| Lineup | Colorado State | PG - Karl Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nelson Cortina (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Elmer Hickok (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frank McNairy (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Roberto Ortiz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Joseph Urrutia (fresh) 12 pts. SG - George Reiber (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ramiro Zapata (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Ronald Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. C - Dikembe Agbayani (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok inbounds the ball | 25-24 |
| Game Plan | Colorado State | Colorado State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:31 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok misses the easy layup | 25-24 |
| 19:29 | Colorado State | Roberto Ortiz tips it in | 27-24 |
| 19:10 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes can't connect on a floater from the right block | 27-24 |
| 19:09 | Colorado State | The rebound goes to Frank McNairy | 27-24 |
| 19:04 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 27-24 |
| 19:03 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 18:58 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia drills a 3 from the right corner | 27-27 |
| 18:44 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok hits a shot from the left block on a great pass from Karl Collins and he's hacked by George Reiber - foul #1 on George Reiber, team foul #1 | 29-27 |
| 18:44 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok makes the free throw | 30-27 |
| 18:27 | UNLV | The short jumper by Ronald Hughes is denied by Frank McNairy | 30-27 |
| 18:26 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes hits the follow up shot | 30-29 |
| 18:08 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok can't connect on a runner from the left block | 30-29 |
| 18:06 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes pulls down the rebound | 30-29 |
| 17:43 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-29 |
| 17:41 | Colorado State | Roberto Ortiz pulls down the rebound | 30-29 |
| 17:17 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina is hacked by George Reiber - foul #2 on George Reiber, team foul #2 | 30-29 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Paul White (C) Roberto Ortiz | |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| 17:06 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 30-29 |
| 17:05 | Colorado State | Paul White tips it home | 32-29 |
| 16:46 | UNLV | A charge is called on Joseph Urrutia - foul #2 on Joseph Urrutia, team foul #3 | 32-29 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner (SG), Bob Stice (SF), Javier Velez (C) Nelson Cortina, Elmer Hickok, Frank McNairy | |
| Subs | UNLV | Edward Bonner (SF), Micah Harper (C) Ramiro Zapata, Dikembe Agbayani | |
| 16:19 | Colorado State | Karl Collins comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-29 |
| 16:18 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Micah Harper | 32-29 |
| 15:59 | UNLV | Micah Harper makes the turnaround near the basket | 32-31 |
| Lineup | Colorado State | PG - Karl Collins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Fadey Zeuner (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bob Stice (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul White (fresh) 4 pts. C - Javier Velez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Joseph Urrutia (fairly fresh) 15 pts. SG - George Reiber (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Edward Bonner (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Ronald Hughes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Micah Harper (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner is hacked by George Reiber - foul #3 on George Reiber, team foul #4 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok (SF), Frank McNairy (PF) Karl Collins, Javier Velez | |
| Subs | UNLV | Ramiro Zapata (SF), Dikembe Agbayani (C) George Reiber, Ronald Hughes | |
| 15:13 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok misses the easy layup | 32-31 |
| 15:11 | UNLV | Micah Harper grabs the defensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 14:53 | UNLV | Dikembe Agbayani hits a runner near the basket on a great pass from Edward Bonner | 32-33 |
| 14:35 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner is hacked by Joseph Urrutia - foul #3 on Joseph Urrutia, team foul #5 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina (SG), Roberto Ortiz (C) Bob Stice, Paul White | |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| 14:11 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-33 |
| 14:10 | UNLV | Micah Harper grabs the defensive rebound | 32-33 |
| 13:57 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia misses badly on a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Fadey Zeuner - foul #2 on Fadey Zeuner, team foul #1 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Karl Collins (PG), Javier Velez (PF) Fadey Zeuner, Frank McNairy | |
| Subs | UNLV | George Reiber (SG), Ronald Hughes (PF) Edward Bonner, Micah Harper | |
| 13:57 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia makes the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 13:57 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia makes the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 13:34 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-35 |
| Subs | Colorado State | | |
| Subs | UNLV | Alberto Marino (SF), Steve Degnan (C) Ramiro Zapata, Dikembe Agbayani | |
| 13:11 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Joseph Urrutia | 32-38 |
| 12:44 | Colorado State | Javier Velez drills a pull-up jumper from the right side | 34-38 |
| 12:30 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 34-38 |
| 12:29 | UNLV | Steve Degnan pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-38 |
| 12:13 | UNLV | Steve Degnan's floater is tipped away by Roberto Ortiz | 34-38 |
| 12:12 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes snags the offensive board | 34-38 |
| 11:55 | UNLV | Steve Degnan can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 34-38 |
