Donnie Tillman
75
UNLV UNLV 1-2,0-0 Mountain West
79
Winner California Cal 2-0,0-0 Pac-12
UNLV UNLV
1-2,0-0 Mountain West
75
Final
79
California Cal
2-0,0-0 Pac-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
UNLV UNLV 40 27 8 75
California Cal 38 29 12 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runnin' Rebels Fall 79-75 At Cal In Overtime

Junior forward Donnie Tillman scored a team-high 17 points in UNLV men's basketball's second straight overtime loss.

BERKELEY, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - Three Runnin' Rebels scored in double figures, led by junior forward Donnie Tillman's team-high 17 points, but the UNLV men's basketball team (1-2) suffered its second straight overtime loss, 79-75, at California Tuesday night.

It was UNLV's first road game of the season. Trailing 77-75 late in the extra period, senior guard Elijah Mitrou-Long drove the lane but couldn't get the shot off, turning the ball over with 1.3 seconds left. 

The Runnin' Rebels held their largest lead of the game (65-56) with just under six minutes to play in regulation, but shot just 1 of 8 to close the second half. 

Mitrou-Long scored 16 points, while junior guard Amauri Hardy added 15. The Golden Bears (2-0) had four players in double-figure scoring led by Matt Bradley's game-high 23 points. 

TURNING POINT: Cal used a 16-2 run over the last six minutes of regulation and the first two and a half minutes of overtime.

STAT OF THE GAME: There were 20 lead changes and nine ties throughout.

QUOTABLE: "For our team to be successful we need to defend, rebound and take care of the ball. In the first half, we did a great job taking care of the ball but didn't defend how we would like to and they scored too easily. In the second half, our defense kicked in but then we had too many turnovers. We have talked a lot about it - for us to be successful we need to do those things night in and night out." UNLV head coach T.J. Otzelberger

NOTES: 
- UNLV fell to 5-3 all-time vs. Cal and to 2-1 in games played at Haas Pavilion. The three games in Berkeley (2004, 2012, 2019) have been decided by a combined six points.
- It was the earliest road game by date in UNLV men's basketball history. The Runnin' Rebels' previous earliest road game in any season was during 2007-08 at San Diego (Nov. 17).
- Tillman and junior forward Mbacke Diong both had a game-high eight rebounds.
- Junior guard Jonah Antonio went 3 of 5 on 3-pointers, while Mitrou-Long was 7 of 11 from the field.
- The Runnin' Rebels made 46.7 percent of their 3-point tries (7 of 15).
- The Golden Bears made 50.9 percent from the field (29 of 57).
- UNLV had just one turnover at the half.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,073 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will play its second straight road game against a Pac-12 opponent on Friday, Nov. 15 at UCLA at 8 p.m, televised by Pac-12 Networks.


 
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