Bryce Hamilton
55
UNLV UNLV 11-9,3-4 Mountain West
80
Winner San Diego St. SDSU 11-4,3-1 Mountain West
UNLV UNLV
11-9,3-4 Mountain West
55
Final
80
San Diego St. SDSU
11-4,3-1 Mountain West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNLV UNLV 23 32 55
San Diego St. SDSU 42 38 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runnin' Rebels Fall At San Diego State, 80-55

Bryce Hamilton scored 23 points for UNLV Monday night at Viejas Arena.

SAN DIEGO (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's basketball team suffered an 80-55 defeat Monday night at San Diego State. The game was rescheduled after the Jan. 18 contest was postponed. 

The Aztecs (11-4, 3-1) were led by Matt Bradley's 27 points on 10 of 11 shooting. Trey Pulliam added 11 points.

Bryce Hamilton had 23 points to lead the Runnin' Rebels (11-9, 3-4), also grabbing six rebounds. Jordan McCabe contributed 10 points and five assists, while David Muoka had a team-high eight rebounds.

STAT OF THE GAME: SDSU shot 62.1% (18 of 29) in the first half, finishing the game at 52.5% (31 of 59).

QUOTABLE: "The results are not what we wanted, of course. We will watch film tomorrow and get better. We have a couple of days here where we can get back to what we were doing, which gave us a chance in pretty much every game that we have played and that's defensively. fighting, competing and being more crisp offensively. As we get ready for Colorado State, we will put our time and attention toward that." - UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger

NOTES:
- It marked UNLV's fourth game in a week's time in four different cities because of rescheduled games that had previously been postponed because of COVID-19-related issues.
- SDSU's victory improved their record in the all-time series to 40-37.
- Donovan Williams, who missed Saturday's game, returned to the starting lineup.
- After trailing 42-23 at halftime, UNLV cut its deficit to 12 points early in the second half, but a technical foul called on Keshon Gilbert helped SDSU increase its lead to 20 points two minutes later.
- SDSU out-rebounded UNLV by 10, 43-33.
- SDSU also led in points off turnovers 18-10 and points in the paint 48-20.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,149 straight games. 

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will return home to Las Vegas, then travel to Fort Collins, Colorado, for a game at Colorado State on Friday, Jan. 28. The 6 p.m. PT contest will be televised on FS1.


 
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