LIHUE, Kauai (UNLVRebels.com) - The U NLV men's golf team shot a second-round 3-under-par 285 Friday at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, which is being played at the Wailua Golf Course (par 72, 6,991 yards).

The Rebels lead the team standings by six shots with a 36-hole score of 21-under 555. Texas A&M is six shots back in second place at 15-under and Arizona is third at 10-under.

Individually, there are four UNLV players in the top 20. Rebel senior Shintaro Ban followed his first-round 7-under 65 with a second-round 4-under 68 and leads all golfers by three shots. Texas A&M's Chandler Phillips and Arizona's David Laskin are both tied for second at 8-under, while there is a five-way tie for fourth at 6-under that includes UNLV junior Harry Hall.

UNLV freshmen Jack Trent and Garrick Higgo are both tied for 20th at 2-under.

REBEL OF THE DAY: Ban again shot the lowest round of the day for the Rebels. He had five birdies and a bogey during the second round. For the tournament, he has a total of 13 birdies and an eagle.

COMPLETE REBEL SCORES:
• 1st - Shintaro Ban, senior (65-68=133, -11))
• T4th - Harry Hall, junior (67-71=138, -6)
• T20th - Jack Trent, freshman (70-72=142, -2)
• T20th - Garrick Higgo, freshman (68-74=142, -2)
• T63rd - Justin Kim, sophomore (74-75=149, +5)
• T101st - Justin Chong*, sophomore (77-77=154, +10)

* Competing as an individual

TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1. UNLV (270-285=555, -21)
2. Texas A&M (283-278=561, -15)
3. Arizona (288-278=566, -10)
4. North Carolina (284-283=567, -9)
5. BYU (284-286=570, -6)

There are a total of 20 teams and 122 individuals competing

REBEL NOTES:
• This is UNLV's first tournament of the spring season.
• This is Garrick Higgo's first tournament of his Rebel career.
• UNLV finished in third place at last year's Burns Intercollegiate.
• Hall and Ban both finished in the top 10 individually at last year's event, tying for third and seventh, respectively.
• UNLV competed in five tournaments during the fall. Its best team finish was fourth (twice).
• Ban turned in UNLV's top individual performance of the fall as he earned medalist honors at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Alabama in October. He has recorded a total of three top-10 finishes in five events this season.
• Last season, UNLV won the Mountain West Championship for the second straight year, captured an NCAA Regional title and advanced to the 'Elite Eight' at the NCAA Championship.
• Ban and Hall are both 2017 All-Mountain West Team honorees, and Ban earned honorable mention All-America. In addition, Ban was named an All-America Scholar.
• UNLV has an active NCAA record of 29 consecutive regional appearances.
• This season marks the 31st at UNLV for Hall of Fame head coach Dwaine Knight.

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will begin final-round play Saturday at 8 a.m. HT.

LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by clicking here.