Feb. 13, 2001

Box Score

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Utah's Kevin Bradley scored eight of his 14 points in the final 3:51 as the Utes held on to beat UNLV 85-77 in a Mountain West Conference game Monday night.

Phil Cullen led the Utes with 19 points, 14 in the first half. Chris Burgess added 15 for Utah (15-9, 7-3). Kaspars Kambala had a game-high 22 points for UNLV (14-10, 5-4). Dalron Johnson and Trevor Diggs each added 12.

The Utes led 64-51 with 11:57 remaining but the Rebels rallied behind Kambala, who had only four points in the first half after sitting the last 14:38 with foul trouble.

Kambala scored 13 of his team's next 21 points as the Rebels cut the lead to 77-71 with 3:45 left. Bradley then hit a free throw and a 3-pointer to put the Utes back up by 10.

The game was close in the first half until the Utes scored 12 straight points to take a 40-30 lead with 1:59 remaining. Cullen hit two straight 3-pointers in the run.

The Rebels scored four points to cut the lead to 40-34, but Britton Johnson converted two free throws with 38 seconds remaining and the Utes went into the intermission with a 42-34 lead.

Danny Brotherson, who averages 4.6 points per game, scored nine points in the first half.