight-team tournament... UNLV's only other loss of the season was to Kansas State (now ranked No. 11/13) at the Orleans Arena in front of a sold-out crowd of 8, two of UNLV's four losses this season are to teams that are currently nationally ranked and the Runnin' Rebels boast two wins over teams that were ranked at the time of the victory (then-no. 16 Louisville and then-no. 15/14 New Mexico)... Earlier this season, UNLV spent four consecutive weeks in the rankings... the early-season national ranking for the Runnin' Rebels marked the first time since the end of the season that the team was ranked and was the first time since 1992 that UNLV was ranked in the national polls in November/December... it was also the first time UNLV had been ranked in the national polls four consecutive weeks since the season... UNLV is currently receiving votes in both polls... before the loss to USC, UNLV was 12-1, which marked its best start to a season since the team started the season before the loss to K-State, UNLV was 7-0, which was its best start to a season since it started the season - 19 years ago - by winning its first 34 games... UNLV is 8-2 at home this year (8-1 at the Thomas & Mack Center), 7-1 on the road and 1-1 in neutral-site games... the Runnin' Rebels have two players averaging in double figures in scoring in junior guard Tre'Von Willis (17.6 ppg) and sophomore guard/forward Chace Stanback (10.4), but the bench is deep with 11 players total all averaging 11.2 minutes played per game or more (nine players have scored in double figures in a game at least once this season and eight have recorded 2007 & 2008 mwc tournament champions l 2007 NCAA SWEET 16 l 2008 NCAA SECOND ROUND

2 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 Rank Team Record Pts Prev. 1 Kentucky (65) Kansas Villanova Syracuse Michigan State Texas Georgetown Duke West Virginia Purdue Kansas State BYU Gonzaga Tennessee Temple Wisconsin Pittsburgh Mississippi Connecticut Ohio State Vanderbilt Georgia Tech New Mexico Baylor UAB OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Florida State(15-4) 111; Northern Iowa(17-2) 106; Clemson(15-5) 103; Wake Forest(14-4) 98; Butler(16-4) 69; Mississippi State(15-4) 42; Texas A&M(14-5) 29; Oklahoma(11-8) 25; Missouri(15-4) 24; Maryland(13-5) 22; Cornell(16-3) 16; Old Dominion(16-5) 11; Xavier(13-6) 11; UNLV(16-4) 6; Northwestern(14-5) 5; Siena(17-4) 3; Virginia(12-5) 3; California(13-6) 2; Louisiana Tech(18-3) 2; St. Mary's(17-3) 2; Coastal Carolina(18-3) 1; Harvard(13-3) 1 ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES POLL Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 Rank Team Record Pts Prev. 1 Kentucky (31) Kansas Villanova Syracuse Michigan State Texas Duke Gonzaga West Virginia BYU Georgetown Purdue Kansas State Tennessee Temple Wisconsin Pittsburgh Butler Connecticut Mississippi Clemson Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Ohio State Northern Iowa OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Florida State(15-4) 50; Cornell(16-3) 38; New Mexico(18-3) 38; Baylor(15-3) 37; Wake Forest(14-4) 23; UAB(17-2) 18; Missouri(15-4) 16; Oklahoma State(15-4) 16; St. Mary's(17-3) 11; Mississippi State(15-4) 9; Maryland(13-5) 6; UNLV(16-4) 6; Siena(17-4) 4; Texas A&M(14-5) 4; Louisiana Tech(18-3) 3; Xavier(13-6) 3; Old Dominion(16-5) 3; Notre Dame(15-5) 2; California(13-6) 2; North Carolina(12-7) 1 multiple double-figure scoring games)... Willis leads the MWC in scoring in conference-only games with 24.2 ppg... Stanback leads the team in rebounding (5.5 rpg), followed by junior guard Derrick Jasper (4.9) and Willis (3.9)... sophomore guard Oscar Bellfield is the team's assist leader with 4.6 apg, while Willis is second with 3.1 apg and Jasper is third with 2.8 apg... Bellfield leads the MWC in assists per game in conference-only games with 6.3 apg and is second in assist/turnover ratio at 2.5 (Bellfield leads the MWC in all games in a/to ratio with 2.1)... Stanback is the team's steals leader with 1.5 spg, freshman guard Anthony Marshall is second with 1.3 spg and Jasper is third with 1.2 spg... this season marks the sixth for UNLV head coach Lon Kruger with the Rebels... he is (.692) at UNLV... the Runnin' Rebels have been picked to finish third in this year's Mountain West Conference race by the media... UNLV returns two starters and three other letterwinners from last season's team that finished with an overall record of and placed fifth in the MWC with a 9-7 mark... UNLV lost seven letterwinners off last year's team, including three starters... last year's team was invited to the postseason for the third straight year and ended the campaign by losing at Kentucky in the National Invitation Tournament... the team has won 20 or more games in each of the past three seasons, marking the first time since the Runnin' Rebels have won 75.8 percent of their games since the beginning of the season, going Willis and Jasper each received preseason MWC accolades as Willis was named to the Preseason All-MWC team and Jasper was named Preseason Newcomer of the Year during the league's media day in October... Willis, who was named MWC Player of the Week for the second time in his career on Jan. 25, is the Runnin' Rebels' returning leading scorer and rebounder as he averaged 11.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg last season... UNLV has nine newcomers on this year's roster and Matt Shaw, who last earned a letter in , returns to action this season after recovering from knee surgery. the air force falcons Air Force (8-10, 0-5 MWC) has lost its first five conference games, most recently at Utah (71-54) on Saturday... prior to the start of MWC play, the Falcons had won three of four games: win over UC Davis at home (69-57), win vs. Niagara on a neutral floor (77-71), loss at UTEP (58-47) and win at home over Texas-Pan American (72-65)... Air Force is 7-4 at home, 0-5 on the road and 1-1 in neutral-site games this season... the Falcons are being outscored by their opponents by an average of 2.1 ppg this season... Air Force has three players averaging in double figures in scoring: senior forward/center Grant Parker (15.5 ppg), junior guard Evan Washington (11.3) and junior forward Tom Fow (10.2)... Parker leads the team in rebounding (6.4 rpg), followed by Washington (5.2)... Washington is the team's assist leader (3.2 apg), followed by freshman guard Michael Lyons (1.6), while Washington also leads in steals (0.9 spg)... Air Force shoots 44.9 percent from the field, 30.4 percent from 3-point range and averages 60.8 ppg... the Falcons were picked to finish ninth in the MWC by the league's media in October... Air Force finished the season with an overall record of and finished ninth in the MWC with a league mark of the Falcons return 12 letterwinners from last season's team, including one starter... Jeff Reynolds is in his third season as Air Force's head coach with a record of (.430) and is in his seventh season overall as a head coach with a career record of (.595). series history This will mark the 30th all-time meeting between UNLV and Air Force in men's basketball.. UNLV leads the series UNLV has won four of the last five meetings and have won three in a row at home... UNLV swept the season series last year by winning at Air Force (59-38) on Jan. 31, 2009, and in Las Vegas (46-43) on March 4, UNLV is 14-1 all-time at home over Air Force, including 12-1 all-time at the Thomas & Mack Center, with its only loss at home coming in UNLV is (.655) all-time against teams that currently make up the Mountain West Conference. last season at home vs. air force - march 4 Wink Adams layup driving through traffic in the lane helped clinch UNLV's win over Air Force at the Thomas & Mack Center on March 4, 2009, on Senior Night... UNLV led by two points and the shot clock was down to two seconds when Adams slipped between two defenders and made a shot with 24 seconds left to give UNLV a lead... UNLV scored its fewest points in a win since a victory over Grand Canyon College on Jan. 6, Adams was 5-for-12 and finished with a team-high 11 points... UNLV shot 15-for-50 from the field, including 6-for-23 from 3-point range... the Runnin' Rebels went 11 minutes in the first half without a field goal and seven minutes without a point in the second half... after an Adams layup put the Rebels ahead with 8:17 left, the Falcons went on a 10-0 run and trailed by two after Andrew Henke's second straight 3-pointer with 1:46 to play... René Rougeau was fouled after an offensive rebound and made two free throws with 1:16 to go... Henke responded with a jumper from the baseline with 56 seconds to play... Air Force's Matt Holland missed two 3-point attempts, and Joe Darger rebounded the second miss and made one of two free throws to wrap up the victory... Darger was just 2-for-10 from the field, scored nine points and had seven rebounds... Rougeau scored nine points and had eight rebounds, and Oscar Bellfield added seven points for UNLV... Adams, Darger, Rougeau, Mareceo Rutledge and walk-on Rob Ketchum were honored in a senior ceremony before the game... Henke made three 3-pointers and led Air Force with 19 points. last season on the road vs. air force - jan. 31 Joe Darger had game highs of 18 points and seven rebounds, while Wink Adams added 13 points to lead UNLV to a win over Air Force on Jan. 31, 2009, at Clune Arena... the win snapped a six-game losing streak for UNLV to the Falcons in Colorado Springs... the 38 points scored by Air Force were the fewest by a UNLV opponent during the season... Kendall Wallace came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and tie his career high with 15 points, and Tre'Von Willis had a career-high 11 assists, which equaled the number Air Force tallied as a team... Willis had no turnovers... UNLV trailed with 7:33 left in the first half, but with Wallace and Darger starting to find their range, UNLV outscored the Falcons 17-6 in the final 6:44 and led at halftime... Air Force shot 35 percent from the field, including 5-for-20 (25

