| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Gill (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Dowling (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Danny Grainger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Edward Hibbard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Louis Skulski (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dmitry Milicic (fresh) 12 pts. PF - Jason Alva (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UNLV | Michael Dowling inbounds the ball | 23-40 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 19:35 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard makes the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Danny Hey | 25-40 |
| 19:27 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown comes up short on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Richard Gill - foul #3 on Richard Gill, team foul #1 | 25-40 |
| 19:27 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown misses the 1st free throw | 25-40 |
| 19:27 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 25-40 |
| 19:27 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown grabs the offensive board | 25-40 |
| 19:22 | New Mexico | Michael Dowling steps in front of the Dmitry Milicic pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 25-40 |
| 18:59 | UNLV | Louis Skulski picks off the pass by Edward Hibbard | 25-40 |
| 18:55 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic lays it up and in on a great pass from Louis Skulski | 25-42 |
| 18:39 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard misses the driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Reginald Brown - foul #2 on Reginald Brown, team foul #1 | 25-42 |
| 18:39 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard makes the 1st free throw | 26-42 |
| 18:39 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard makes the 2nd free throw | 27-42 |
| 18:20 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-42 |
| 18:18 | New Mexico | Jason Alva can't tip it in | 27-42 |
| 18:17 | New Mexico | Jason Alva pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-42 |
| 18:02 | New Mexico | Jason Alva misses the fadeaway in the lane | 27-42 |
| 18:00 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Danny Grainger | 27-42 |
| 17:38 | UNLV | Dmitry Milicic is called for the reach on Richard Gill - foul #3 on Dmitry Milicic, team foul #2 | 27-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo (SF) Dmitry Milicic | |
| 17:10 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #2 | 27-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart (SG), Stefan Russo (PF), Steve Sisk (C) Colin Carnevale, Jason Alva, Reginald Brown | |
| 16:54 | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-42 |
| 16:52 | UNLV | Richard Gill pulls down the rebound | 27-42 |
| 16:32 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #3 | 27-42 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (PG), Mauricio Romano (SG), Gene Reynolds (SF), Robert Thomas (C) Danny Hey, Richard Gill, Michael Dowling, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 16:10 | New Mexico | Danny Grainger steals the ball from Louis Skulski | 27-42 |
| 15:45 | UNLV | Robert Thomas makes the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Mauricio Romano | 29-42 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Robert Landry (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mauricio Romano (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gene Reynolds (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Danny Grainger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Louis Skulski (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Leonard Stewart (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Arnulfo Russo (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Stefan Russo (fresh) 5 reb. C - Steve Sisk (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:39 | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 29-42 |
| 15:38 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo tips it but misses | 29-42 |
| 15:37 | UNLV | Danny Grainger gets the rebound | 29-42 |
| 15:15 | UNLV | Robert Landry connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Thomas | 32-42 |
| 14:54 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart hits a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Louis Skulski | 32-44 |
| 14:41 | UNLV | Stefan Russo steps in front of the Robert Landry pass | 32-44 |
| 14:21 | New Mexico | Mauricio Romano is called for the reach on Steve Sisk - foul #1 on Mauricio Romano, team foul #4 | 32-44 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Richard Gill (SG), Michael Dowling (PF), Edward Hibbard (C) Robert Landry, Mauricio Romano, Danny Grainger, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG), Dmitry Milicic (SF), Jason Alva (PF), Reginald Brown (C) Louis Skulski, Arnulfo Russo, Stefan Russo, Steve Sisk | |
| 14:07 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumper from close range | 32-44 |
| 14:06 | UNLV | Richard Gill gets the rebound | 32-44 |
| 13:49 | UNLV | Jason Alva takes the ball from Danny Hey | 32-44 |
| 13:32 | New Mexico | Jason Alva connects on the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Colin Carnevale | 32-46 |
| 13:17 | UNLV | Danny Hey connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Michael Dowling | 35-46 |
| 13:12 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale buries a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Leonard Stewart | 35-48 |
| 12:49 | UNLV | Danny Hey lays it up and in set up by Gene Reynolds | 37-48 |
