Jaden Henley
52
Winner UNLV UNLV 14-12,8-7 Mountain West
51
Fresno St. Fresno 5-21,1-14 Mountain West
Winner
UNLV UNLV
14-12,8-7 Mountain West
52
Final
51
Fresno St. Fresno
5-21,1-14 Mountain West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UNLV UNLV 26 26 52
Fresno St. Fresno 18 33 51

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runnin' Rebels Win Third Straight With One-Point Victory at Fresno State

Jailen Bedford and Jaden Henley each score 13 as UNLV wins fourth straight matchup with the Bulldogs 52-51 on Saturday afternoon.

FRESNO, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's basketball team (14-12, 8-7) won its third straight game with a 52-51 victory at Fresno State (5-21, 1-14) on Saturday afternoon at the Save Mart Center.

Jailen Bedford and Jaden Henley each scored 13 points to lead the Runnin' Rebels. Henley added a career-high nine rebounds, while Dedan Thomas Jr. scored seven points with a game-high-tying seven assists with just one turnover. Bear Cherry blocked a game-high four shots, but the biggest rejection of the game belonged to Pape N'Diaye, who finished the contest with two.

Fresno State was led by Elijah Price's 15 points and 12 rebounds, along with three steals and two blocks.

HOW IT ENDED: UNLV led by 11 at 50-39 with just over eight minutes to play, but a 12-0 run by Fresno State capped by Zaon Collins' driving layup gave the Bulldogs a one-point lead at 51-50 with 1:02 remaining. Henley rebounded a Thomas Jr. miss and made the put-back to give UNLV the lead again. He was fouled on the play but missed the free throw. With 13 seconds to go N'Diaye blocked Collins' potential go-ahead attempt and on the subsequent play Thomas Jr. was fouled with 09.1 second left. He missed the front end of the one-and-one, but Jalen Weaver's 3-point attempt from the corner at the buzzer was off the mark to end the game.

STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV scored just two points in the final eight minutes of the game but hung on for the victory.

QUOTABLE: "We will take a win every single time, any way we can get it. Road games in this conference, especially with a team as talented and dangerous as Fresno State, I thought we did a lot of really good things that led to having that opportunity to win." - UNLV head coach Kevin Kruger

OTHER NOTES: 
- UNLV improved to 38-19 all-time vs. Fresno State, including 13-10 in Fresno.
- It was UNLV's fourth straight win in the series and its eighth victory in the last 12 meetings. 
- UNLV has now won four of the last five meetings at the Save Mart Center.
- UNLV completed the regular-season sweep of Fresno State for the second straight season.
- UNLV also led by 11 points in the first half and held a 26-18 lead at the break.
- UNLV outscored Fresno State in second-chance points, 16-9. The Runnin' Rebels had 15 offensive rebounds, while Fresno State had 11.
- UNLV won the rebounding battle, 45-40.
- Fresno State went to the free-throw line 16 times to just four for UNLV.
- Collins also had seven assists with one turnover.
- UNLV held Fresno State to just 22.2% shooting in the first half (6 of 27), but only managed 28.2% (11 of 39) itself.
- The Runnin' Rebels struggled with their 3-point shooting in the first 20 minutes, going 3 of 17 for 17.6%. UNLV finished the game 6 of 25 from behind the arc (24.0%).
- UNLV out-shot Fresno State 42.3% (11 of 26) to 37.9% (11 of 29) in the second half.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,253 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will have a week in between games as it will host Colorado State on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.

TICKETS: Tickets to UNLV men's basketball home games at the Thomas & Mack Center may be purchased at UNLVtickets.com, by calling 702-739-3267 or by visiting the Thomas & Mack Center Box Office. 



 
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