3 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Standings Thru Mon., Jan. 25 MWC Games All Games W L Pct. W L Pct. BYU (No. 12/10) New Mexico (No. 23/RV) UNLV (RV/RV) Utah San Diego St. (NA/RV) Colorado State TCU Wyoming Air Force UNLV s Record When It... plays at home plays on the road plays at a neutral site plays a conference game plays a home conference game plays a road conference game plays during the morning plays during the afternoon plays at night plays vs. an Atlantic Sun Conference team plays vs. a Big East Conference team plays vs. a Big 12 Conference team plays vs. a Big Sky Conference team plays vs. a Conference USA team plays vs. a Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Assoc. team plays vs. a Missouri Valley Conference team plays vs. a Pac-10 Conference team plays vs. a Patriot League team plays vs. a Summit League team plays vs. a Western Athletic Conference team plays vs. a West Coast Conference team leads at halftime trails at halftime is tied at halftime is in an overtime game shoots a higher FG% than opponent shoots a lower FG% than opponent shoots the same FG% as opponent takes more shots than opponent takes less shots than opponent takes the same number of shots as opponent shoots 50% or better from field shoots less than 50% from field shoots a higher 3pt% than opponent shoots a lower 3pt% than opponent shoots the same 3pt% as opponent takes more 3pters than opponent takes less 3pters than opponent takes the same number of 3pters as opponent shoots a higher FT% than opponent shoots a lower FT% than opponent shoots the same FT% as opponent takes more FT than opponent takes less FT than opponent takes the same number of FT as opponent has more rebounds than opponent has less rebounds than opponent has the same number of rebounds as opponent has more assists than opponent has less assists than opponent has the same number of assists as opponent has more turnovers than opponent has less turnovers than opponent has the same number of turnovers as opponent has more fouls than opponent has less fouls than opponent has the same number of fouls as opponent has more blocks than opponent has less blocks than opponent has the same number of blocks as opponent has more steals than opponent has less steals than opponent has the same number of steals as opponent scores 100 or more points scores points scores points scores points scores points scores 59 or fewer points allows 100 or more points allows points allows points allows points allows points allows 59 or fewer points has a game decided by 1 point has a game decided by 2 or 3 points has a game decided by 4-9 points has a game decided by points has a game decided by points has a game decided by 30 or more points percent) from 3-point range... UNLV led eight minutes into the second half and by 24 points with 2:30 left... Matt Holland was the only Air Force player in double figures, scoring 13 points. up next After the Air Force game, UNLV will have some time off before its next game. The Runnin' Rebels will play at Wyoming on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. MST/7 p.m. PST. The Mtn. will televise the game. every unlv conference game on tv All 16 of UNLV's MWC games will be televised. The Runnin' Rebels are slated to appear on The Mtn. seven times, CBS College Sports five times and VERSUS four times. REBELS exceed LAST YEAR'S MWC ROAD WIN TOTAL Last season, UNLV finished 2-6 on the road in MWC play. After just four conference road games this season, the Runnin' Rebels have already exceeded last year's total of two wins on the road in league action as they are 3-1 on the road in MWC play this year. UNLV has won each of its last three road games: at New Mexico, at Colorado State and at TCU. The lone loss was at BYU. UNLV has four road games remaining this season. UNLV has exceeded last year's road win total Last year, UNLV was 6-7 overall on the road. This year, the Runnin' Rebels are 7-1 overall in road games. UNLV exceeded last year's road win total with its win at TCU on Saturday and has four road games left on the schedule. willis wins mwc player of the week UNLV junior Tre'Von Willis was named the Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for games through January 24. A 6-4 guard from Fresno, Calif., Willis led UNLV to a 2-0 record on the road in conference play last week. In an victory at Colorado State on Wednesday, he led all scorers with 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field, while adding four rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist in 32 minutes of action. Willis scored 14 points in the second half and shot 7-of-8 from the free throw line. All of his free throw attempts were in the final 2:43 of the game. He followed that performance with a game- and career-high 30 points on 9-of-14 field goals and 11-of-14 free throws in a win at TCU on Saturday. With UNLV holding a lead with under a minute to play, Willis scored four of the Runnin' Rebels' final seven points, all off free throws, to seal the victory. He added six rebounds, four assists, one block and a steal while playing 31 minutes. Willis' 30-point game marked the first 30-point outing for a UNLV player since Wink Adams had 33 against Wyoming on Jan. 23, Last week's wins at CSU and TCU avenged losses at both venues last year by the Runnin' Rebels. For the week, Willis shot 60 percent from the floor (15-of-25) and 81.8 percent from the free throw line (18-of-22), while averaging 25.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 block per game. It was the second straight week that Willis tallied 50 or more points. Willis recorded his fifth- and sixth- straight game with 20 or more points last week and continues to lead the conference in scoring (MWC games only) with an average of 24.2 ppg, which is 8.2 ppg better than the second-leading scorer in conference play. He has scored 20 or more points in all six MWC games. This is the second career weekly accolade for Willis and the first for a UNLV player this season. unlv has won four of last five UNLV's win at TCU on Saturday was its fourth in its last five games. The Runnin' Rebels are in a tie for second place with New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference with a league mark of 4-2. BYU is alone in first place in the MWC with a 5-0 mark. willis leads mwc in scoring When only factoring Mountain West Conference games, UNLV junior guard Tre'Von Willis leads the conference in scoring with 24.2 ppg. He scored a game-high 24 points at then-no. 25/23 BYU on Wednesday, Jan. 6, then scored 20 at then-no. 15/14 New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 9. On Wednesday, Jan. 13 against San Diego State he scored a game-high 23 points, Saturday, Jan. 16 against Utah, he scored a then-career-high 27 points, on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at Colorado State he had a game-high 21 points and on Saturday, Jan. 23 at TCU he scored a game- and career-high 30 points. BYU's Jimmer Fredette is second with 16.0 ppg. Willis is second in the MWC in scoring for all games this season with a 17.6 ppg average. He has scored in double figures in 16 of his 19 games played this season and is the only Runnin' Rebel to have scored in double figures in each MWC game, in fact scoring 20 or more points in each game. bellfield leads mwc in assists In MWC-only games, UNLV sophomore guard Oscar Bellfield leads the conference in assists with 6.3 apg. Wyoming's JayDee Luster is second with 5.8 apg. Bellfield had a career-high nine assists at BYU, then dished out seven at New Mexico, six vs. San Diego State, three against Utah, eight at Colorado State and five at TCU. Over the six games, he has committed 13 turnovers, so his assist/turnover ratio of 2.5 is second in the MWC when only factoring league games. stanback turning it on In MWC-only games, UNLV sophomore guard/forward Chace Stanback is fifth in scoring with 14.5 ppg. He has scored in double figures in each of the last five games including three career highs. He scored 14 points at New Mexico, a then-career high of 18 points vs. San Diego State, he recorded his first career double-double vs. Utah with 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, at CSU he scored a career-high 19 points and at TCU he matched that career high with another 19 points. He is also fifth in the MWC

4 UNLV In The MWC Statistics Thru Mon., Jan. 25 Team All Gms MWC Gms Category Rank Stat. Rank Stat. Scoring Off.....4th nd Scoring Def....5th th Scoring Mar....3rd rd FT Pct....3rd st FG Pct....3rd st FG Pct. Def....2nd nd FG Pct....7th th FG Pct. Def....6th th Reb. Off....6th th Reb. Def....8th th Reb. Mar....7th th Blocks....5th T3rd Assists...2nd st Steals...T3rd th TO Mar.....1st rd Ast/TO Rat.....2nd nd Off. Reb....5th th Def. Reb....4th rd FG Made...5th th Individual * All Gms MWC Gms Category Player Rank Stat. Rank Stat. Scoring... Willis... 2nd st Stanback th Reb.... Stanback... 9th th Jasper th T6th Willis th FG Pct.... Willis... 6th th Stanback T6th Assists... Bellfield.... 3rd st Willis... 9th T8th FT Pct.... Willis... 3rd th Stanback nd Steals... Stanback... T8th FG Pct.... Wallace.... 6th T9th FG Made.. Wallace T6th Blocks.... Jasper T7th Ast/TO Rat... Bellfield.... 1st nd Willis... 8th th Off. Reb... Stanback T10th. 1.8 Def. Reb.... Jasper.... 7th th Stanback T5th Min. Played.. Willis th * Must appear in at least 75% of team s games to be ranked UNLV In The NCAA Statistics Thru Sun., Jan. 24 Team Category Rank Stat. Turnover Margin 10th 4.7 Assist Turnover Ratio 20th 1.34 Turnovers Per Game 28th 11.7 Won-Lost Percentage 33rd 80.0 Assists Per Game 36th 15.7 Field-Goal Percentage Defense 43rd 39.8 Scoring Margin 52nd 9.6 Free-Throw Percentage 53rd 72.7 Scoring Offense 58th 76.1 Steals Per Game 63rd 8.1 Field-Goal Percentage 89th 45.2 Individual Category Player Rank Stat. Free-Throw Percent. Willis 33rd 86.4 Assist Turnover Ratio Bellfield 65th 2.14 Assists Per Game Bellfield 75th 4.6 Points Per game Willis 76th 17.6 for conference-only games in rebounding with 6.8 rpg. For all games, Stanback is averaging 10.4 ppg and 5.5 rpg. two with 20 At New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 9, for the only time this season, UNLV had two players score 20 or more points in the same game. Kendall Wallace scored a career-high 21 points on seven 3-pointers, while Tre'Von Willis scored 20 points on 6-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. At Colorado State, Willis had 21 and Chance Stanback had 19 to just miss having two score 20 or more in the same game for a second time this season, and at TCU, Willis had 30, while Stanback again had 19. LAST TIME OUT - at tcu - jan. 23 Tre'Von Willis scored a career-high 30 points and Chace Stanback tied his career high of 19 as UNLV defeated TCU at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Saturday, Jan Willis and Stanback combined to score 21 consecutive points for UNLV late in the second half... Willis had 13 points at halftime to help UNLV to a halftime lead... TCU tied the score at 60 on a Ronnie Moss 3-pointer with 8:35 to go in the game... Stanback and Willis together scored the next nine points, with Willis' only 3-pointer putting UNLV up with 4:30 left... Willis was 9-of-14 from the field and 11-of-14 on free throws... after Willis missed two free throws, Zvonko Buljan's layup pulled TCU to within with 1:05 remaining... Willis was fouled on a drive and made two free throws with 50 seconds left... Stanback then stole a pass, was fouled and made two free throws with 35 seconds left to make the score Stanback was 8-of-12 from the field... Willis became the first UNLV player to score 30 or more points in a game since Wink Adams scored 33 in a victory against Wyoming on Jan. 23, UNLV shot a season-high 59.2 percent from the field (29-of-49)... Nikola Cerina led the Horned Frogs with 14 points... Buljan and Greg Hill each scored 13 for TCU, which made 11-of-27 3-pointers... UNLV big men Matt Shaw, Brice Massamba and Darris Santee combined for 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting... Shaw, who came off the bench for the first time since Dec. 12, made 2-of-3 3-pointers and finished with 10 points. return to the rankings The UNLV men's basketball team returned to the rankings on Nov. 30 when it was ranked in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches' polls following the Runnin' Rebels' victory over then-no. 16 Louisville at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, Nov. 28. UNLV entered the rankings at No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 21 in the coaches' poll. It marked the first time the Runnin' Rebels were in the rankings since the end of the their Sweet 16 season in 2007, when they were No. 19 in the final AP poll and No. 14 in the final coaches' poll. Nov. 30's rankings also marked the first time that the Runnin' Rebels have been in the national polls in the month of November/December since the season, when that squad spent the entire year in the top 25. With Dec. 7's rankings of No. 18 in the AP and No. 17 in the coaches' polls, UNLV was ranked in consecutive weeks for the first time since March 6 and March 13, When the Dec. 14 rankings came out, UNLV was No. 23 in the coaches' poll and was receiving votes in the AP poll. It was the first time that UNLV had been ranked in three consecutive weeks since the season, when the Runnin' Rebels were ranked all year. UNLV was ranked in the coaches' poll for a fourth straight week at No. 20 before falling out and is currently receiving votes in both polls. vs. ranked teams Last season UNLV was 1-0 against ranked teams as it beat then-no. 18 Louisville in Kentucky in its only meeting with a ranked opponent. This year, UNLV is 2-1 against ranked foes as it beat then-no. 16 Louisville at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, Nov. 28, lost at then-no. 25/23 BYU on Wednesday, Jan. 6 on the road, then beat then-no. 15/14 New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 9. In , UNLV was 1-3 against top 25 teams, defeating then-no. 24 BYU in the MWC Tournament's championship game, but fell to then-no. 6 Louisville, then-no. 19 Arizona and then-no. 4 Kansas in the NCAA Tournament's second round. The Jayhawks went on to win that year's national championship. In , UNLV was 4-3 against ranked teams. That season the Runnin' Rebels beat then-no. 20 Nevada, Reno, then-no. 14 Air Force, then-no. 23 BYU in the MWC Tournament's championship game and then-no. 6 Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament's second round. Its losses were to then-no. 16 Arizona, then-no. 20 Air Force and then-no. 10 Oregon in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16. Before this year against Louisville, the last time UNLV defeated an opponent ranked as high as No. 16 in the nation was when it beat then-no. 14 Air Force at home, 60-50, on Feb. 20, This year's win over Louisville marked UNLV's first defeat of a ranked, non-conference opponent at home since it beat then-no. 18 Michigan on Dec. 28, 1995, in the Holiday Classic. RUNNIN' REBELS were off to best start in 19 years Prior to the Saturday, Dec. 12 loss to Kansas State, UNLV was 7-0, which was its best start to a season since the team won its first 34 games on its way to the NCAA Tournament's Final Four - 19 years ago. The Runnin' Rebels' only loss of that season came to Duke in the national semifinals. Before falling to USC on Christmas day, UNLV was 12-1, which was its best 13-game start to a season since the team started the year Before losing to Utah on Saturday, Jan. 16, UNLV was 14-3, which was its best 17-game record since starting the season UNLV was 17-4 last year before losing its fifth game of the season. unlv has won 58 of last 65 at thomas & mack The Runnin Rebels are in their 27th season in the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV has posted an all-time record of (.835) in the arena since it opened in The Runnin Rebels were 12-4 at the Thomas & Mack Center in , 19-1 in (including 17 straight wins to close the year) and 19-2 in (including 15 straight wins to close the year). UNLV was 14-4 at the TMC last season and is 8-1 this year in the building, which makes the Runnin' Rebels (.857) at the Thomas & Mack

