| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billie Schmidt (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Paul Weigel (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Brock Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Collins (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Utah | PG - Cruz Havener (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Raymond Pryor (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Gerald Toomey (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Jason Squires (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Randall Reeves (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | UNLV | Paul Weigel inbounds the ball | 31-36 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:46 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt's pass is intercepted by Cruz Havener | 31-36 |
| 19:27 | Utah | Randall Reeves connects on the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Cruz Havener and he's hacked by Randy Collins - foul #2 on Randy Collins, team foul #1 | 31-38 |
| 19:27 | Utah | Randall Reeves misses the free throw | 31-38 |
| 19:27 | UNLV | Brock Rogers grabs the defensive rebound | 31-38 |
| 19:04 | UNLV | Randy Collins misses long on a 3 from straight away | 31-38 |
| 19:03 | Utah | The rebound goes to Cruz Havener | 31-38 |
| 18:45 | Utah | Brock Rogers is called for the reach on Jason Squires - foul #2 on Brock Rogers, team foul #2 | 31-38 |
| 18:25 | Utah | Cruz Havener comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 31-38 |
| 18:23 | UNLV | Paul Weigel grabs the board | 31-38 |
| 17:59 | UNLV | Brock Rogers misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-38 |
| 17:58 | Utah | Jason Squires gets the rebound | 31-38 |
| 17:31 | Utah | Cruz Havener hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Raymond Pryor | 31-41 |
| 17:16 | UNLV | Randy Collins jams it and he's hacked by Randall Reeves - foul #2 on Randall Reeves, team foul #1 | 33-41 |
| Subs | UNLV | Eric Mays (PG), Brice Roseman (SF) James Williams, Paul Weigel | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| 17:16 | UNLV | Randy Collins makes the free throw | 34-41 |
| 16:49 | Utah | Randall Reeves misses long on a jumper from the right block | 34-41 |
| 16:47 | UNLV | Randy Collins snags the defensive board | 34-41 |
| 16:27 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Eric Mays | 37-41 |
| 16:05 | Utah | Cruz Havener misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-41 |
| 16:04 | Utah | Gerald Toomey tips it back up and in | 37-43 |
| 15:47 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Eric Mays | 40-43 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Eric Mays (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Billie Schmidt (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Brice Roseman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brock Rogers (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Randy Collins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Utah | PG - Cruz Havener (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Pryor (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gerald Toomey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Jason Squires (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Randall Reeves (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 15:40 | Utah | Randall Reeves buries a jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Cruz Havener | 40-45 |
| 15:15 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 40-45 |
| 15:14 | Utah | Cruz Havener grabs the defensive rebound | 40-45 |
| 14:50 | Utah | Randall Reeves steps out of bounds on the sideline | 40-45 |
| Subs | UNLV | James Williams (PG), Charles Wong (SF), John Wheeler (PF), Paul Weigel (C) Billie Schmidt, Brice Roseman, Brock Rogers, Randy Collins | |
| Subs | Utah | Donald Payne (PG), Salvatore Garcia (SG), Alexander Walker (C) Cruz Havener, Raymond Pryor, Gerald Toomey | |
| 14:35 | UNLV | John Wheeler misses the jumpshot from the left side | 40-45 |
| 14:34 | UNLV | John Wheeler tips it in | 42-45 |
| 14:17 | Utah | Alexander Walker is hacked by Paul Weigel - foul #2 on Paul Weigel, team foul #3 | 42-45 |
| 13:59 | Utah | Alexander Walker scores on a jump hook in the lane set up by Salvatore Garcia | 42-47 |
| 13:43 | UNLV | James Williams misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-47 |
| 13:41 | UNLV | Paul Weigel tips it back up and in | 44-47 |
| 13:16 | Utah | Jason Squires can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 44-47 |
| 13:14 | UNLV | The rebound goes to John Wheeler | 44-47 |
| 13:10 | UNLV | Charles Wong scores on a shot from the right wing | 46-47 |