| 12:35 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart is hacked by Gene Reynolds - foul #1 on Gene Reynolds, team foul #5 | 37-48 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Grainger (PF) Gene Reynolds | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Louis Skulski (SG) Leonard Stewart | |
| 12:16 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski buries a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jason Alva | 37-50 |
| 11:54 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 37-50 |
| 11:53 | UNLV | Michael Dowling hits the follow up shot | 39-50 |
| 11:29 | New Mexico | Jason Alva clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 39-50 |
| 11:27 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown grabs the offensive board | 39-50 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Gill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Michael Dowling (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Danny Grainger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Edward Hibbard (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Louis Skulski (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Dmitry Milicic (fresh) 14 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jason Alva (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 11:11 | New Mexico | Jason Alva is open but comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 39-50 |
| 11:09 | UNLV | Michael Dowling pulls down the rebound | 39-50 |
| 10:52 | UNLV | Danny Hey clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 39-50 |
| 10:51 | New Mexico | Jason Alva gets the rebound | 39-50 |
| 10:34 | New Mexico | Jason Alva misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 39-50 |
| 10:32 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski grabs the offensive rebound | 39-50 |
| 10:19 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski blows the layup over the doubleteam but he's hacked by Michael Dowling - foul #2 on Michael Dowling, team foul #6 | 39-50 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (PG), Mauricio Romano (SG), Gene Reynolds (SF), Robert Thomas (C) Danny Hey, Richard Gill, Michael Dowling, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart (SG), Arnulfo Russo (SF), Stefan Russo (PF), Steve Sisk (C) Colin Carnevale, Dmitry Milicic, Jason Alva, Reginald Brown | |
| 10:19 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski makes the 1st free throw | 39-51 |
| 10:19 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski makes the 2nd free throw | 39-52 |
| 09:52 | UNLV | Robert Landry comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 39-52 |
| 09:51 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo grabs the defensive rebound | 39-52 |
| 09:33 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Steve Sisk | 39-55 |
| 09:13 | UNLV | Robert Thomas makes the shot from the baseline on a great pass from Gene Reynolds | 41-55 |
| 09:10 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 41-55 |
| Subs | UNLV | Richard Gill (SG), Michael Dowling (PF) Mauricio Romano, Danny Grainger | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski (SG), Dmitry Milicic (SF) Louis Skulski, Arnulfo Russo | |
| 08:51 | UNLV | Robert Landry hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 41-55 |
| 08:50 | New Mexico | Steve Sisk grabs the board | 41-55 |
| 08:27 | New Mexico | Ivan Stepchinski throws it down | 41-57 |
| 08:00 | UNLV | Gene Reynolds is fouled on the floor by Leonard Stewart - foul #2 on Leonard Stewart, team foul #3 | 41-57 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Edward Hibbard (C) Robert Landry, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale (PG), Louis Skulski (SG), Jason Alva (PF), Reginald Brown (C) Leonard Stewart, Ivan Stepchinski, Stefan Russo, Steve Sisk | |
| 07:47 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Michael Dowling | 43-57 |
| 07:36 | New Mexico | Jason Alva hits the finger roll set up by Louis Skulski and he's hacked by Edward Hibbard - foul #4 on Edward Hibbard, team foul #7 | 43-59 |
| 07:36 | New Mexico | Jason Alva makes the free throw | 43-60 |
| 07:12 | UNLV | Danny Hey can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-60 |
| 07:11 | New Mexico | Reginald Brown pulls down the rebound | 43-60 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Danny Hey (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Gill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Gene Reynolds (fresh) 3 ast. PF - Michael Dowling (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Edward Hibbard (fresh) 10 pts. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Colin Carnevale (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Louis Skulski (fresh) 18 pts. 5 ast. SF - Dmitry Milicic (fresh) 14 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jason Alva (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. C - Reginald Brown (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 06:53 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-60 |
| 06:52 | New Mexico | Jason Alva can't tip it in | 43-60 |
| 06:51 | UNLV | Richard Gill pulls down the rebound | 43-60 |
| 06:35 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard knocks in the runner in the paint | 45-60 |
| 06:16 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale misses badly on the uncontested floater from the left side | 45-60 |
| 06:14 | New Mexico | Colin Carnevale grabs the offensive rebound | 45-60 |
| 06:05 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Gene Reynolds - foul #2 on Gene Reynolds, team foul #8 | 45-60 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (SG), Danny Grainger (PF) Richard Gill, Gene Reynolds | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Stefan Russo (PF) Jason Alva | |
