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UNLV Rebels Basketball Falls on the Road Against the Boise State Broncos

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The UNLV men's basketball team lost at Boise State, 78-66, in the opening game of its two-game Mountain West series Thursday night at ExtraMile Arena.

Boise State (15-4, 11-3) was led by Emmanuel Akot's 16 points on 7 of 10 shooting, while Abu Kigab added 14 points and Mladen Armus scored 13 points with eight rebounds.

The Runnin' Rebels (8-10, 5-6) also had three players score in double figures, led by Bryce Hamilton's 26 points. Caleb Grill added 14 and David Jenkins Jr. had 12.

STATS OF THE GAME: Boise State shot 50 percent from the field for the game (26 of 52) and scored 14 more points than UNLV at the free-throw line.

TURNING POINT: UNLV held a six-point lead almost midway through the first half (19-13) when Boise State went on a 16-2 run to lead by eight at 29-21 with just over five minutes until halftime. The Broncos increased their advantage to 12 at the break.

QUOTABLE: "It continues to be a pattern that we don't sustain for 40 minutes. We need our older guys to bring better leadership. We need everybody to do their job and the care factor to be at an all-time high. Hopefully we can learn that lesson and not continue to put ourselves in this spot." - UNLV head coach T.J. Otzelberger

NOTES: 
- Hamilton scored 24 of his points in the second half including UNLV's final 16 points of the game.
- Hamilton and Grill were each 4 of 8 on 3-pointers.
- UNLV made 12 3-pointers, marking the ninth game this season it has converted on 10 or more in a game.
- UNLV recorded 14 offensive rebounds to Boise State's six, turning those into 15 second-chance points.
- Boise State scored 16 points off of UNLV's 12 turnovers, while UNLV had just six off the Broncos' seven.
- Boise State outscored UNLV in points in the paint 22-12 and in bench scoring 31-14.
- Boise State increased its all-time lead in the series to 12-10 and the Runnin' Rebels dropped to 2-8 all-time at Boise State.
- Boise State improved to 8-0 at home this season.
- UNLV has made at least one 3-pointer in a NCAA-record 1,120 straight games.

NEXT FOR THE RUNNIN' REBELS: UNLV will close out the series at Boise State on Saturday, February 13 at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on FS1, while the radio call may be heard on ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas.