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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego St. 63, UNLV 57
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 12, 2011
Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Mike Littlewood, # Gerry Pollard, # Rick Randall
Attendance: 18557

D.J. Gay scored 20 points – including the go-ahead free throws with 1:03 remaining – and No. 6 San Diego State held off host UNLV 63-57 on Saturday.

Kawhi Leonard had 14 points for San Diego State (25-1, 10-1 Mountain West), which has won five straight overall and 34 in a row against unranked teams.

Tre’Von Willis scored 13 points for the Rebels (18-7, 6-5), who fell to 1-5 against Top 25 teams this season.

UNLV was looking for a NCAA Tournament resume-boosting win and nearly got it.

The Runnin' Rebels took their first lead since it was 2-0 when Willis hit a jumper with 3:19 remaining. Gay tied it at 55-55 with a free throw, and added two more that made it 59-57 with 1:03 to play.

Willis had a shot to tie it, but his jumper was off and Malcolm Thomas grabbed the rebound with 51 seconds left as the Aztecs held on.
Top Game Performances
 
San Diego St.   UNLV
D.J. Gay 20 Scoring Tre'Von Willis 13
D.J. Gay 3 Assists Oscar Bellfield 2
Kawhi Leonard 10 Rebounds Brice Massamba 6
D.J. Gay 8 Free Throws Made Oscar Bellfield 2
Billy White 2 Steals Oscar Bellfield 1
Brian Carlwell 1 Blocks Quintrell Thomas 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
San Diego St. 63 42.6 3-7 20-22 7 32 2 4
UNLV 57 37.9 1-15 12-19 8 30 2 4