Bryce Hamilton
60
Winner Kansas St. KState 2-0,0-0 Big 12
56
UNLV UNLV 1-1,0-0 Mountain West
Winner
Kansas St. KState
2-0,0-0 Big 12
60
Final
56
UNLV UNLV
1-1,0-0 Mountain West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Kansas St. KState 16 32 12 60
UNLV UNLV 23 25 8 56

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runnin' Rebels Fall In OT To Kansas State, 60-56

Junior guard Amauri Hardy scored a career-high 27 points Saturday afternoon at the Thomas & Mack Center.

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV junior guard Amauri Hardy scored a career-high 27 points, but the Runnin' Rebels lost to Kansas State in overtime Saturday afternoon, 60-56, at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Hardy tied the game at 54 in the extra period with 44 seconds left on a floater from the baseline, but K-State's Xavier Sneed put the Wildcats ahead for good with a jumper with 28 seconds to play. 

On the ensuing possession, a rebound that went out of bounds that was originally called UNLV ball was overturned after an official review. Sneed then made two free throws to seal the game.

Senior guard Eli Mitrou-Long also scored in double figures for the Runnin' Rebels (1-1) as he added 10 points, while Kansas State (2-0) was led by Xavier Sneed's 19 points. Cartier Diarra added 12.

STAT OF THE GAME: Defense ruled as both teams were held to under 40 percent shooting from the field. Kansas State shot 17.4 percent from 3-point range, while the Runnin' Rebels made 26.9 percent.

QUOTABLE: "I'm proud of our guys for how they came out today, fought and competed. I thought it was really impressive to hold a Big 12 champion program, one that we have a lot of respect for, to 16 first-half points. I felt like the thing that we need to correct is the start to the second half. That has not been great to us. We have to get better there and better executing late. Overall I am happy with the competitive spirit that our guys played with. We knew it was going physical match. I think we were outsized at most positions, but the fight that our guys played with, I was really proud of. If we can bring that effort and energy every night out, we are going to like the outcome of a lot of nights." UNLV head coach T.J. Otzelberger

NOTES: 
- Hardy was 11 of 23 from the field, including 5 of 10 on 3-pointers.
- UNLV held Kansas State to just 16 first-half points. The Wildcats were 0 of 10 on 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes.
- There were a combined 45 turnovers.
- UNLV out-rebounded K-State, 43-37.
- K-State made 12 of 13 free throws.
- UNLV led by as many as 10 points in the first half.
- There were 10 lead changes and nine ties throughout the game.
- UNLV junior forward Mbacke Diong recorded double-digit rebounds for the second straight game (11), while senior forward Nick Blair grabbed 10.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,072 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will head out on the road for the first time this season, playing at California on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and at UCLA on Friday, Nov. 15. Both games will start at 8 p.m. and be televised by Pac-12 Networks.




 
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