University of Nevada Las Vegas
Tulsa
Runnin' Rebels Defeat Tulsa, 73-55
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
January 17, 1999
LAS VEGAS (AP) - UNLV's Shawn Marion scored 18 points as the Rebels won their sixth straight game Saturday night, a 73-55 decision over Tulsa.
Kaspars Kambala had 15 points and eight rebounds for UNLV (10-6, 3-0 WAC) and Kevin Simmons added 10 points.
Tulsa (14-5, 2-2) was led by Brandon Kurtz with 11 points while Marcus Hill and Greg Harrington each added 10 points. The Golden Hurricane suffered its second straight conference road loss.
Tulsa made only 36.4 percent (20-of-55) of its field goal attempts while UNLV made 48 percent (24-of-50).
The Rebels led 31-23 at halftime and went on a 13-6 run to start for the second half for a 44-29 advantage. Kambala had six straight points in the run.
After the teams traded baskets to make the score 46-31, the Rebels went on a 13-2 run to go up 57-33 with 11:35 left. Marion and Kambala each had four points in that spurt.
The Rebels jumped out to an 11-2 lead before Tulsa scored its first field goal with 12:52 remaining in the first half.