5 Center since the start of the season and 60-8 (.882) in the building since the start of the season. The Runnin' Rebels had a 19-game home win streak snapped on Nov. 21, 2007, against then-no. 6 Louisville and have now won 58 of their last 65 games since at the Thomas & Mack Center. Another 19-game home win streak was snapped on Nov. 28, 2008, against California, when at the time it was tied for the seventh-longest active home win streak in the country. UNLV has the best all-time home-court win percentage in the MWC. Utah is second at.817, while New Mexico is third at since start of season With 's 30-7 overall record, 's 27-8 mark, 's record and this year's 16-4 start, UNLV is (.758) since the start of the season. During the three seasons from , that equated to an average of 26 wins per season. unlv wins vs. mwc The Runnin' Rebels are all-time against teams that currently make up the Mountain West Conference and have a.500-or-better winning percentage against each of the other eight teams in the league (Air Force 21-8, BYU 16-14, Colorado State 30-8, New Mexico 25-14, San Diego State 32-15, TCU 13-2, Utah 21-21, Wyoming 24-14). unlv has won 32 of last 35 at home against mwc Prior to its Feb. 3, 2009, home loss to San Diego State in overtime, UNLV had won 27 straight games against MWC opponents at the Thomas & Mack Center (dating back to the season). The streak included 21 consecutive wins against league foes in regular-season action and six MWC Tournament victories. UNLV has now gone 32-3 at home against MWC opponents in its last 35 games in mwc play last four years With its 12-4 MWC records in and , along with 9-7 in and 4-2 this year, UNLV is in conference play the last four years and over the last five seasons. deep team with many options UNLV has proven to have an extremely deep team with a bench that gives head coach Lon Kruger many options. 11 players are averaging at least 11.2 minutes played per game and nine players have scored at least 10 points in at least one game so far this season (eight have scored at least 10 points on multiple occasions). Additionally, at least eight players have scored in the same game in 18 of UNLV's 20 games this season. scoring is up this year UNLV is averaging 76.1 ppg, while limiting its opponents to 66.4 ppg. Last year UNLV averaged 68.8 ppg. opponents' shooting percentages UNLV has held 14 of its 20 opponents to 40 percent or less shooting from the floor. Kansas State, USC Upstate, USC, San Diego State, Utah and TCU are the only teams that have shot over 40 percent against the Runnin' Rebels this season. Eight of UNLV's 20 opponents have shot less than 30 percent from 3-point range in its games against the Runnin' Rebels. Pittsburg State was 0-of-10 from beyond the arc, Southern Illinois connected on just 19.2 percent of its tries (5-of-26), then-no. 16 Louisville was at 28.6 percent (6-of-21), Arizona made just 18.2 percent of its 3-pointers (4-of-22), Southern Utah was at 16.7 percent (2-of-12), SMU was 2-of-15 (13.3 percent), New Mexico was 22.2 percent (4-of-18) and San Diego State shot 12.5 percent (2-of-16). UNLV's opponents are averaging 39.8 percent from the field in its games against the Runnin' Rebels and 33.5 percent from 3-point range. UNLV is shooting 45.2 percent from the field this season, but just 31.1 percent from 3-point range. dishing it out UNLV is averaging 15.7 assists per game this season as it has turned in games of 19, 19, 20, 19, 21, 14, 13, 14, 13, 17, 17, 14, 13, 8, 15, 20, 13, 11, 17 and 16 assists. That totals 313 assists on the year, compared to just 204 from its opponents (10.2 apg). Last year, UNLV averaged 13.7 apg. forcing turnovers and protecting the ball UNLV has forced its opponents to turn the ball over an average of 16.4 times per game. Seven UNLV opponents have turned the ball over 20 or more times in its games against the Runnin' Rebels this season: Pittsburg State turned the ball over 28 times, Holy Cross lost it 24 times, Santa Clara turned it over 21 times, Southern Utah recorded 25 turnovers, USC Upstate committed 20 turnovers, SMU turned it over 21 times and San Diego State had 20 turnovers. UNLV has forced 327 turnovers so far this season, while only committing 234 itself (average of 11.7). UNLV is ranked 28th in the nation in turnovers. Last year, UNLV ranked 24th in the country in turnovers per game with takeaways UNLV has recorded 162 steals this season (8.1 per game), while limiting its opponents to just 86 (4.3 spg). rpi... Through games of Sunday, Jan. 24, UNLV is 32nd in the RPI (The Collegiate Basketball News Men's RPI College Basketball Ratings). UNLV's only losses on the year are to Kansas State (RPI of 8), USC (RPI of 63), BYU (RPI of 22) and Utah (RPI of 146). The MWC has a conference RPI of seven this year, while New Mexico leads the league at No. 19 in the RPI. Air Force's RPI is 229. three-headed center? UNLV has been using a "center by committee" this season, with three Runnin' Rebels rotating in at the center position. Matt Shaw, Darris Santee and Brice Massamba are all playing the position for UNLV and are averaging 6.8 ppg, 4.8 ppg and 4.3 ppg, respectively, with 2.8 rpg, 3.8 rpg and 2.0 rpg. But when you add the numbers together, UNLV centers are averaging 15.8 ppg and 8.6 rpg - nearly a double-double. jasper was a candidate for cousy award UNLV junior guard Derrick Jasper has been named a candidate for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award, which is presented by The Hartford Financial Services and annually recognizes college basketball's top point guard. 72 candidates were nominated for the award, which is named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy. The list of candidates was narrowed down to 20 by Jan. 1, the final 10 will be announced by Feb. 1, and final five by March 1. margin of victory UNLV's season-opening win over Pittsburg State, 91-52, was a margin of 39 points. The last time UNLV won a game by 39 or more points was on Dec. 18, 2006, when the Runnin' Rebels beat Norfolk State by 47 points, , at the Thomas & Mack Center.

6 season-opening game was record setting With UNLV's 52 free throw attempts against Pittsburg State in the season-opening victory, the Runnin' Rebels set the program record for most free throw attempts in a game. The previous mark was 51 set on March 3, 2001, vs. Wyoming. perfect november UNLV turned in a perfect 5-0 record during the month of November. The last time UNLV went undefeated during the month of November was in when it won all three of its November games. willis was perfect from the free-throw line Tre'Von Willis started the season a perfect 18-of-18 from the free-throw line. He was 7-of-7 from the line against Pittsburg State, 4-of-4 against Nevada, Reno and 7-of-7 against Southern Illinois. He didn't attempt a free throw against Holy Cross, and against then-no. 16 Louisville, he missed his first free throw attempt so his streak of consecutive free throws made ended at 18. He was 5-of-7 from the line against the Cardinals, 6-of-6 at Arizona, 3-of-4 at Santa Clara, 4-of-4 against Kansas State, 5-of-6 at Southern Utah and 2-of-2 against Weber State. He didn't play against USC Upstate and in Hawaii he turned in games of 1-of-1 (SMU), 2-of-2 (Hawaii) and 4-of-4 (USC). He was 4-of-5 from the line at BYU and 7-of-8 at New Mexico. Against SDSU he was 10-of-13 from the line and vs. Utah he was 13-of-16. At Colorado State, Willis was 7-of-8 from the line and at TCU he was 11-of-14. He leads the team and is third in the MWC in free throw percentage on the season at 86.4 percent (102-of-118) and is 33rd nationally. He missed his fourth free throw attempt at BYU, so his most recent notable streak of consecutive free throws made ended at 17 straight. The UNLV record for most consecutive free throws made in a season is 27 set by Robert Smith from Dec. 1-22, Smith is now UNLV's radio analyst. 515 and counting... With UNLV's season-opening win over Pittsburg State, UNLV head coach Lon Kruger won his 500th game as a head coach in college and the NBA combined. He currently has 515 career wins when his college and NBA head coaching records are combined. In his five-plus seasons with the Runnin Rebels, Kruger has led the team to a record, and has already established himself as second all-time for wins by a head coach at UNLV. Legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian ranks No. 1 on the all-time list. Kruger has a 24-year career mark of as a college head coach and won 69 games during his time as a head coach in the NBA. Kruger has coached in 736 games as a head coach at the college level and another 191 in the NBA. KRUGER ERA - YEAR six Head Coach Lon Kruger is in his sixth season with the Runnin Rebels. In his five-plus years in Las Vegas, he has positioned the UNLV program once again as one of the most competitive in the West and has resurrected it on the national scene. While doing so, he has helped to re-energize the Las Vegas community around Runnin Rebel basketball. He has compiled a UNLV overall record of (.692). However, since the beginning of the season, Kruger has led his UNLV squad to an mark (.758), two consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2008 (including wins each year), and a National Invitation Tournament bid in In fact, the 21-win season in marked the first time UNLV has had three consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins since The team's run to the 2007 Sweet 16 was UNLV's first NCAA Tournament appearance under Kruger, who won the MWC's and USBWA District VIII's Coach of the Year awards. The 2008 NCAA Tournament marked the second consecutive appearance for UNLV for the first time since 1990 and The wins in the NCAA Tournament also marked UNLV s first wins in the tourney since 1991 a span of 16 years. UNLV's overall record was in , 27-8 in , 30-7 in , in and in his first season at UNLV ( ). His first team was also invited to the NIT where it advanced to the second round. Kruger came to UNLV after a four-year stint in the NBA where he was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks ( ) and was an assistant with the New York Knicks ( ). Prior to making the jump from the college ranks to the NBA, Kruger spent 18 seasons as a head coach at Pan American ( ), Kansas State ( ), Florida ( ) and Illinois ( ). Kruger has a total of 515 career wins as a head coach (446 at the college level and 69 in the NBA). With 's 30 wins at UNLV, 's 27 victories and last year's 21 wins, Kruger has led all five of the college programs he has coached to 20-win seasons. With 27 wins in , Kruger led UNLV to back-to-back seasons with at least 22 wins for the first time since and and back-to-back 27-win seasons for the first time since and Throughout his career, Kruger has established himself as one of the greatest change agents in college basketball history. In 2007, he became just the fifth coach in NCAA history to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament and is one of just three coaches in NCAA history to win an NCAA Tournament game with four different schools. Additionally, Kruger is one of just four coaches to lead three different schools to Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The 2008 NCAA Tournament appearance made Kruger one of just two head coaches in college basketball history to lead at least four different schools to multiple NCAA appearances. Kruger has led his teams to the postseason on 15 different occasions, with 11 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and four in the NIT. He has compiled plus victory seasons, was a two-time SEC Coach of the Year (1992 and 1994) and led his Florida squad to the NCAA Final Four. He is in his 24th season overall as a collegiate head coach and has a career record of (.606) as a collegiate head coach. Prior to the season, Kruger also began to oversee the community outreach and marketing efforts of the basketball program at UNLV. The results were successful with the Runnin Rebels average home attendance growing to No. 22 in the nation for the season, including being No. 1 on the West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada). In fact, UNLV s home attendance numbers for the campaign were the highest in a decade and the second-highest since Jerry Tarkanian was coaching the Runnin Rebels in UNLV drew nearly 15,000 fans per home game during Mountain West Conference play and sold out the famed Thomas & Mack Center in February 2009 vs. BYU ( fans) for the program s first home sellout since The attendance at UNLV's seven regular season non-conference games at the Thomas & Mack Center this season was up 5.5 percent over last season's attendance at its non-conference games at the T&M. In the seven games this season, UNLV averaged 13,060 in attendance, up from 12,377 per game last season during non-conference. The Runnin' Rebels also sold out their game this season at The Orleans Arena, with over 8,300 fans in attendance. runnin' rebels picked third in mwc poll The Runnin' Rebels were picked to finish third during the Mountain West Conference season in the preseason media poll, which was announced in October. Runnin' Rebel junior guards Tre'Von Willis and Derrick Jasper each received preseason accolades as Willis was named to the preseason all-conference team and Jasper was selected as the Preseason Newcomer of the Year. Conference media overwhelmingly selected three-time defending MWC champion BYU as the preseason favorite to win the conference regular-season title in The Cougars, one of three teams to share the regular-season crown in , captured 23 of 24 first-place votes and 215 points for the top spot in the poll. San Diego State, the 2009 MWC Tournament runner-up, collected the remaining first-place vote and 166 points to finish second, followed closely by UNLV in third with 161 points. Utah and New Mexico, who split the MWC regular-season title with BYU, landed in the fourth- and fifth-place spots, respectively, with the Utes tallying 143 points to the Lobos' 141 points. Wyoming received 89 points to finish sixth, followed by TCU (82 points) in seventh, Colorado State (58 points) in eighth and Air Force (25 points) in ninth to round out the poll. Three juniors and two seniors representing four institutions were chosen for the preseason All-MWC team. BYU's Jimmer Fredette received Preseason MWC Player of the Year honors and San Diego State forward Kawhi Leonard collected Preseason Freshman of the Year kudos. The Preseason All-MWC team consisted of Fredette, a junior guard, BYU teammate and senior guard/forward Jonathan Tavernari, San Diego State junior forward Billy White, TCU senior forward Zvonko Buljan and Willis.