| 12:47 | Utah | Salvatore Garcia is hacked by Paul Weigel - foul #3 on Paul Weigel, team foul #4 | 46-47 |
| Subs | UNLV | Brice Roseman (PG), Billie Schmidt (SG), Brock Rogers (PF) James Williams, Eric Mays, Paul Weigel | |
| Subs | Utah | Cruz Havener (PG), Raymond Pryor (SG) Donald Payne, Salvatore Garcia | |
| 12:36 | Utah | The short jumper by Alexander Walker is denied by Brock Rogers | 46-47 |
| 12:34 | UNLV | John Wheeler snags the defensive board | 46-47 |
| 12:25 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-47 |
| Subs | UNLV | Randy Collins (C) John Wheeler | |
| Subs | Utah | Gerald Toomey (SF) Jason Squires | |
| 11:58 | Utah | Brock Rogers swats the dunk try by Alexander Walker | 46-47 |
| 11:57 | UNLV | Brock Rogers grabs the board | 46-47 |
| 11:47 | UNLV | Randy Collins comes up short on the turnaround from the left block | 46-47 |
| 11:45 | UNLV | Randy Collins hits the follow up shot | 48-47 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Brice Roseman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billie Schmidt (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Charles Wong (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Brock Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Randy Collins (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Utah | PG - Cruz Havener (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Pryor (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gerald Toomey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Randall Reeves (tiring) 8 pts. 2 blk. C - Alexander Walker (fresh) 19 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 11:22 | Utah | Alexander Walker hits a turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Cruz Havener and he's hacked by Randy Collins - foul #3 on Randy Collins, team foul #5 | 48-49 |
| Subs | UNLV | James Williams (PG), Paul Weigel (SF) Brice Roseman, Charles Wong | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| 11:22 | Utah | Alexander Walker makes the free throw | 48-50 |
| 11:01 | UNLV | James Williams clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-50 |
| 10:59 | Utah | Raymond Pryor snags the defensive board | 48-50 |
| 10:52 | Utah | Raymond Pryor loses the dribble to Paul Weigel | 48-50 |
| 10:39 | UNLV | Cruz Havener picks off the pass by James Williams | 48-50 |
| 10:16 | Utah | Raymond Pryor connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Cruz Havener | 48-52 |
| 09:50 | UNLV | Cruz Havener steals it from James Williams | 48-52 |
| 09:30 | Utah | Cruz Havener can't throw it down | 48-52 |
| 09:29 | UNLV | Brock Rogers snags the defensive board | 48-52 |
| 09:12 | UNLV | Randy Collins misses badly on a turnaround in the paint | 48-52 |
| 09:10 | Utah | Alexander Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 48-52 |
| 09:04 | Utah | Alexander Walker drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Gerald Toomey | 48-54 |
| 08:59 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 48-54 |
| 08:57 | Utah | Alexander Walker gets the rebound | 48-54 |
| 08:42 | Utah | Randall Reeves knocks in the fadeaway near the basket | 48-56 |
| 08:23 | UNLV | Randy Collins scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 51-56 |
| 07:58 | Utah | Alexander Walker loses the dribble to Brock Rogers | 51-56 |
| 07:49 | UNLV | James Williams hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Billie Schmidt | 54-56 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Williams (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billie Schmidt (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SF - Paul Weigel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Brock Rogers (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Randy Collins (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Utah | PG - Cruz Havener (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 ast. 4 stl. SG - Raymond Pryor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gerald Toomey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - Randall Reeves (tiring) 10 pts. 2 blk. C - Alexander Walker (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 07:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by James Williams - foul #1 on James Williams, team foul #6 | 54-56 |
| Subs | UNLV | Eric Mays (PG), Brice Roseman (SG), Charles Wong (SF), Charles Solberg (PF), John Wheeler (C) James Williams, Billie Schmidt, Paul Weigel, Brock Rogers, Randy Collins | |
| Subs | Utah | Salvatore Garcia (SG), Jason Squires (SF) Raymond Pryor, Gerald Toomey | |
| 07:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener makes the 1st free throw | 54-57 |