| 11:53 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina gets the rebound | 34-38 |
| Lineup | Colorado State | PG - Karl Collins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nelson Cortina (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Elmer Hickok (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Javier Velez (fresh) 2 pts. C - Roberto Ortiz (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Joseph Urrutia (tiring) 17 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - George Reiber (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Alberto Marino (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ronald Hughes (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Steve Degnan (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok buries a shot from the baseline | 36-38 |
| 11:19 | UNLV | Steve Degnan clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 36-38 |
| 11:18 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes can't tip it in | 36-38 |
| 11:17 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok pulls down the rebound | 36-38 |
| 10:59 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-38 |
| 10:37 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Javier Velez - foul #1 on Javier Velez, team foul #2 | 39-38 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner (PG), Bob Stice (SG), Charles Benson (SF), Frank McNairy (PF), Paul White (C) Karl Collins, Nelson Cortina, Elmer Hickok, Javier Velez, Roberto Ortiz | |
| Subs | UNLV | Edward Bonner (PG), Ramiro Zapata (SF), Dikembe Agbayani (C) Joseph Urrutia, George Reiber, Steve Degnan | |
| 10:37 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes makes the 1st free throw | 39-39 |
| 10:37 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes makes the 2nd free throw | 39-40 |
| 10:29 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Charles Benson | 42-40 |
| 10:22 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 42-40 |
| 10:21 | Colorado State | Bob Stice pulls down the rebound | 42-40 |
| 10:14 | Colorado State | Ramiro Zapata steals the ball from Fadey Zeuner | 42-40 |
| 09:54 | UNLV | Edward Bonner misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 42-40 |
| 09:52 | Colorado State | Bob Stice grabs the board | 42-40 |
| 09:31 | Colorado State | Alberto Marino is called for the reach on Frank McNairy - foul #1 on Alberto Marino, team foul #6 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Karl Collins (PG) Charles Benson | |
| Subs | UNLV | Steve Degnan (SG), Micah Harper (PF) Alberto Marino, Ronald Hughes | |
| 09:10 | Colorado State | Bob Stice hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 42-40 |
| 09:08 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Ramiro Zapata | 42-40 |
| 08:44 | UNLV | The jump hook by Steve Degnan is blocked by Frank McNairy | 42-40 |
| 08:42 | UNLV | The offensive rebound goes to Dikembe Agbayani | 42-40 |
| 08:33 | UNLV | Karl Collins is called for the reach on Edward Bonner - foul #1 on Karl Collins, team foul #3 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina (SG) Fadey Zeuner | |
| Subs | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia (PG), George Reiber (SG) Edward Bonner, Steve Degnan | |
| 08:17 | UNLV | Micah Harper scores on a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Joseph Urrutia | 42-42 |
| 08:00 | Colorado State | Bob Stice misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-42 |
| 07:58 | Colorado State | Karl Collins tips it back up and in | 44-42 |
| 07:51 | UNLV | Micah Harper misses short on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Frank McNairy - foul #1 on Frank McNairy, team foul #4 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok (SF), Javier Velez (C) Bob Stice, Paul White | |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| 07:51 | UNLV | Micah Harper makes the 1st free throw | 44-43 |
| 07:51 | UNLV | Micah Harper makes the 2nd free throw | 44-44 |
| Lineup | Colorado State | PG - Karl Collins (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nelson Cortina (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Elmer Hickok (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank McNairy (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Javier Velez (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Joseph Urrutia (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - George Reiber (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ramiro Zapata (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Micah Harper (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Dikembe Agbayani (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy can't finish the layup | 44-44 |
| 07:30 | UNLV | Micah Harper snags the defensive board | 44-44 |
| 07:15 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia travels with the ball | 44-44 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner (PG), Roberto Ortiz (C) Karl Collins, Frank McNairy | |
| Subs | UNLV | Edward Bonner (SF), Ronald Hughes (PF) Ramiro Zapata, Dikembe Agbayani | |
| 06:47 | Colorado State | Javier Velez knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 46-44 |
| 06:23 | UNLV | Edward Bonner misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 46-44 |
| 06:21 | Colorado State | Javier Velez grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 06:10 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner misses short on a jumper from the right side but the foul's on Edward Bonner - foul #2 on Edward Bonner, team foul #7 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Karl Collins (PG), Paul White (PF) Nelson Cortina, Javier Velez | |
| Subs | UNLV | Ramiro Zapata (SF), Dikembe Agbayani (C) Joseph Urrutia, Micah Harper | |
| 06:10 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner makes the 1st free throw | 47-44 |
| 06:10 | Colorado State | Fadey Zeuner makes the 2nd free throw | 48-44 |
| 05:47 | UNLV | Ramiro Zapata misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 48-44 |
| 05:45 | Colorado State | Roberto Ortiz gets the rebound | 48-44 |
| 05:16 | Colorado State | Karl Collins is denied on a layup by Dikembe Agbayani | 48-44 |
| 05:14 | UNLV | Dikembe Agbayani grabs the board | 48-44 |