7 three straight 20-win seasons UNLV finished with 21 victories in , and the program reached the 20-win plateau for the third straight season - the Runnin' Rebels won 30 games in and 27 in It s the first time since that UNLV has won 20-plus games three consecutive seasons. The Runnin' Rebels won 34 in , 26 in and 21 in home attendance best in a decade Over the 18 home games in , UNLV averaged a crowd of 13,446, which was its best home average attendance since the season when the Runnin' Rebels averaged 14,028 fans per home game, and was its second-highest mark since Jerry Tarkanian's last year as coach in The average attendance in for conference games grew to just below 15,000 per game, including drawing a sellout crowd of 18,523 for a win over BYU, marking the program's first sellout since 1993 (vs. Georgetown). The Georgetown game in 1993 drew 18,723, which included standing room only tickets. The largest previous attendance during the Lon Kruger era was 18,069 during Senior Day on March 3, UNLV climbed to No. 22 in the nation in home attendance in , including being No. 1 on the West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada). So far in , UNLV is averaging 13,616 fans per game (over nine home games at the Thomas & Mack Center). The attendance at UNLV's seven regular season non-conference games at the Thomas & Mack Center this season was up 5.5 percent over last season's attendance at its non-conference games at the T&M. In the seven games this season, UNLV averaged 13,060 in attendance, up from 12,377 per game last season during non-conference. The Runnin' Rebels also sold out their game this season at The Orleans Arena, with over 8,300 fans in attendance. "3-point goal..." UNLV holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games scoring a 3-point goal. Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in , UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all 758 games played. Entering the season, Vanderbilt was second, 11 games behind UNLV. In UNLV s 758 games, the Runnin Rebels have made 4,997-of-14,027 (.356) shots from behind the arc. The Big West Conference experimented with the 3-point shot in the , and seasons. During that period, UNLV connected from 3-point range in 53 of the 64 games (the 3-pointer was used in some non-conference games). The Runnin Rebels sank 194-of-505 (.384) 3-point attempts during that time. With the experimental years included, the UNLV streak for games in which it has made at least one 3-point shot stands at 775. The last time the Runnin Rebels failed to make at least one 3-pointer came against Long Beach State on Jan. 25, So, UNLV has made at least one shot from behind the arc in 811 of the 822 games in which the rule was used. In the 822 total games, the Runnin Rebels have shot.357 from long distance while sinking 5,191-of-14,532. notes from the at colorado state game - jan. 20 Tre'Von Willis scored 21 points and Chace Stanback had a career-high 19 to help UNLV to an victory over Colorado State at Moby Arena on Wednesday, Jan Stanback had 15 points in the second half, and Willis made 7-of-8 free throws in the final three minutes... Stanback was 7-of-11 from the field, 5-of-5 at the freethrow line and had rebounds... Justin Hawkins came off the bench to score nine points and help the Runnin' Rebels to a halftime lead... Hawkins converted a four-point play to put UNLV up with 5:23 remaining in the half... he added two free throws about a minute later, and Willis' steal and layup pushed the Rebels' lead to Hawkins, who was averaging 3.5 points per game, had scored two points in a total of seven minutes in the Rebels' previous three games... he had not scored in double figures since scoring 12 points against Holy Cross on Nov Hawkins made both of his 3-pointers and finished with 10 points in 14 minutes against the Rams... CSU opened the second half with a 9-2 run and took a lead on Dorian Green's 25-foot jumper... Willis responded with a 3-pointer, and Stanback made two mid-range jumpers to put the Rebels back in front... Green's 3-pointer tied it at 47 with 15:16 left, and the teams essentially traded baskets until the three-minute mark... Stanback made 6-of-8 shots in the second half... Travis Franklin's rebound basket pulled Colorado State within with 1:22 left... on UNLV's next possession, Oscar Bellfield passed inside to Brice Massamba, who made a reverse layup... after the Rams' Adam Nigon missed a 3-pointer, Stanback made two free throws with 34 seconds to go... Willis made four foul shots to seal it... Green made 5-of-8 3-pointers and had 20 points for Colorado State... Franklin added 17 points and nine rebounds, but was just 3-of-14 from the free-throw line... Bellfield finished with eight points and eight assists and Derrick Jasper had six points and nine rebounds for the Rebels, who shot 27-for-50 from the field. notes from the utah game - utah - jan. 16 Luka Drca made two free throws with 19 seconds left to help Utah to a win over UNLV on Saturday, Jan. 16 at the Thomas & Mack Center... Carlon Brown scored 16 points and Marshall Henderson had 15 to help the Utes overcome UNLV on its homecourt... Drca scored all 10 of his points in the second half, as he was 8-of-8 from the free-throw line... Tre'Von Willis scored a career-high 27 points, but missed a free throw that would have tied the game at 68 with 40 seconds remaining... Willis made the first free throw, but his second attempt was short... Willis was 13-of-16 from the free-throw line for the game... Chace Stanback finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for UNLV... it was his first career double-double and first for any UNLV player this season... UNLV missed 12 free throws and shot 1-of-12 from 3-point range for the game... Matt Shaw made UNLV's only 3-pointer, just over a minute into the game... 7-foot-3-inch David Foster blocked six shots and altered several more... with a season-high crowd of 16,594 into it, Foster made two free throws with 34 seconds left to put the Utes up Foster scored 13 points and pulled down six rebounds for the game... Oscar Bellfield made a layup off an inbounds pass to pull the Runnin' Rebels within with 22 seconds remaining... after Drca was fouled and made his free throws, Willis missed a tightly defended 3-point try from the corner... Shawn Glover rebounded, was fouled and made his second free throw attempt to seal the win for the Utes... there were 13 ties and 13 lead changes in the game, but UNLV never led by more than two points in the second half... Henderson made four 3-pointers and Brown made a 3-pointer with six seconds left to give the Utes a halftime lead... Willis had 14 points in the first half, including 13 straight for the Runnin' Rebels after they trailed NOTES FROM THE san diego state GAME - jan. 13 Tre'Von Willis scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead UNLV to a comeback victory over San Diego State at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Runnin' Rebels' MWC home opener... Chace Stanback scored a career-high 18 points, and Oscar Bellfield added 12 points and six assists... Willis was 6-of-15 from the field and 10-of-13 on free throws... the game was tied midway through the second half when Willis scored nine consecutive points in a minute and a half... his layup got things started and followed with a 3-pointer with 9:25 left... he made two free throws on each of the Rebels' next two possessions to extend the lead to San Diego State led at halftime... Stanback scored six points during a 10-4 UNLV run to open the second half... after Malcolm Thomas' layup pulled the Aztecs within with about three minutes to go, Stanback hit a jumper from the baseline with 2:48 to play... Thomas missed a free throw, then Bellfield hit a jumper with two minutes left to make the score Stanback was 7-of-12 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line while pulling down five rebounds and recording four steals... it was Stanback's second-straight double-figure scoring game as he had 14 at New Mexico... UNLV held San Diego State to 33 percent (10-of-30) shooting in the second half, including 0-for-9 from 3-point range... SDSU shot 42.1 percent from the field for the game and 12.5 percent from 3-point range... Willis, Stanback and Bellfield combined for 35 points in the second half and outscored San Diego State by eight... Kawhi Leonard led the Aztecs with 13 points and 10 rebounds... SDSU led on the boards and scored 44 points in the paint to the Rebels' 22.