| 07:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener makes the 2nd free throw | 54-58 |
| 07:08 | UNLV | John Wheeler knocks in the jump hook from the right block | 56-58 |
| 06:50 | Utah | Cruz Havener makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Salvatore Garcia | 56-61 |
| 06:40 | UNLV | Charles Wong's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-61 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Utah | Donald Payne (PG) Cruz Havener | |
| 06:23 | Utah | Salvatore Garcia is called for traveling | 56-61 |
| Subs | UNLV | Billie Schmidt (SG) Brice Roseman | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| 06:01 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-61 |
| 06:00 | Utah | Alexander Walker snags the defensive board | 56-61 |
| 05:41 | Utah | The short jumper by Alexander Walker is denied by John Wheeler | 56-61 |
| 05:40 | Utah | Alexander Walker tips it home | 56-63 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 05:28 | UNLV | Eric Mays banks in the layup set up by Charles Wong | 58-63 |
| 05:09 | Utah | Randall Reeves misses short on a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Charles Solberg - foul #1 on Charles Solberg, team foul #7 | 58-63 |
| Subs | UNLV | Paul Weigel (C) Charles Solberg | |
| Subs | Utah | Cruz Havener (PG) Donald Payne | |
| 05:09 | Utah | Randall Reeves makes the 1st free throw | 58-64 |
| 05:09 | Utah | Randall Reeves makes the 2nd free throw | 58-65 |
| 04:52 | UNLV | John Wheeler misses badly on a runner from the left block | 58-65 |
| 04:50 | Utah | The rebound goes to Cruz Havener | 58-65 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 04:43 | Utah | Randall Reeves hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Wheeler - foul #1 on John Wheeler, team foul #8 | 58-65 |
| Subs | UNLV | Brock Rogers (PF) Charles Wong | |
| Subs | Utah | Raymond Pryor (SG) Salvatore Garcia | |
| 04:43 | Utah | Randall Reeves misses the 1st free throw | 58-65 |
| 04:43 | Utah | Randall Reeves misses the 2nd free throw | 58-65 |
| 04:43 | UNLV | John Wheeler gets the rebound | 58-65 |
| 04:22 | UNLV | Paul Weigel misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Randall Reeves - foul #3 on Randall Reeves, team foul #2 | 58-65 |
| Subs | UNLV | Brice Roseman (SG), Randy Collins (C) Billie Schmidt, John Wheeler | |
| Subs | Utah | Gerald Toomey (SF) Randall Reeves | |
| 04:22 | UNLV | Paul Weigel makes the 1st free throw | 59-65 |
| 04:22 | UNLV | Paul Weigel misses the 2nd free throw | 59-65 |
| 04:22 | Utah | Alexander Walker snags the defensive board | 59-65 |
| 03:53 | Utah | Cruz Havener scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Gerald Toomey | 59-68 |
| 03:40 | UNLV | Brock Rogers misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 59-68 |
| 03:38 | UNLV | Paul Weigel grabs the offensive rebound | 59-68 |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - Eric Mays (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brice Roseman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Weigel (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Brock Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Randy Collins (fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Utah | PG - Cruz Havener (fresh) 20 pts. 5 ast. 4 stl. SG - Raymond Pryor (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gerald Toomey (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Jason Squires (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Alexander Walker (tiring) 26 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 03:21 | UNLV | Eric Mays misses long on a 3 from straight away | 59-68 |
| 03:19 | UNLV | Paul Weigel snags the offensive board | 59-68 |
| 03:07 | UNLV | Brice Roseman misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 59-68 |
| 03:05 | Utah | Alexander Walker pulls down the rebound | 59-68 |
| 03:01 | Utah | Cruz Havener comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-68 |
| 03:00 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Paul Weigel | 59-68 |
| 03:00 | UNLV | UNLV calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-68 |
| Subs | UNLV | James Williams (PG), Billie Schmidt (SG), Charles Wong (SF) Eric Mays, Brice Roseman, Paul Weigel | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 02:41 | UNLV | Brock Rogers lays it up and in set up by Billie Schmidt and he's fouled by Jason Squires - foul #1 on Jason Squires, team foul #3 | 61-68 |
| 02:41 | UNLV | Brock Rogers makes the free throw | 62-68 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 02:40 | Utah | Raymond Pryor is fouled in the backcourt by Billie Schmidt - foul #2 on Billie Schmidt, team foul #9 | 62-68 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Utah | Randall Reeves (PF) Jason Squires | |
