LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - EJ Harkless scored a game-high 18 points and Justin Webster added a season-high 17 as the UNLV men's basketball team (14-7 overall, 3-6 Mountain West) defeated UNR 68-62 Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

The game was a part of the Silver State Series presented by America First Credit Union.

Webster made five 3-pointers, while Harkless filled the stat sheet with a season-high-tying and team-high nine rebounds, five assists and two steals. 

UNR (16-6, 6-3) was led by Jarod Lucas' 15 points, Kenan Blackshear's 13 and Darrion Williams' 13, while Will Baker had a game-high 10 rebounds.

STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV had 12 fast-break points on the night, while the Wolf Pack had zero.

HOW IT ENDED: UNLV held UNR without a point over the final 3:44. The Runnin' Rebels led by one (63-62) at that point and scored the game's final five points.

BIG CROWD: The announced attendance of 8,734 was UNLV's largest of the season.

QUOTABLE: (On the atmosphere) "There are no words you can put into how great it was to go out there and see that - how important it is. Hopefully everyone had a great time. I know the guys appreciated it and I know we appreciated it as a staff and also as a university. Just going out there and seeing people cheering and seeing people talking, it had that buzz of a rivalry game. There was no doubt that having the crowd get into it the way they did tonight was a huge advantage for us." - UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger.

OTHER NOTES:
- UNLV has now won three straight games against UNR.
- Webster made four 3-pointers in the first half as UNLV led by two at the break, 35-33.
- UNLV led by as many as 10 in the first half.
- UNR shot 5 of 9 on 3-pointers in the first half but only 2 of 8 after halftime.
- UNLV held the Wolf Pack to just 36.4% shooting on the night. The Runnin' Rebels shot 42.9%.
- Victor Iwaukor had a career-high five blocks and Keshon Gilbert had a career-high-tying four steals.
- Shane Nowell played a season-high 23 minutes and scored eight points with five rebounds.
- UNLV had 10 steals, recording double figures in that category for an 11th time this season.
- UNLV forced UNR to commit 19 turnovers
- UNLV had seven blocked shots compared to just one for UNR.
- There were six lead changes and two ties throughout the game.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,182 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will head back out on the road for a game at Colorado State on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT contest will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network.