| 05:04 | UNLV | Edward Bonner misses the lay-in but the foul's on Karl Collins - foul #2 on Karl Collins, team foul #5 | 48-44 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Bob Stice (SF), Frank McNairy (PF) Elmer Hickok, Roberto Ortiz | |
| Subs | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia (PG) George Reiber | |
| 05:04 | UNLV | Edward Bonner misses the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 05:04 | UNLV | Edward Bonner makes the 2nd free throw | 48-45 |
| 04:48 | Colorado State | Joseph Urrutia steals it from Paul White | 48-45 |
| 04:32 | UNLV | Edward Bonner misses the dunk | 48-45 |
| 04:30 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy grabs the defensive rebound | 48-45 |
| 04:09 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy hits the finger roll on a great pass from Bob Stice | 50-45 |
| 04:00 | UNLV | Joseph Urrutia makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Edward Bonner | 50-48 |
| 03:32 | Colorado State | Bob Stice jams it on a great pass from Paul White | 52-48 |
| Lineup | Colorado State | PG - Karl Collins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Fadey Zeuner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bob Stice (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank McNairy (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Paul White (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Joseph Urrutia (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Edward Bonner (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SF - Ramiro Zapata (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Ronald Hughes (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. C - Dikembe Agbayani (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:22 | UNLV | Edward Bonner drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing and the foul's on Fadey Zeuner - foul #3 on Fadey Zeuner, team foul #6 | 52-50 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina (SG), Elmer Hickok (SF), Javier Velez (C) Karl Collins, Fadey Zeuner, Paul White | |
| Subs | UNLV | George Reiber (SG), Micah Harper (PF), Steve Degnan (C) Ramiro Zapata, Ronald Hughes, Dikembe Agbayani | |
| 03:22 | UNLV | Edward Bonner makes the free throw | 52-51 |
| 02:54 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok knocks in the runner from close range | 54-51 |
| 02:54 | UNLV | UNLV calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-51 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Karl Collins (PG), Roberto Ortiz (C) Bob Stice, Javier Velez | |
| Subs | UNLV | Ramiro Zapata (SF), Ronald Hughes (PF), Dikembe Agbayani (C) Edward Bonner, Micah Harper, Steve Degnan | |
| 02:38 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes is whistled for traveling | 54-51 |
| 02:14 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy misses the easy layup | 54-51 |
| 02:13 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok grabs the offensive board | 54-51 |
| 01:54 | Colorado State | Elmer Hickok knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Karl Collins | 56-51 |
| 01:39 | UNLV | Dikembe Agbayani's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-51 |
| 01:18 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Dikembe Agbayani - foul #2 on Dikembe Agbayani, team foul #8 | 56-51 |
| 01:18 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina misses the 1st free throw | 56-51 |
| 01:18 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina makes the 2nd free throw | 57-51 |
| 01:02 | UNLV | Frank McNairy blocks the short jumper by Ronald Hughes | 57-51 |
| 01:00 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy snags the defensive board | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | Colorado State | Colorado State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:58 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy is fouled in the backcourt by Joseph Urrutia - foul #4 on Joseph Urrutia, team foul #9 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Colorado State | Bob Stice (SF) Elmer Hickok | |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| 00:58 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy makes the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:58 | Colorado State | Frank McNairy misses the 2nd free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:58 | Colorado State | Bob Stice grabs the offensive board | 58-51 |
| 00:56 | Colorado State | Bob Stice is fouled on the floor by Ramiro Zapata - foul #1 on Ramiro Zapata, team foul #10 | 58-51 |
| 00:56 | Colorado State | Bob Stice misses the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:56 | Colorado State | Bob Stice makes the 2nd free throw | 59-51 |
| Game Plan | Colorado State | Colorado State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:51 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-51 |
| 00:48 | Colorado State | Bob Stice is fouled in the backcourt by Joseph Urrutia - foul #5 on Joseph Urrutia, team foul #11 | 59-51 |
| Subs | Colorado State | | |
| Subs | UNLV | Edward Bonner (PG) Joseph Urrutia | |
| 00:48 | Colorado State | Bob Stice misses the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 00:48 | Colorado State | Bob Stice makes the 2nd free throw | 60-51 |
| 00:41 | UNLV | Ronald Hughes misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-51 |
| 00:39 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina gets the rebound | 60-51 |
| 00:38 | Colorado State | George Reiber is called for the reach on Nelson Cortina in the backcourt - foul #4 on George Reiber, team foul #12 | 60-51 |
| 00:38 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:38 | Colorado State | Nelson Cortina makes the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| 00:32 | UNLV | Edward Bonner scores on a jumper from the baseline | 62-53 |
| 00:29 | Colorado State | Karl Collins is fouled in the backcourt by Edward Bonner - foul #3 on Edward Bonner, team foul #13 | 62-53 |
| 00:29 | Colorado State | Karl Collins makes the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 00:29 | Colorado State | Karl Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 64-53 |
| 00:24 | UNLV | Roberto Ortiz steals it from Ramiro Zapata | 64-53 |
| Game Plan | Colorado State | Colorado State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Colorado State | Karl Collins runs out the clock | 64-53 |