| 02:40 | Utah | Raymond Pryor makes the 1st free throw | 62-69 |
| 02:40 | Utah | Raymond Pryor makes the 2nd free throw | 62-70 |
| 02:19 | UNLV | Alexander Walker blocks the short jumper by Randy Collins | 62-70 |
| 02:18 | Utah | Alexander Walker snags the defensive board | 62-70 |
| 02:15 | Utah | Alexander Walker is fouled in the backcourt by James Williams - foul #2 on James Williams, team foul #10 | 62-70 |
| 02:15 | Utah | Alexander Walker makes the 1st free throw | 62-71 |
| 02:15 | Utah | Alexander Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 62-71 |
| 02:15 | UNLV | Brock Rogers gets the rebound | 62-71 |
| 01:54 | UNLV | James Williams misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 62-71 |
| 01:53 | Utah | The rebound goes to Gerald Toomey | 62-71 |
| 01:52 | Utah | Gerald Toomey is fouled in the backcourt by Billie Schmidt - foul #3 on Billie Schmidt, team foul #11 | 62-71 |
| 01:52 | Utah | Gerald Toomey misses the 1st free throw | 62-71 |
| 01:52 | Utah | Gerald Toomey makes the 2nd free throw | 62-72 |
| 01:28 | UNLV | Brock Rogers lays it up and in | 64-72 |
| 01:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener is fouled in the backcourt by James Williams - foul #3 on James Williams, team foul #12 | 64-72 |
| 01:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener makes the 1st free throw | 64-73 |
| 01:27 | Utah | Cruz Havener misses the 2nd free throw | 64-73 |
| 01:27 | UNLV | Randy Collins grabs the board | 64-73 |
| 01:07 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt misses long on a 3 from straight away | 64-73 |
| 01:06 | Utah | Gerald Toomey pulls down the rebound | 64-73 |
| 01:03 | Utah | Gerald Toomey is hacked by James Williams in the backcourt - foul #4 on James Williams, team foul #13 | 64-73 |
| 01:03 | Utah | Gerald Toomey misses the 1st free throw | 64-73 |
| 01:03 | Utah | Gerald Toomey makes the 2nd free throw | 64-74 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 00:55 | UNLV | Randy Collins's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-74 |
| Subs | UNLV | Eric Mays (PG), Brice Roseman (SG), Paul Weigel (SF), Charles Solberg (PF), John Wheeler (C) James Williams, Billie Schmidt, Charles Wong, Brock Rogers, Randy Collins | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 00:54 | Utah | Alexander Walker is hacked by Eric Mays in the backcourt - foul #3 on Eric Mays, team foul #14 | 64-74 |
| 00:54 | Utah | Alexander Walker misses the 1st free throw | 64-74 |
| 00:54 | Utah | Alexander Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 64-74 |
| 00:54 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Charles Solberg | 64-74 |
| 00:48 | UNLV | Eric Mays hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Gerald Toomey - foul #2 on Gerald Toomey, team foul #4 | 64-74 |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| Subs | Utah | Jason Squires (SF) Gerald Toomey | |
| 00:48 | UNLV | Eric Mays makes the 1st free throw | 65-74 |
| 00:48 | UNLV | Eric Mays misses the 2nd free throw | 65-74 |
| 00:48 | Utah | Jason Squires grabs the board | 65-74 |
| 00:46 | Utah | Eric Mays is called for the reach on Jason Squires in the backcourt - foul #4 on Eric Mays, team foul #15 | 65-74 |
| Subs | UNLV | James Williams (PG), Billie Schmidt (SG), Charles Wong (SF), Brock Rogers (PF), Randy Collins (C) Eric Mays, Brice Roseman, Paul Weigel, Charles Solberg, John Wheeler | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| 00:46 | Utah | Jason Squires makes the 1st free throw | 65-75 |
| 00:46 | Utah | Jason Squires makes the 2nd free throw | 65-76 |
| 00:39 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 65-76 |
| 00:38 | UNLV | James Williams gets the offensive rebound | 65-76 |
| 00:34 | UNLV | Billie Schmidt can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 65-76 |
| 00:32 | Utah | Randall Reeves grabs the board | 65-76 |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Utah | Utah is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 00:10 | Utah | Alexander Walker misses short on a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Brock Rogers - foul #3 on Brock Rogers, team foul #16 | 65-76 |
| Subs | UNLV | Eric Mays (PG), Brice Roseman (SG), Paul Weigel (SF), Charles Solberg (PF), John Wheeler (C) James Williams, Billie Schmidt, Charles Wong, Brock Rogers, Randy Collins | |
| Subs | Utah | | |
| 00:10 | Utah | Alexander Walker makes the 1st free throw | 65-77 |
| 00:10 | Utah | Alexander Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 65-77 |
| 00:10 | Utah | Jason Squires gets the offensive rebound | 65-77 |
| 00:00 | Utah | Cruz Havener runs out the clock | 65-77 |