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Wednesday, November 22
Las Vegas, Nev.
10:30 PM
University of Utah
4-1
58
vs
85
UNLV
5-0
1
2
F
Utah
33
25
58
UNLV
43
42
85
Utah Falls to UNLV in Las Vegas
11/23/2017 1:02 AM | Men's Basketball
Tillman registers double-double in loss
LAS VEGAS – The Utah Runnin' Utes (4-1) suffered its first defeat of the 2017-18 season, falling 85-58 to the UNLV Runnin' Rebels (5-0) in the championship game of the MGM Resorts Main Event Wednesday evening at T-Mobile Arena.
UNLV took a 43-33 into the halftime break after shooting .484 percent from the field and limiting Utah to just a percentage of .370. Tyler Rawson led the Utes at the break with 10 points, while both Justin Bibbins and Donnie Tillman chipped with eight points apiece. Bibbins, Tillman, David Collette and Sedrick Barefield were limited in first half minutes though, as all four players picked up two fouls.
Utah took its first lead at the 15:30 mark, 10-9, following a bucket from Jayce Johnson, but an 8-0 run pushed the UNLV lead to 17-10. Rawson hit a three-pointer to end a four-plus minute dry spell and Tillman followed with a bucket and a pair of free throws to notch things up at 17-17. Collette later tied the score at 21-all, but UNLV would go onto close out the first half outscoring the Utes, 22-12, to take the 10-point lead into the intermission.
UNLV opened the second half with an 8-2 run and never looked back on the way to a 27-point victory. Utah was limited to just a .333 shooting percentage in the second half, going 0-of-9 from three-point range. The Rebels shot .571 from the field in the second half and tallied percentage of .500 in the game.
Utah will take the Thanksgiving holiday off, but will be back in action the following day, hosting Eastern Washington at the Huntsman Center on Friday, Nov. 24. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. MST.
GAME NOTES
• With the loss, Utah's all-time record against UNLV dropped to 23-25. The Rebels have won four of the past five meetings dating back to 2010.
• This marks the first loss of the season for the Utes. Utah's four-game winning streak to open the season matches last season's run of four straight to open the 2016-17 campaign.
• Tillman finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds to notch his second double-double of the season.
• Rawson finished with 10 points and led the team with a pair of three-pointers made. He has scored 10 points or more in four of the first five games for the Utes this season.
UNLV took a 43-33 into the halftime break after shooting .484 percent from the field and limiting Utah to just a percentage of .370. Tyler Rawson led the Utes at the break with 10 points, while both Justin Bibbins and Donnie Tillman chipped with eight points apiece. Bibbins, Tillman, David Collette and Sedrick Barefield were limited in first half minutes though, as all four players picked up two fouls.
Utah took its first lead at the 15:30 mark, 10-9, following a bucket from Jayce Johnson, but an 8-0 run pushed the UNLV lead to 17-10. Rawson hit a three-pointer to end a four-plus minute dry spell and Tillman followed with a bucket and a pair of free throws to notch things up at 17-17. Collette later tied the score at 21-all, but UNLV would go onto close out the first half outscoring the Utes, 22-12, to take the 10-point lead into the intermission.
UNLV opened the second half with an 8-2 run and never looked back on the way to a 27-point victory. Utah was limited to just a .333 shooting percentage in the second half, going 0-of-9 from three-point range. The Rebels shot .571 from the field in the second half and tallied percentage of .500 in the game.
Utah will take the Thanksgiving holiday off, but will be back in action the following day, hosting Eastern Washington at the Huntsman Center on Friday, Nov. 24. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. MST.
GAME NOTES
• With the loss, Utah's all-time record against UNLV dropped to 23-25. The Rebels have won four of the past five meetings dating back to 2010.
• This marks the first loss of the season for the Utes. Utah's four-game winning streak to open the season matches last season's run of four straight to open the 2016-17 campaign.
• Tillman finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds to notch his second double-double of the season.
• Rawson finished with 10 points and led the team with a pair of three-pointers made. He has scored 10 points or more in four of the first five games for the Utes this season.
Team Stats
UTAH
UNLV
FG%
.350
.500
3FG%
.100
.313
FT%
.778
.783
RB
30
46
TO
12
15
STL
4
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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