Bryce Hamilton
44
Air Force USAFA 10-12,3-8 Mountain West
78
Winner UNLV UNLV 14-10,6-5 Mountain West
Air Force USAFA
10-12,3-8 Mountain West
44
Final
78
UNLV UNLV
14-10,6-5 Mountain West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Air Force USAFA 25 19 44
UNLV UNLV 39 39 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runnin' Rebels Dominate Air Force, 78-44

UNLV shoots 52%, including almost 58% on 3-pointers, Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's basketball team dominated Air Force Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center, recording a 78-44 victory.

Four Runnin' Rebels (14-10, 6-5) scored in double figures, led by Bryce Hamilton's game-high 24 points. Royce Hamm Jr. recorded his sixth double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Air Force (10-12, 3-8) was led by Ethan Taylor's 10 points.

STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV shot 52.0% (26 of 50) from the field, improving its record to 7-0 when it makes at least half of its shots, and made a season-high 57.9% (11 of 19) of its 3-point tries.

TURNING POINT: With a three-point lead at 24-21 with just under five minutes to play in the first half, the Runnin' Rebels used a 15-4 run to go into halftime up 39-25. UNLV then scored the first seven points of the second half to increase its advantage to 46-25 with 16:39 left.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Too many to choose just one. Hamm's double-double, Hamilton was 4 of 7 on 3-pointers, Jordan McCabe dished out 10 assists with no turnovers and Michael Nuga's plus/minus was plus-31.



QUOTABLE: "Proud of the guys. As you probably saw, we had some lineups out there that we haven't used much, but the guys keep adjusting and playing off each other. We had two days of prep and the intent was great. They remembered after seeing it at Air Force, how quick and how fast those guys cut and how they read each other and play off each other, so they understood that our energy had to be as high as it's been all year and they also understood they had to guard for a full 30 seconds. Even at any point in the game, they're going to run their stuff and they're going to get a good shot, so the guys knew that going into it. We had a really efficient game offensively, especially considering the way we started." - UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger

NOTES:
- The Runnin' Rebels were without Donovan Williams and Victor Iwuakor.
- UNLV avenged a loss at Air Force earlier this season, 69-62, on Jan. 20, to earn a regular-season series split.
- UNLV improved to 44-15 all-time vs. the Falcons and is now 32-2 against Air Force at home.
- UNLV has now won 12 straight against Air Force at the Thomas & Mack Center.
- The Runnin' Rebels have now won three of their last four games overall.
- UNLV held the Falcons to just 30.4% shooting (14 of 46) and 24.0% on 3-pointers (6 of 25).
- UNLV was 15 of 16 on free throws for 93.8%.
- UNLV outrebounded Air Force 40-18.
- The Runnin' Rebels recorded 20 assists on 26 made field goals.
- The 34-point win was the largest margin of victory in conference play this season for UNLV.
- UNLV led in points in the paint, 28-10, second-chance points 13-4 and bench scoring 30-17.
- Hamilton has now scored in double figures in 18 straight games and has scored 20 points or more in six of his last seven games.
- It was McCabe's second game this season with double-figure assists.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,153 straight games. 



NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will head back out on the road to play at Boise State on Friday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised on FS1.



 
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