8 notes from the at no. 15/14 NEW MEXICO game - jan. 9 Kendall Wallace made six of his seven 3-pointers in the second half and finished with a career-high 21 points to lead UNLV to a victory over No. 15/14 New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 9, at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.... Wallace was 7-of-10 from behind the arc for the game and 6-of-7 in the second half... UNLV stopped a two-game losing streak and improved to 1-1 in the MWC... Tre'Von Willis scored 20 points, and Chace Stanback had 14 points and nine rebounds... the win snapped New Mexico's 19-game home win streak, which included nine straight wins in MWC play at The Pit... after a layup by Will Brown put New Mexico ahead with 10:30 left, the Runnin' Rebels scored the next 11 points and Wallace went on the most impressive run of his career... Wallace hit four 3-pointers during a 19-5 run that extended UNLV's lead to with 4:56 to go... his last 3-pointer with 1:12 left made the score Willis scored 13 points in the first half, including a 3-pointer with one second left to give UNLV a lead at halftime... Willis' steal and three-point play put UNLV in front 17-6 seven minutes into the game.... the Lobos fought back to tie it on Phillip McDonald's 3-pointer 5:08 before halftime... Willis made 7-of-8 free throws... Matt Shaw (nine points), Derrick Jasper (six points, seven rebounds and six assists) and Oscar Bellfield (seven assists) contributed for UNLV, which shot 45.8 percent from the field and 42.3 percent from 3-point range... the Runnin' Rebels had 20 assists on 27 made field goals, and turned the ball over just eight times... New Mexico led in rebounding but shot just 22.2 percent from 3-point range and 36 percent overall... the Lobos outscored the Rebels 22-9 on free throws... Dairese Gary led the Lobos with 17 points, 13 on free throws... Roman Martinez had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Darington Hobson scored Wallace's performance was reminiscent of former UNLV guard Kevin Kruger's memorable game at The Pit in Kruger shot 7-for-9 from 3-point range and scored 29 points in an victory. NOTES FROM THE AT no. 25/23 byu GAME - jan. 6 Tre'Von Willis scored a game-high 24 points, but UNLV dropped its Mountain West Conference opener at No. 25/23 BYU, 77-73, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Marriott Center... BYU staged a late rally to defeat the Runnin' Rebels after a back-and-forth game that saw 16 lead changes and eight ties... Jonathan Tavernari made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:45 left and Michael Loyd Jr. drove for a layup with 1:28 left to put the Cougars on top for good... Tavernari scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half, playing 30 minutes off the bench... he also had nine rebounds and was 4-of-8 on 3-pointers... Willis grabbed a rebound and scored on a fast-break layup to put the Runnin' Rebels ahead with 5:55 to go, but that would be the last field goal UNLV would make in the game... Tavernari made two free throws to trigger the Cougars' comeback, and capped a 9-1 run with his 3-pointer that put BYU in the lead, Willis' two free throws tied the score at 71 with 1:48 left... Jimmer Fredette, who had been fighting strep throat for about a week, shot 2-of-10 in 25 minutes of action... he finished with seven points, well below his average of 21.6 per game... after Loyd's layup, the Rebels' turned the ball over on an inbounds pass with a minute left in the game... Oscar Bellfield threw high to Willis and the pass sailed away it was deflected first by a BYU defender.. Jackson Emery made a 17-foot jumper with 25 seconds for BYU that just beat the shot clock and put the game out of reach... Noah Hartsock scored 17 points and Tyler Haws had 12 for BYU, which had 19 offensive rebounds (14 in the first half) and forced UNLV into 15 turnovers... Willis was 9-of-16 from the field, and made two 3-pointers in the second half to lead the Rebels' charge... he also had six rebounds, four assists and seven turnovers. NOTES FROM THE VS. USC GAME - dec. 25 Marcus Johnson's 19 points and nine rebounds led USC to a win over UNLV in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic on Friday, Dec. 25, at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii... UNLV had its five-game win streak snapped with the loss... Oscar Bellfield scored 17 points and was the only UNLV player to reach double figures in the scoring column... UNLV shot just 34 percent from the field and had 15 turnovers... USC won its sixth straight game... Johnson scored 12 points and Mike Gerrity had 10 in the first half to help UNLV to a lead at the break... the Trojans used an 18-4 run late in the half... Gerrity finished with 13 points, three assists and no turnovers in 40 minutes of action... USC's biggest lead was NOTES FROM THE AT HAWAII GAME - dec. 23 Derrick Jasper score 14 points as UNLV defeated Hawaii on Wednesday, Dec. 23, in the semifinals of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sherrif Center in Honolulu... Jasper was 5-of-10 from the field and had seven rebounds, three assists and two steals... Tre'Von Willis added 12 points and Oscar Bellfield had 10 as all 11 players scored for UNLV... Hawaii missed 10 of its first 11 shots to begin the game and Willis made two 3-pointers to help the Rebels jump out to a 13-2 lead... a Matt Shaw 3-pointer stretched the lead to Jasper and Bellfield each made a 3-pointer in the last two minutes of the half... UNLV led at the break... UNLV was 16-of-36 (44.4 percent) and 6-of-12 on 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes... UNLV had a season-high 18 offensive rebounds, including 11 in the first half... the Runnin' Rebels forced Hawaii into 19 turnovers, 11 in the first half... Chace Stanback had seven points, seven rebounds and three steals for UNLV, while Justin Hawkins had eight points. Shaw, Anthony Marshall and Kendall Wallace each had five... Darris Santee contributed four points and five rebounds, while Brice Massamba added four points and four rebounds... Jasper grabbed four offensive rebounds, all in the first half, when he scored 10 points... Dwain Williams scored 20 points to lead Hawaii, which shot 15-for-44 (34 percent). NOTES FROM THE VS. SMU GAME - dec. 22 Anthony Marshall scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half, as UNLV defeated SMU, 67-53, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the first round of the Diamond Head Classic at Stan Sherrif Center in Honolulu, Hawaii... Marshall and Tre'Von Willis, who also had 10 of his 12 points in the first half, came off the bench to get the Rebels going... Chace Stanback opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, and Marshall followed with a jumper... Derrick Jasper and Matt Shaw each made a 3-pointer, and Willis' steal and layup put the Runnin' Rebels up UNLV increased its lead to 27-6 on Justin Hawkins' steal and layup with 10:16 remaining... Marshall's jumper sent UNLV into halftime with a lead... Marshall was called on 44 seconds into the game after Oscar Bellfield picked up his second foul... Marshall made 6-of-9 shots... UNLV shot 18-of-31 (58 percent) in the first half and 28-of-55 (50.9 percent) for the game.. Stanback made all three of his 3-pointers and finished with 11 points... Shaw had 10 points and Jasper added nine... Shaw's layup gave the Runnin' Rebels their largest lead, 61-33, with 8:20 remaining... SMU missed its first 13 3-point shots and turned the ball over 21 times... the Mustangs made a late run to pull within with 4:25 to play... Williams scored a game-high 18 points for SMU. NOTES FROM THE usc upstate GAME - dec. 19 UNLV defeated USC Upstate on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Thomas & Mack Center... Kendall Wallace scored a career-high-tying 16 points, including converting two four-point plays in a span of one minute, 34 seconds... Wallace and Oscar Bellfield each made four 3-pointers... Bellfield also had 16 points... Matt Shaw scored seven points, Bellfield had five and Derrick Jasper dunked on a fast break to put UNLV ahead 14-3 five minutes into the game... Wallace made a 3-pointer from the left corner, was fouled and added the free throw to make it 21-7 at the 13:35 mark... After Anthony Marshall's jumper, Wallace made another 3-pointer from the right wing and was again fouled... his free throw put the Rebels ahead 27-7 with 12:01 left in the first half... Wallace made 4-of-8 from 3-point range and Bellfield was 4-of-5 as UNLV shot 10-of-28 on 3-pointers... Jasper finished with 11 points, Chace Stanback had 10 points and seven rebounds and Shaw added nine points.. Wallace scored 14 in the first half... the Runnin' Rebels forced USC Upstate into 20 turnovers... 7-foot-3 Nick Schneiders led the Spartans with 22 points... he also blocked five shots... UNLV played without leading scorer Tre'Von Willis, who had a sore back and left ankle. notes from the weber state game - dec. 17 Matt Shaw made four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 16 points as UNLV defeated Weber State on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Thomas & Mack Center... Chace Stanback tied his career high with 15 points and Derrick Jasper grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds... Shaw made 4-of-6 3-pointers, two in the first five minutes of the game... UNLV led at the half and Shaw and Jasper each made a 3-pointer as the Runnin' Rebels opened the second half with a 12-0 run... UNLV had its largest lead at on a Shaw 3-pointer with 16:25 left to play... UNLV shot 10-of-23 (43.5 percent) from 3-point range after entering the game shooting 26.8

9 percent from 3-point range as a team... a total of seven players made at least one 3-pointer for UNLV... Damian Lillard, Weber State's leading scorer, was held to just eight points on 2-of-13 shooting... Kyle Bullinger made 5-of-8 3-pointers and led all players in scoring with 21 points... Jasper grabbed 11 of his rebounds on the defensive end and UNLV led in rebounding for the game... Jasper also scored seven points... Stanback scored 11 points in the first half, his jumper putting UNLV up Stanback also had four of UNLV's season-high nine blocks and was 7-of-12 from the field for the game... Oscar Bellfield added 10 points and eight assists for UNLV... Shaw's 3-pointer made the score with 4:55 left and UNLV scored its last six points on free throws... Shaw made two free throws after Weber State cut its deficit to in the final minute. notes from the AT SOUTHERN UTAH game - dec. 15 UNLV used a 23-6 run to start the second half on its way to a win over Southern Utah on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Centrum Arena... Chace Stanback scored a career-high 15 points, making 3-of-4 3-pointers, and Tre'Von Willis scored 11 of his team-high 16 points in the second half... Stanback had 10 points in the first half to lead UNLV, which led at halftime after trailing most of the first half... after Willis made a 3-pointer, he stole the ball and passed to Derrick Jasper for a dunk that put UNLV up Willis had four of UNLV's 14 steals... the Runnin' Rebels forced Southern Utah into 25 turnovers, and converted them into 28 points... UNLV then led after Oscar Bellfield's 3-pointer with 12 minutes to play... Bellfield finished with 10 points, eight in the second half... Davis Baker scored 21 points to lead the Thunderbirds. notes from the KANSAS STATE game - dec. 12 Jacob Pullen made 7-of-10 3-pointers and scored 28 points as Kansas State defeated No. 18/17 UNLV on Saturday, Dec. 12, before a sold-out crowd of 8,320 at the Orleans Arena... the Wildcats made 14-of-23 3-pointers to give UNLV its first loss of the season... K-State led by 23 points after Pullen's last 3-pointer with six minutes to go... Denis Clemente added three 3-pointers and 22 points for Kansas State... Tre'Von Willis led UNLV with 17 points... the 95 points were the most the Runnin' Rebels have surrendered in coach Lon Kruger's six seasons, a span of 173 games... UNLV trailed at halftime... the Wildcats blew the game open with a run in the first six minutes of the second half... Curtis Kelly's three-point play and a 3-pointer from Clemente put Kansas State up with 14:02 left... Kansas State scored 26 points off UNLV's 16 turnovers... Chace Stanback scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half... UNLV had been limiting its opponents to 37.7 percent shooting from the field, including 27.4 percent from 3-point range, but Kansas State shot 57.1 percent (28-of-49) and made 60.9 percent of its 3-pointers... freshman guard Anthony Marshall made his first career start and scored nine of his 11 points in the first half. notes from the at SANTA CLARA game - dec. 5 Tre'Von Willis made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:04 left as the 24th-ranked UNLV men's basketball team rallied to defeat Santa Clara, 66-63, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, Calif.... Willis scored all of his 14 points in the second half, helping UNLV come back from a 10-point deficit and improve its record to Matt Shaw made 4-of-4 free throws late and Kendall Wallace connected on a 3-pointer with 3:10 left... Willis' 3-pointer put UNLV up and Wallace's shot extended to the lead to four... the Broncos cut the deficit to one, when Shaw made two free throws with 1:03 to play... two free throws by Santa Clara's Marc Trasolini and a missed jumper by Willis allowed the Broncos a chance to win... Robert Smith drove the lane, but was cut off by Willis and Smith's tough shot was partially blocked by Willis - UNLV rebounded the ball... after a timeout Shaw was fouled on an inbounds pass with 3.8 seconds left and he made both free throws... Santa Clara's Raymond Cowels was open for a tying attempt and released the long 3-pointer that bounced off the rim at the buzzer... UNLV trailed at halftime and early in the second half, but went on a 12-0 run and took the lead on a Willis jumper with 14:36 left... Oscar Bellfield scored 10 of his 15 points in the first half... UNLV was outscored 15-3 at the foul line and was outrebounded on the boards in the first half... for the game, Santa Clara outscored UNLV at the free throw line and finished with a rebounding edge... Santa Clara's leading scorer entering the game, Kevin Foster, was out with a broken foot... Willis played just four minutes in the first half and did not attempt a shot after picking up two fouls... he shot 5-of-9 and had five assists for the game with no turnovers... Trasolini was 11-of-14 from the free-throw line and led all scorers with 22 points. NOTES FROM THE at arizona GAME - dec. 2 On the road for the first time this season, the 24th-ranked UNLV men's basketball team ran its record to 6-0 by defeating Arizona in double overtime, 74-72, at McKale Center on Wednesday, Dec Tre'Von Willis scored a team-high and career-high-tying 25 points... Derrick Jasper made a 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the second overtime to help UNLV secure the win of Willis' points came in the second half and overtime periods... UNLV trailed when Jasper hit the 3-pointer... Willis made two free throws with 26 seconds left to put UNLV up Arizona's Nic Wise made two free throws and UNLV's Matt Shaw was fouled with 11 seconds to go... Shaw made the first free throw and missed the second... UNLV then fouled Wise to prevent him from getting off a potential tying 3-pointer... Wise made both free throws... UNLV's Kendall Wallace was fouled with 5.8 seconds left and missed the first free throw, but made the second... Wise took the inbounds pass, dribbled to the top of the key but was double-teamed by Willis and Justin Hawkins... Wise's attempt at a shot was denied as time expired... there were 21 lead changes and 16 ties in the game... Arizona's Derrick Williams led all scorers with 28 points for Arizona... Wise had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists... he was 3-of-13 from the field but 12-of-12 on free throws... Williams and Wise each had nine points in the first half as the Wildcats led at the break... Williams scored nine straight points for Arizona, and Wise made two free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead to with 3:20 left in regulation... Willis responded with a three-point play, Darris Santee scored on a layup to tie the score, and Wallace hit a fallaway 20-foot jumper to put UNLV back on top with 1:14 to play... Wallace (eight points, five rebounds) came away with a crucial offensive rebound during that stretch, and Santee scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds... Willis cut through the defense for a layup as the Rebels scored first in the second overtime... he shot 9-of-19 for the game and was 6-of-6 on free throws... Jasper finished with 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals... Wise missed a 3-point try with four seconds to go, and Jasper swatted away the rebound, sending the teams to overtime tied at Willis missed a short runner at the buzzer in the first overtime, leading to the Rebels' first double-overtime game since a victory over Utah on Jan. 3, notes from the then-no. 16 louisville game - NOV. 28 Oscar Bellfield led the Runnin' Rebels with 17 points as UNLV upset then-no. 16 Louisville, 76-71, at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, Nov UNLV led by as many as 19 points, but Louisville used a 28-9 run to tie the game at with 5:17 to go... Bellfield scored eight straight points for UNLV during a three-minute span late in the game, which started right after Louisville tied the game up... he started his run with two free throws and after a Louisville basket to tie the score again with 4:24 left, Bellfield hit a short jumper in the lane... he was then fouled and made two more free throws... Louisville then missed a 3-point attempt and Bellfield drive the right side of the lane, scoring over 6-foot-9-inch Samardo Samuels to put UNLV up with 2:25 to play... the shot was similar to the one Bellfield hit last season on New Year's Eve with 16 seconds left to give UNLV the one point victory in Louisville... UNLV beat a ranked Cardinals team for the second year in a row... UNLV led with 14 minutes to play in the game this year... Darris Santee helped secure the victory by rebounding a Louisville miss and making two free throws after he was fouled... Santee then stole an entry pass on the Cardinals' next possession... in 20 minutes off the bench, Santee dunked twice in scoring 13 points and grabbing five rebounds... Samuels was held to 13 points and three rebounds in 29 minutes... Edgar Sosa, who led Louisville with 18 points, hit three 3-pointers in the second half to spark the comeback... Rakeem Buckles had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Louisville... Tre'Von Willis scored 16 points and Derrick Jasper added 12 for UNLV... Willis threw two alley-oop passes to Jasper for dunks... Bellfield's nine points lifted UNLV to a halftime lead... Willis banked in a runner at the halftime buzzer... the Runnin' Rebels shot 15-of-27 (55.6 percent) from the field in the first half... UNLV shot 48.2 percent for the game (27-of-56) and had 21 assists to just 10 for Louisville.

