LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's basketball team suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss to San Diego State, 74-71, Thursday afternoon in the Mountain West Tournament's quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Dedan Thomas Jr. poured in a career-high 29 points and added five assists for the No. 4 seeded Runnin' Rebels (19-12) while Keylan Boone added 17 points, eight rebounds and a career-high-tying four blocks. Justin Webster contributed 14 points.

No. 5 seed SDSU (23-9) had four players score in double figures, led by Jaedon LeDee's 34 points and 16 rebounds. Jay Pal added 10 points and nine rebounds,while Lamont Butler had 12 points and Darrion Trammell scored 11 with five assists and five steals.

END OF OVERTIME: LeDee made a go-ahead jumper off the glass from the right side of the key with 12.7 seconds left and then hit two free throws with 2.7 seconds left to give the Aztecs the three-point lead. Thomas Jr.'s long 3-point attempt at the buzzer was off the mark.

SECOND HALF AND END OF REGULATION: SDSU used a 12-0 run early in the second half to take a 41-34 lead with 14 minutes to play. Down 10 points with over six minutes to go, UNLV used a 7-0 spurt capped by a Keylan Boone 3-pointer to cut its deficit to just three with four minutes left. Thomas Jr. scored six points in the final 30 seconds, including a short runner in the lane with 0.5 seconds remaining to force overtime.

STATS OF THE GAME: San Diego State outrebounded UNLV 51-30 and grabbed 25 offensive rebounds, turning those into 20 second-chance points.

OTHER NOTES:
- It was UNLV's third straight overtime game in the Mountain West Tournament as its two contests last year both went into an extra period (vs. Air Force in the first round and vs. Boise State in the quarterfinals).
- Kalib Boone, who suffered an ankle injury in UNLV's regular-season finale at UNR on Saturday, tried to play but only logged one minute of action.
- UNLV held its largest lead of the game at 10 points with 1:20 to go in the first half and led 27-22 at the break after an errant inbound pass with 1.6 seconds remaining led to a Trammell 3-pointer from the top of the key.
- The game featured six ties and five lead changes.
- SDSU led in points in the paint, 32-20, while UNLV led in bench scoring, 17-5.
- SDSU recorded nine steals and UNLV blocked seven shots.
- Keylan Boone played all of the game's 45 minutes, while Thomas Jr. logged 43 minutes.
- Thomas Jr. was 10 of 21 from the field and 8 of 10 on free throws.
- LeDee finished the game 11 of 21 from the field and 11 of 18 on free throws.
- UNLV held SDSU to just 27.3% shooting in the first half (9 of 33), including 11.1% on 3-pointers (1 of 9). It finished at 36.6% (26 of 71) from the field for the game and 26.1% on 3-pointers (6 of 23).
- UNLV made 50% of its shots in the second half (12 of 24), finishing at 40.4% (21 of 52) for the game.
- UNLV continued to be without Jalen Hill, who is out of the rest of the season (ACL).
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,224 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will find out Sunday if it is invited to postseason play.