Jan. 3, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San José State men's basketball team made a 10-point comeback against UNLV in the final 4:50 of regulation to force overtime. But couple of Spartans missed opportunities in the final seconds let the Runnin' Rebels escape the Event Center with a 82-76 win in Mountain West play.
UNLV (11-3, 1-1 MW) made 11-of-16 free throws in the overtime period, but a missed free throw by UNLV's Jordan Johnson with 25 seconds left gave the Spartans the ball back trailing 76-73. A miscommunication on the inbounds led to a pass straight into the hands of the Runnin' Rebels, and from there they closed out the win.
At the end of regulation Ryan Welage scored nine of SJSU's points during a 12-2 run. A Noah Baumann 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining gave San José State (3-11, 0-3 MW) a 66-65 lead. The Spartans forced a missed shot by UNLV's Jordan Johnson with six seconds left, but couldn't secure the rebound. Mbacke Diong Cheikh grabbed the offensive board for UNLV and was fouled.
After missing the first he tied the game, 66-66, with five seconds remaining. The Spartans got set for an inbounds play underneath their basket, but were unable to get a shot off in the 1.1 seconds remaining.
San José State led by as many as eight in the opening period when Baumann and Keith Fisher III quickly scored six points apiece. Oumar Barry's layup with 11:26 left in the half made it 19-11 Spartans, but SJSU got just one basket over the next 4:11.
A 10-2 UNLV run erased SJSU's lead and Chris Clyburn's layup with 4:01 to go gave the Runnin' Rebels a lead which they would never relinquish until Baumann's three-ball with 25 seconds left in the second half.
Welage finished with a team-high 23 points for the Spartans. Baumann added 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from downtown. The Spartans shot 49.2 percent (29-59) from the field while UNLV was 47.3 percent (26-55) shooting.
San José State was outrebounded for just the second time this season, 34-30, despite holding UNLV big-man Brandon McCoy to just three boards. McCoy matched Welage with 23 points to lead the Runnin' Rebels. Juiston Shakur scored 14 points, Kris Clyburn scored 13 points and Johnson finished with 10 points for UNLV.
San José State turned the ball over 23 times leading to 23 UNLV points. It's the fifth straight game of 20 or more turnovers for the Spartans.
SJSU heads on the road next to play New Mexico on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. (MT).
Newspaper Box Score
UNLV vs San José State
01/03/18 8:00 PM at San Jose, Calif. (The Event Center)
At San Jose, Calif. (The Event Center)
UNLV 82, SAN JOSé STATE 76
UNLV (12-3, 1-1 MW)
MCCOY, Brandon 7-14 9-11 23; JUISTON, Shakur 5-10 4-6 14; CLYBURN, Kris 4-8
3-4 13; JOHNSON, Jordan 2-9 5-6 10; BECK, Tervell 4-7 1-2 9; DIONG, Cheikh
Mbacke 2-2 2-4 6; MOORING, Jovan 1-2 1-2 4; HARDY, Amauri 1-3 0-0 3. Totals
26-55 25-35 82.
SAN JOSé STATE (3-11, 0-3 MW)
Welage, Ryan 8-15 4-4 23; Baumann, Noah 4-7 0-0 12; Hillsman, Jaycee 2-6 3-4
9; FISHER, Keith 4-6 0-0 8; Carlisle, Nai 3-4 0-0 7; Mitchell, Brandon 3-9
0-2 6; Chastain, Ashtin 2-4 1-2 5; Barry, Oumar 2-6 0-2 4; Nichols, Isaiah
1-1 0-0 2; James, Jalen 0-1 0-0 0; Simmons, Caleb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-59
8-14 76.
UNLV.......................... 37 29 16 - 82
San José State................ 30 36 10 - 76
3-point goals--UNLV 5-13 (CLYBURN, Kris 2-5; HARDY, Amauri 1-3; MOORING,
Jovan 1-1; JOHNSON, Jordan 1-4), San José State 10-22 (Baumann, Noah 4-5;
Welage, Ryan 3-7; Hillsman, Jaycee 2-3; Carlisle, Nai 1-1; Barry, Oumar 0-2;
James, Jalen 0-1; Chastain, Ashtin 0-1; Mitchell, Brandon 0-2). Fouled
out--UNLV-None, San José State-CHASTAIN, Ashtin; FISHER, Keith.
Rebounds--UNLV 34 (CLYBURN, Kris 6; JUISTON, Shakur 6), San José State 30
(Welage, Ryan 6). Assists--UNLV 19 (JOHNSON, Jordan 7), San José State 16
(Carlisle, Nai 4). Total fouls--UNLV 17, San José State 28. Technical
fouls--UNLV-None, San José State-None. A-1376