10 notes from the HOLY CROSS game - NOV. 25 Tre'Von Willis and Anthony Marshall each scored 14 points, Oscar Bellfield had 13 and Justin Hawkins scored 12 as UNLV defeated Holy Cross, 80-59, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the Thomas & Mack Center... Marshall scored 11 of his points in the second half... UNLV shot 49 percent from the field (32-of-65)... the Runnin' Rebels scored 32 points off 24 Holy Cross turnovers and UNLV held a 14-0 advantage in fast-break points... UNLV led at halftime and extended its lead to with 7:44 left after a Bellfield 3-pointer... he made 3-of-8 on the night... the Crusaders were led by R.J. Evans' 13 points and Mike Cavataio's 13 rebounds, and as a team, held a advantage in rebounding... UNLV made just 4-of-20 from 3-point range... UNLV opened the game shooting 8-of-11 from the field... a Hawkins 3-pointer put UNLV up with 9:09 left in the first half and a Bellfield 3-pointer pushed the lead to at the 3:39 mark until halftime... UNLV made just 12-of-24 free throws. NOTES FROM THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GAME - NOV. 21 Led by Tre'Von Willis, UNLV defeated Southern Illinois, 78-69, on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Thomas & Mack Center... Willis scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the second half... he was 8-of-11 from the field and 7-of-7 from the free throw line, also grabbing seven rebounds and four assists... Matt Shaw added 13 points, while Derrick Jasper scored 11 points, had seven assists and pulled down five rebounds... the Runnin' Rebels shot 77 percent (17-of-22) from the field in the second half... Southern Illinois raced out to an 18-6 lead just over six minutes into the game... UNLV then went on an 18-2 run to take the lead... Jasper scored seven of UNLV's first 16 points and a Willis 3-pointer made the score at the 8:47 mark... Southern Illinois led at halftime, but Willis' three-point play tied the score at 56 with under 12 minutes to go... Willis scored 10 points as the Runnin' Rebels shot 10-of-12 during the eight-minute stretch after halftime... UNLV led with 7:10 left after a 12-0 run... Shaw's 3-pointer extended UNLV's lead to with 5 minutes to play... SIU cut the margin to with a minute left in the game, but Kendal Brown-Surles' 3-point try was short... Shaw then made two free throws with 35 seconds left... Shaw was 4-of-7 from the field and made all four of his freethrow attempts... UNLV outrebounded Southern Illinois and held the Salukis to just 5-of-26 shooting from 3-point range, including 1-of-13 after halftime... Tony Freeman led Southern Illinois with 14 points and seven rebounds, and Nick Evans added 12 points... Chace Stanback and Wallace each had eight points for UNLV. notes from the NEVADA, RENO game - NOV. 18 After trailing by as many as 12 points in the second half, the UNLV men's basketball team used a 23-4 to regain the lead and take control of the game, defeating intrastate rival Nevada, Reno, 88-75, on Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Thomas & Mack Center... it marked UNLV's fourth straight win over UNR... Oscar Bellfield scored a career-high 22 points... down with 14:36, UNLV called timeout and replaced Derrick Jasper, Chace Stanback and Tre'Von Willis with Justin Hawkins, Anthony Marshall and Steve Jones seconds later, Jones' layup started an 11-0 run that included baskets by Bellfield, Hawkins and Marshall... Jones' 3-pointer cut UNLV's deficit to just one point with 12:12 left and the crowd of 13,113 was back into the game... Hawkins layup with 10:01 left gave UNLV a lead and a Kendall Wallace 3-pointer extended the margin to with 7:50 to go... Hawkins finished with 13 points and five rebounds... Marshall tallied six points, five rebounds and three steals... Stanback's 3-pointer increased UNLV's lead to Jones had five points and three assists and helped shut down UNR's top player - Luke Babbitt... Babbitt scored 14 points, but was just 2-of-11 from the field (he was 10-of-10 from the free throw line)... UNLV received strong inside play from Brice Massamba, who contributed eight points and six rebounds, Darris Santee, who grabbed seven rebounds, and Matt Shaw, who scored five points... Brandon Fields led the Wolf Pack with 22 points... Nevada, Reno, led by five at halftime UNLV shot 35 percent (13-for-37) in the first half and 52.6 percent (20-for-38) in the second... UNLV exploded for 55 second-half points... as a freshman last season, Bellfield made five 3-pointers and scored a then-career-high 17 points in UNLV's win in Reno... this time he made 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-7 free throws... UNLV led in the categories of points in the paint (52-24), points off turnovers (22-2) and bench points (35-8)... UNLV committed just seven turnovers, while forcing 15. NOTES FROM SEASON OPENER VS. pittsburg state - nov. 14 UNLV defeated Pittsburg State, 91-52, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Thomas & Mack Center on its Opening Night... Tre'Von Willis led all scorers with 17 points and Kendall Wallace added a career-high Wallace was 5-of-6 from the field, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range of Willis' points came in the second half as he was 5-of-8 from the field for the game and 7-of-7 from the free throw line... UNLV attempted 52 free throws for the game, which set the program record for most attempts from the charity stripe in a game... the old mark was 51 set vs. Wyoming on March 3, Pittsburg State led the game for most of the game's first 10 minutes... UNLV led at halftime and increased its advantage to with 11:52 left... Justin Hawkins scored 11 points for the Runnin' Rebels, while Darris Santee came off the bench adding nine points and six rebounds... Brice Massamba had nine points players scored for the Runnin' Rebels, including Steve Jones with eight points and Derrick Jasper, Chace Stanback and Anthony Marshall each with six... Stanback had a game-high nine rebounds... UNLV shot 24-of-58 from the field (41.4 percent) and was 36-of-52 on free throws (69.2 percent)... the Runnin' Rebels forced 28 Pittsburg State turnovers... Stanback had five steals and Oscar Bellfield added four... UNLV missed five of its first six shots and trailed 8-3 five minutes into the game... a Jones 3-pointer helped UNLV to a lead with 6:32 left in the first half... Wallace's 3-pointer made the score with 1:50 left before halftime... he hit two 3-pointers in each half... Rodney Grace scored 15 points to lead the Gorillas... the game counted in UNLV's regular-season record, but it was an exhibition contest for PSU. NOTES FROM EXHIBITION GAME VS. WASHBURN - NOV. 10 UNLV defeated Division II Washburn (Kan.) on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 62-52, at the Thomas & Mack Center in its only exhibition game of the season.. Chace Stanback scored a game-high 15 points and six of those came in the final 2:35... Stanback was scoreless at halftime and helped UNLV come back from a deficit that was as many as seven points in the second half... he was 0-for-6 shooting in the first half and finished the game 6-for Stanback and Derrick Jasper each led UNLV with eight rebounds, while Anthony Marshall grabbed seven... the Rebels held a advantage in rebounding for the game... UNLV struggled from 3-point range, making just 4-of-23 and turned the ball over 18 times, while recording just 10 assists... Washburn was 5-for-25 from 3-point range and turned the ball over 24 times, turning in just four assists... UNLV led by four at halftime, 28-24, but Washburn took a lead with 14:43 left... Stanback scored the next seven points for UNLV to keep the Rebels close... Washburn led with 4:44 to play, but UNLV scored the final 11 points of the game for the 10-point win... Oscar Bellfield was the only other player in the game in double figures in scoring as he added 11 points, while Justin Hawkins scored eight players saw action for UNLV... Washburn was led by Bobby Chipman and Nate Wallace, who each scored eight points... William McNeill had eight rebounds for the Ichabods and De'Andre Washington grabbed seven. new uniforms UNLV is wearing newly designed Nike uniforms during the season. The new threads have a throwback feel to them taken mainly from the uniforms worn by the 1990 National Championship team. The uniforms use Nike's Elite-Fit pattern, with the front of the uniform constructed of a lightweight sphere fabric, while the back is an ultra-lightweight mini mesh, engineered to help the players stay cool along their spine, which is where they traditionally heat up the most. TICKET & promotional INFO Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Air Force - the first 4,000 fans in attendance will receive a free black UNLV t-shirt, courtesy of The Mtn. television network. All fans are asked to wear black in an attempt to "black out" the Thomas & Mack Center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at just $10. For tickets, call 739-FANS or visit unlvtickets.com