| 06:05 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic makes the 1st free throw | 45-61 |
| 06:05 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic makes the 2nd free throw | 45-62 |
| 05:45 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Danny Hey | 47-62 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 05:25 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 47-62 |
| 05:24 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo gets the offensive rebound | 47-62 |
| 05:11 | New Mexico | Louis Skulski blows the layup | 47-62 |
| 05:10 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard gets the rebound | 47-62 |
| 04:45 | UNLV | Danny Hey connects on the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Michael Dowling | 49-62 |
| 04:28 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Michael Dowling - foul #3 on Michael Dowling, team foul #9 | 49-62 |
| Subs | UNLV | Robert Landry (PG), Richard Gill (SG), Gene Reynolds (SF), Robert Thomas (C) Danny Hey, Mauricio Romano, Michael Dowling, Edward Hibbard | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart (PG), Ivan Stepchinski (SG), Jason Alva (PF), Steve Sisk (C) Colin Carnevale, Louis Skulski, Stefan Russo, Reginald Brown | |
| 04:28 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic makes the 1st free throw | 49-63 |
| 04:28 | New Mexico | Dmitry Milicic makes the 2nd free throw | 49-64 |
| 03:59 | UNLV | Dmitry Milicic is called for the reach on Gene Reynolds - foul #4 on Dmitry Milicic, team foul #4 | 49-64 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo (SF) Dmitry Milicic | |
| 03:39 | UNLV | Richard Gill loses the dribble to Arnulfo Russo | 49-64 |
| 03:24 | New Mexico | Jason Alva is hacked by Robert Landry - foul #2 on Robert Landry, team foul #10 | 49-64 |
| Subs | UNLV | Mauricio Romano (SG) Gene Reynolds | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 03:24 | New Mexico | Jason Alva makes the 1st free throw | 49-65 |
| 03:24 | New Mexico | Jason Alva makes the 2nd free throw | 49-66 |
| 03:00 | UNLV | Richard Gill misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 49-66 |
| 02:58 | New Mexico | Steve Sisk gets the rebound | 49-66 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Robert Landry (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Mauricio Romano (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Gill (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Danny Grainger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Leonard Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ivan Stepchinski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Arnulfo Russo (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jason Alva (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Steve Sisk (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 02:43 | New Mexico | Jason Alva hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 49-66 |
| 02:41 | UNLV | Robert Thomas gets the rebound | 49-66 |
| 02:34 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano lays it up and in on a nice dish by Robert Landry and he's fouled by Ivan Stepchinski - foul #1 on Ivan Stepchinski, team foul #5 | 51-66 |
| Subs | UNLV | Danny Hey (PG), Michael Dowling (SF), Edward Hibbard (C) Robert Landry, Richard Gill, Robert Thomas | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Stefan Russo (PF) Jason Alva | |
| 02:34 | UNLV | Mauricio Romano makes the free throw | 52-66 |
| 02:12 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 52-68 |
| 01:51 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard misses long on a runner from close range | 52-68 |
| 01:49 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Steve Sisk | 52-68 |
| 01:27 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Danny Grainger - foul #2 on Danny Grainger, team foul #11 | 52-68 |
| Subs | UNLV | Richard Gill (SG) Mauricio Romano | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 01:27 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo misses the 1st free throw | 52-68 |
| 01:27 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 52-69 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:06 | UNLV | Danny Hey hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Leonard Stewart - foul #3 on Leonard Stewart, team foul #6 | 52-69 |
| 01:06 | UNLV | Danny Hey makes the 1st free throw | 53-69 |
| 01:06 | UNLV | Danny Hey misses the 2nd free throw | 53-69 |
| 01:06 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo snags the defensive board | 53-69 |
| 00:47 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo misses the easy layup but the foul's on Danny Grainger - foul #3 on Danny Grainger, team foul #12 | 53-69 |
| 00:47 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo misses the 1st free throw | 53-69 |
| 00:47 | New Mexico | Stefan Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 53-70 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:41 | UNLV | Michael Dowling is hacked by Ivan Stepchinski - foul #2 on Ivan Stepchinski, team foul #7 | 53-70 |
| 00:41 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 54-70 |
| 00:41 | UNLV | Michael Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 55-70 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:14 | New Mexico | Arnulfo Russo can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 55-70 |
| 00:12 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard gets the rebound | 55-70 |
| 00:06 | UNLV | Edward Hibbard slams it home | 57-70 |
| 00:00 | New Mexico | Leonard Stewart runs out the clock | 57-70 |