Overview
- Brandon Rechsteiner scored 15 points to lead Colorado State, with Carey Booth adding 13 on 3-for-3 shooting from beyond the arc, Rashaan Mbemba 11, and Josh Pascarelli 10.
- UNLV’s bench paced its scoring as Issac Williamson posted 14 points, with Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn at 13 and Al Green contributing 12 with two made threes.
- Tied 61-61 with 1:54 remaining, the Rams closed on a 7-0 run highlighted by Jase Butler’s three-point play to seal the outcome.
- Colorado State improved to 11-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play, notching its first home Mountain West win of the season at Moby Arena.
- UNLV, playing its third game in seven days after a 98-66 loss at Wyoming, dropped to 7-8 and 2-2 as CSU covered a -6.5 line with the total landing under 151.5.