11 unlv and three square teamed up for food drive UNLV Athletics held food drives at three different home games in the month of November, including the Runnin' Rebels game on Sat., Nov. 21, against Southern Illinois. 3,963 pounds of food were collected, which equates to 3,096 meals. All proceeds benefit Three Square of Las Vegas to help fight hunger in Southern Nevada. ESPN Radio 1100 was also a partner of the food drives. Three Square was established to end hunger in the Valley by providing wholesome, nutritious meals to non-profit organizations that serve a wide range of Southern Nevadans in need. Three Square is a community collaborative partnership with the gaming industry, businesses, non-profit agencies, food distributors, UNLV, the Clark County School District, governmental entities, the media and hundreds of volunteers to efficiently and effectively serve hope to the hungry. kruger a "change agent" On Feb. 9, 2008, against Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center, head coach Lon Kruger won the 400th game of his college coaching career (He currently has 446 career wins). Kruger s journey to the accomplishment is unique. He cemented his place in history as college basketball s greatest change agent in March of 2007 when his UNLV squad advanced to the Sweet 16 in just his third season at the helm of the program. In , he led UNLV to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1990 and Five times Kruger has taken over a program and five times within at least four years each time his programs have reigned victorious. It is arguably the most-proven track record of raising programs by one coach. However, that career path makes getting to landmarks such as 400 wins that much more challenging. Of the 24 seasons Kruger has served as a head coach, a majority of the seasons were spent in the early stages of building programs. A 20-win season in his fourth year at Texas-Pan American. He also served as Pan American s athletics director the youngest AD in the nation at the time (he was 29 when he was hired) while also serving as a first-time head coach. The team had won only four games the year prior to Kruger taking over in An Elite Eight appearance in his second season at Kansas State and four NCAA Tournament appearances in his four seasons coaching his alma mater. The Wildcats had failed to reach the tournament in the four seasons prior to Kruger taking over the program in 1986 and were just a combined one game over.500 in the three previous seasons. His team still holds a tie for the school season-single record of 25 wins. The run under Kruger also marks the only time the Kansas State program went to the NCAA Tournament four consecutive seasons. A Final Four appearance and a then-team-record of 29 wins in his fourth season at the University of Florida. The Gators were under investigation by the FBI and NCAA when Kruger took over the program in 1990, with the team coming off of a seven-win season. The unofficial expectations were simple at the time keep the Gators out of trouble and out of the headlines. In addition to cleaning up the program off of the court, his teams went on to win over 100 games in the next six years with four postseason appearances, including a magical run to the Final Four in A Big Ten title for Illinois in his second season with the Fighting Illini and three NCAA Tournament appearances in his four seasons. The Fighting Illini had not captured a Big Ten title in 12 years (and only one in 33 years) when Kruger took over in Illinois had also won just one NCAA Tournament game since it had advanced to the Final Four in In Kruger s three NCAA Tournament appearances in the four seasons, the Illini advanced to the second round each time. A Sweet 16 appearance, a Mountain West Conference Tournament title and a 30-win season in just his third year at UNLV in The once proud Runnin Rebels had not won a game in the NCAA Tournament since 1991 (with just two appearances in 15 years) and had not been ranked nationally since With the season's 27 wins, Kruger led the UNLV program to back-to-back seasons with at least 22 wins for the first time since and and back-to-back seasons with at least 27 wins for the first time since and He was also named the MWC and USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year and led UNLV to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1990 and The names keeping company with Kruger tell more of the story. Only four coaches ever have led three different schools to the Sweet 16 since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams Kruger, Rick Pitino, Bill Self and Tubby Smith. Kruger is also just one of three coaches to lead four different schools to NCAA Tournament wins Jim Harrick and Eddie Sutton are the others he is just one of five coaches to ever take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament Lefty Driesell, Harrick, Pitino and Sutton join him. He is also one of just two to lead four schools to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances - Harrick is the other. LAST SEASON UNLV finished the season with an overall record of 21-11, ending its season at Kentucky in the NIT the Runnin Rebels finished in fifth place in the MWC with a 9-7 mark UNLV was 14-4 at home, 6-7 in road games and 1-0 on a neutral court... UNLV head coach Lon Kruger ended his fifth season with the Rebels... he won his 100th game as head coach of the Runnin' Rebels on Dec. 17, senior guard Wink Adams led the team in scoring with 14.3 ppg, while sophomore guard Tre'Von Willis (11.4) and senior guard René Rougeau (10.9) were the other Runnin' Rebels who averaged double figures in scoring... Rougeau led the team in rebounding with 6.7 rpg, while freshman guard Oscar Bellfield and Willis led the team in assists, with 3.4 and 3.3 per game, respectively... Adams was third in assists (2.8)... Rougeau and Adams led the team in steals, with 1.4 per game each... Rougeau was also the team's blocks leader with 2.0 per contest... Rougeau was second in the MWC in blocks, third in field-goal percentage (.559), fourth in steals, and fifth in rebounding, while Adams was sixth in steals and ninth in scoring... senior forward Joe Darger finished third in the conference in 3-pointers made per game with UNLV concluded with a record of (.750) since the start of the season and had a 19-game home win streak snapped against California on Nov. 28, prior to the loss it was tied for the seventh-longest active streak in the country... UNLV also finished the season with a record of 52-7 at home since the start of the season and prior to the overtime loss against San Diego State at home on Feb. 3, 2009, the Rebels had won 27 straight games against MWC opponents at the Thomas & Mack Center. one of the winningest division i programs With an all-time record of 1, (.711) against four-year American institutions entering the season, UNLV ranked as the fourth-winningest program by percentage in NCAA Division I history (min. 25 years in Div. I). Kentucky s record of 1, (.758) placed the Wildcats as the all-time leader. SCHOOL...YEARS...RECORD...PCT. Kentucky , North Carolina , Kansas , UNLV , UCLA , Duke , Syracuse , nd year of basketball at UNLV The year marks the 52nd season of Runnin Rebel basketball at UNLV. Since the program s inception in , the Runnin Rebels have posted an all-time record of 1, (.713). In , UNLV made the move to Division I and has since posted a record of (.729) while competing at that level. In addition, UNLV has an all-time mark of 1, (.716) against Division I competition.

12 IN OVERTIME The Runnin Rebels all-time record in overtime games is (.657). UNLV has played in just one overtime game so far this season - the double-overtime victory at Arizona on Wednesday, Dec. 2. UNLV was 0-2 in overtime in and did not play an overtime game in The Runnin' Rebels were 2-1 in overtime in UNLV is (.632) all-time in single overtime games, 8-3 (.727) in double overtime and 2-0 (1.000) in triple overtime. The Runnin Rebels have a record of 10-5 in overtime games at the Thomas & Mack Center and have won 10 of their last 16 games overall that have been sent to overtime. 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 1990 NATIONAL CHAMPS The UNLV men's basketball season tipped off in early November with a number of Legends Program events. The National Championship 20th Anniversary Gala was held on Nov. 9 at Green Valley Ranch Resort, while Nov. 10 featured the 4th Annual Legends & Friends Golf Classic before the Runnin' Rebels played Washburn in an exhibition game. At halftime of the Washburn game, the 1990 National Championship team was honored as UNLV celebrates the 20th year anniversary of its first team national championship squad in any sport. Following the Washburn game, the Legends Alumni game was played. Over 30 former Runnin' Rebel players participated in the alumni game, which has taken place in each of the last four years. runnin' rebels in the nba Over the last 12 seasons, the UNLV program has had three players drafted with lottery picks in the annual NBA Draft. Most recently, Marcus Banks was selected 13th overall in the 2003 draft to the Memphis Grizzlies and moments later was traded to the Boston Celtics. The program had back-to-back lottery selections in 1998 and 1999 with Keon Clark (13th overall by the Orlando Magic ) and Shawn Marion (ninth overall by the Phoenix Suns ). A total of 13 Runnin Rebels have been selected in the NBA s first round since Ricky Sobers was UNLV s first player to be selected in the first round in 1975 by the Phoenix Suns. There are four former Runnin' Rebels who are active on NBA rosters: Louis Amundson (Phoenix Suns), Joel Anthony (Miami Heat), Marcus Banks (Toronto Raptors) and Shawn Marion (Dallas Mavericks). Amundson, who was a senior in , has played in the NBA the last three years after signing free agent contracts - he played for the Philadelphia 76ers in Anthony, who was a senior in , joined the Miami Heat as a free agent for the season. coach's shows For the 15th consecutive year, "Gametime with UNLV Hoops" can be seen on CBS affiliate KLAS-TV 8 in Las Vegas. Chris Maathuis joins UNLV Head Coach Lon Kruger in the studio Sundays during the season for a unique half-hour of game reviews, preview and program features. The show airs Sundays on Las Vegas One (Cox Cable channel 19) at 9:30 p.m. and on channel 8 at 11:30 p.m. On Jan. 31, because of a programming conflict the show will air at midnight on channel 8. The shows also are archived in All-Access on UNLVRebels.com and air during the week on The Mtn., the regional television network of the Mountain West Conference. For the third straight year, the Lon Kruger Radio Show will originate from The Orleans Hotel and Casino. The show, which airs live from 7-8 p.m. on ESPN 1100 AM during selected weekdays, is held at Brendan's Irish Pub located at The Orleans Hotel and Casino. The show is hosted by Jon Sandler and features UNLV men's basketball head coach Lon Kruger. Periodically guest appearances will be made by other members of the Runnin' Rebel program along with interviews with executives from Boyd Gaming, which owns The Orleans Hotel and Casino, and guest appearances will also be made by coaches from other UNLV Athletics programs. Fans are encouraged to be present at Brendan's during the show, but for those that can't make it and want to call in to ask Coach Kruger a question, the phone number is The show also airs live through All-Access at UNLVRebels.com and will be archived through the website as well. The remaining schedule: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 8 and 15. REBELS GET SOCIAL On Facebook or Twitter? Become a fan or follow UNLV Athletics at and UNLV head coach Lon Kruger is also on Twitter. Follow him at 'courtside' with jon sandler Runnin' Rebel play-by-play broadcaster Jon Sandler is now contributing to UNLVRebels.com with a regular weekly feature, which may be accessed via the men's basketball page on the site. He will provide insights and observations all season long on the team, individual players, opponents, travel, coaches, etc.

13 ALPHABETICAL UNLV Men's Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Oscar Bellfield G So. 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester HS 14 Todd Hanni G So. RS Danville, Ind./Wabash Valley College 31 Justin Hawkins G Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif./Taft HS 5 Derrick Jasper G Jr. RS Paso Robles, Calif./Kentucky 20 Steve Jones G Sr. RS Portland, Ore./Arizona State 11 Carlos Lopez F Fr. HS Lajas, Puerto Rico/Findlay College Prep 3 Anthony Marshall G Fr. HS Las Vegas, Nev./Mojave HS 15 Mychal Martinez F Jr. JC Las Vegas, Nev./Yavapai College 12 Brice Massamba F/C So. 1L Sodertalje, Sweden/Findlay College Prep 10 Tyler Norman G Jr. TR Las Vegas, Nev./Iowa State 44 Darris Santee F Sr. 1L Houston, Texas/Midland College 34 Matt Shaw F Jr. 2L-M.RS Los Angeles, Calif./Fairfax HS 22 Chace Stanback G/F So. RS Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 1 Quintrell Thomas * F So. TR Newark, N.J./Kansas 2 Kendall Wallace G Jr. 2L Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View HS 33 Tre Von Willis G Jr. RS-1L Fresno, Calif./Memphis numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Oscar Bellfield G So. 1L Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester HS 1 Quintrell Thomas * F So. TR Newark, N.J./Kansas 2 Kendall Wallace G Jr. 2L Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View HS 3 Anthony Marshall G Fr. HS Las Vegas, Nev./Mojave HS 5 Derrick Jasper G Jr. RS Paso Robles, Calif./Kentucky 10 Tyler Norman G Jr. TR Las Vegas, Nev./Iowa State 11 Carlos Lopez F Fr. HS Lajas, Puerto Rico/Findlay College Prep 12 Brice Massamba F/C So. 1L Sodertalje, Sweden/Findlay College Prep 14 Todd Hanni G So. RS Danville, Ind./Wabash Valley College 15 Mychal Martinez F Jr. JC Las Vegas, Nev./Yavapai College 20 Steve Jones G Sr. RS Portland, Ore./Arizona State 22 Chace Stanback G/F So. RS Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA 31 Justin Hawkins G Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif./Taft HS 33 Tre Von Willis G Jr. RS-1L Fresno, Calif./Memphis 34 Matt Shaw F Jr. 2L-M.RS Los Angeles, Calif./Fairfax HS 44 Darris Santee F Sr. 1L Houston, Texas/Midland College Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: Director of Basketball Operations: Lon Kruger (Kansas State '75, 6th season) Greg Grensing (Southwest Texas State '79, 5th season) Steve Henson (Kansas State '90, 6th season) Lew Hill (Wichita State '88, 6th season) Mike Shepherd (Kansas State '92, 6th season) * Must sit out the season per NCAA transfer rules. Will be eligible to play as a sophomore in for UNLV. Lon Kruger Head Coach Greg Grensing Assistant Coach Steve Henson Assistant Coach Lew Hill Assistant Coach Mike Shepherd Dir. of Bask. Oper.

