The UNLV men's basketball team dominated Air Force Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center, recording a 78-44 victory.
Four Runnin' Rebels (14-10, 6-5) scored in double figures, led by Bryce Hamilton's game-high 24 points. Royce Hamm Jr. recorded his sixth double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds.
Air Force (10-12, 3-8) was led by Ethan Taylor's 10 points.
STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV shot 52.0% (26 of 50) from the field, improving its record to 7-0 when it makes at least half of its shots, and made a season-high 57.9% (11 of 19) of its 3-point tries.
TURNING POINT: With a three-point lead at 24-21 with just under five minutes to play in the first half, the Runnin' Rebels used a 15-4 run to go into halftime up 39-25. UNLV then scored the first seven points of the second half to increase its advantage to 46-25 with 16:39 left.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Too many to choose just one. Hamm's double-double, Hamilton was 4 of 7 on 3-pointers, Jordan McCabe dished out 10 assists with no turnovers and Michael Nuga's plus/minus was plus-31.