14 SEASON HIGHS PTS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18 RBS Twice, at Santa Clara - Dec. 5/at Southern Utah - Dec. 15 AST at BYU - Jan. 6 BLK Utah - Jan. 16 STL Pittsburg State - Nov. 14 CAREER HIGHS PTS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18, 2009 RBS Twice, at Santa Clara - Dec. 5, 2009/at SUU-Dec. 15, 2009 AST at BYU - Jan. 6, 2010 BLK Three times - last - Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 STL Pittsburg State - Nov. 14, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/09 * NEVADA, RENO 11/18/09 * SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/09 * HOLY CROSS 11/25/09 * LOUISVILLE 11/28/09 * at Arizona 12/02/09 * at Santa Clara 12/05/09 * KANSAS STATE 12/12/09 * at Southern Utah 12/15/09 * WEBER STATE 12/17/09 * USC UPSTATE 12/19/09 * vs SMU 12/22/09 * at Hawaii 12/23/09 * vs USC 12/25/09 * at BYU 01/06/10 * at New Mexico 01/09/10 * SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/10 * UTAH 01/16/10 * at Colorado State 01/20/10 * at TCU 01/23/10 * Totals

15 SEASON HIGHS PTS - 0 RBS Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL - 0 CAREER HIGHS PTS - 0 RBS Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL - 0 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ Totals

16 SEASON HIGHS PTS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18 RBS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18 AST Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18 BLK Five times - last - at Colorado State - Jan. 20 STL Four times - last - at Hawaii - Dec. 23 CAREER HIGHS PTS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18, 2009 RBS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18, 2009 AST Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18, 2009 BLK Five times - last - at Colorado State - Jan. 20, 2010 STL Four times - last - at Hawaii - Dec. 23, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ WEBER STATE 12/17/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ vs SMU 12/22/ at Hawaii 12/23/ vs USC 12/25/ at BYU 01/06/ at New Mexico 01/09/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/ Totals

17 SEASON HIGHS PTS at Hawaii - Dec. 23 RBS Weber State - Dec. 17 AST Southern Illinois - Nov. 21 BLK at BYU - Jan. 6 STL Holy Cross - Nov. 25 CAREER HIGHS PTS Twice, Florida - March 9, 2008/at Hawaii - Dec. 23, 2009 RBS Weber State - Dec. 17, 2009 AST Twice - last - at Tennessee - March 2, 2008 BLK at BYU - Jan. 6, 2010 STL Mississippi Valley State - Nov. 17, 2006 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/09 * NEVADA, RENO 11/18/09 * SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/09 * HOLY CROSS 11/25/09 * LOUISVILLE 11/28/09 * at Arizona 12/02/09 * at Santa Clara 12/05/09 * KANSAS STATE 12/12/09 * at Southern Utah 12/15/09 * WEBER STATE 12/17/09 * USC UPSTATE 12/19/09 * vs SMU 12/22/09 * at Hawaii 12/23/09 * vs USC 12/25/09 * at BYU 01/06/10 * at New Mexico 01/09/10 * SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/10 * UTAH 01/16/10 * at Colorado State 01/20/10 * at TCU 01/23/10 * Totals

18 SEASON HIGHS PTS Pittsburg State - Nov. 14 RBS USC Upstate - Dec. 19 AST Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19 BLK Utah - Jan. 16 STL at Colorado State - Jan. 20 CAREER HIGHS PTS Cal State San Bernardino - Nov. 15, 2006 RBS USC Upstate - Dec. 19 AST Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 BLK Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 STL Three times - last - at Colorado State - Jan. 20, 2010 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ WEBER STATE 12/17/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ vs SMU 12/22/ at Hawaii 12/23/ vs USC 12/25/ at BYU 01/06/ at New Mexico 01/09/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/ Totals

19 SEASON HIGHS PTS Holy Cross - Nov. 25 RBS Twice, Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18/San Diego State - Jan. 13 AST Twice, USC Upstate - Dec. 19/at TCU - Jan. 23 BLK Utah - Jan. 16 STL USC Upstate - Dec. 19 CAREER HIGHS PTS Holy Cross - Nov. 25, 2009 RBS Twice, UNR - Nov. 18, 2009/San Diego St. - Jan. 13, 2010 AST Twice, USC Upst. - Dec. 19, 2009/at TCU - Jan. 23, 2010 BLK Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 STL USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/09 * at Southern Utah 12/15/ WEBER STATE 12/17/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ vs SMU 12/22/ at Hawaii 12/23/ vs USC 12/25/ at BYU 01/06/ at New Mexico 01/09/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/ Totals

20 PTS - 0 RBS - 0 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL - 0 PTS - 0 RBS - 0 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ Totals

21 SEASON HIGHS PTS Twice, Pittsburg State - Nov. 14/at Santa Clara - Dec. 5 RBS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18 AST Five times - last - at Colorado State - Jan. 20 BLK Six times - last - at Colorado State - Jan. 20 STL Three times - last - Utah - Jan. 16 CAREER HIGHS PTS Twice, Pitt. St.- Nov. 14, 2009/at Santa Clara - Dec. 5, 2009 RBS Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18, 2009 AST Northern Arizona - Nov. 20, 2008 BLK Arizona - Dec. 20, 2008 STL Five times - last - Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/09 * NEVADA, RENO 11/18/09 * SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/09 * HOLY CROSS 11/25/09 * LOUISVILLE 11/28/09 * at Arizona 12/02/09 * at Santa Clara 12/05/09 * KANSAS STATE 12/12/09 * at Southern Utah 12/15/ WEBER STATE 12/17/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ vs SMU 12/22/ at Hawaii 12/23/ vs USC 12/25/ at BYU 01/06/ at New Mexico 01/09/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/10 * Totals

22 SEASON HIGHS PTS - 0 RBS Twice, Pittsburg State - Nov. 14/USC Upstate - Dec. 19 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19 CAREER HIGHS PTS - 0 RBS Twice, Pitt. St.- Nov. 14, 2009/USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 AST - 0 BLK - 0 STL Three times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ Totals

23 SEASON HIGHS PTS Louisville - Nov. 28 RBS Twice, Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18/at Southern Utah - Dec. 15 AST Holy Cross - Nov. 25 BLK Three times - last - at BYU - Jan. 6 STL Three times - last - at Southern Utah - Dec. 15 CAREER HIGHS PTS at Fresno State - Dec. 3, 2008 RBS Three times - last - at Southern Utah - Dec. 15, 2009 AST Holy Cross - Nov. 25, 2009 BLK New Mexico - Jan. 3, 2009 STL Utah - Jan. 24, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/ WEBER STATE 12/17/ USC UPSTATE 12/19/ vs SMU 12/22/ at Hawaii 12/23/ vs USC 12/25/ at BYU 01/06/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/ Totals

24 SEASON HIGHS PTS Weber State - Dec. 17 RBS vs. USC - Dec. 25 AST Holy Cross - Nov. 25 BLK Three times - last - vs. USC - Dec. 25 STL Twice, vs. SMU - Dec. 22/San Diego State - Jan. 13 CAREER HIGHS PTS Weber State - Dec. 17 RBS Minnesota - Dec. 30, 2007 AST Three times - last - TCU - March 1, 2008 BLK at Wyoming - Feb. 23, 2008 STL Five times - last - San Diego State - Jan. 13, 2010 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG MEDICAL REDSHIRT TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/09 * WEBER STATE 12/17/09 * USC UPSTATE 12/19/09 * vs SMU 12/22/09 * at Hawaii 12/23/09 * vs USC 12/25/09 * at BYU 01/06/10 * at New Mexico 01/09/10 * SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/10 * UTAH 01/16/10 * at Colorado State 01/20/10 * at TCU 01/23/ Totals

25 SEASON HIGHS PTS Twice, at Colorado State - Jan. 20/at TCU - Jan. 23 RBS Utah - Jan. 16 AST Twice, Nevada, Reno - Nov. 18/Southern Illinois - Nov. 21 BLK Weber State - Dec. 17 STL Pittsburg State - Nov. 14 CAREER HIGHS PTS Twice, at Colo. St. - Jan. 20, 2010/at TCU - Jan. 23, 2010 RBS Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 AST Twice, UNR - Nov. 18, 2009/So. Illinois - Nov. 21, 2009 BLK Weber State - Dec. 17, 2009 STL Pittsburg State - Nov. 14, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/09 * NEVADA, RENO 11/18/09 * SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/09 * HOLY CROSS 11/25/09 * LOUISVILLE 11/28/09 * at Arizona 12/02/09 * at Santa Clara 12/05/09 * KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/09 * WEBER STATE 12/17/09 * USC UPSTATE 12/19/09 * vs SMU 12/22/09 * at Hawaii 12/23/09 * vs USC 12/25/09 * at BYU 01/06/10 * at New Mexico 01/09/10 * SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/10 * UTAH 01/16/10 * at Colorado State 01/20/10 * at TCU 01/23/10 * Totals

26 SEASON HIGHS PTS at New Mexico - Jan. 9 RBS Twice, at Arizona - Dec. 2/at Santa Clara - Dec. 5 AST Twice, at Southern Utah - Dec. 15/Utah - Jan. 16 BLK - 0 STL USC Upstate - Dec. 19 CAREER HIGHS PTS at New Mexico - Jan. 9, 2010 RBS Four times - last - at Santa Clara - Dec. 5, 2009 AST Four times - last - Utah - Jan. 16, 2010 BLK Twice - last - Air Force - March 4, 2009 STL Four times - last - USC Upstate - Dec. 19, 2009 UNLV CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG TOTAL SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT DATE GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK ST PTS AVG PITTSBURG STATE 11/14/ NEVADA, RENO 11/18/ SO. ILLINOIS 11/21/ HOLY CROSS 11/25/ LOUISVILLE 11/28/ at Arizona 12/02/ at Santa Clara 12/05/ KANSAS STATE 12/12/ at Southern Utah 12/15/09 * WEBER STATE 12/17/09 * USC UPSTATE 12/19/09 * vs SMU 12/22/09 * at Hawaii 12/23/09 * vs USC 12/25/09 * at BYU 01/06/ at New Mexico 01/09/ SAN DIEGO STATE 01/13/ UTAH 01/16/ at Colorado State 01/20/ at TCU 01/23/ Totals