FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Brandon Rechsteiner had 15 points, Carey Booth scored 13 and Colorado State Rams used a late 7-0 run to beat UNLV Rebels 70-62 on Friday night.
Booth went 3 for 3 from 3-point range and grabbed six rebounds for the Rams (11-5, 2-3 Mountain West Conference) and Rechsteiner added four assists. Reserve Rashaan Mbemba had 11 points and Josh Pascarelli scored 10.
Issac Williamson led the Rebels (7-8, 2-2) with 14 points off the bench. Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 13 points and reserve Al Green hit two 3-pointers and scored 12.
Booth, Rechsteiner and Pascarelli all scored eight points in the first half to help Colorado State take a 32-29 lead. Green scored nine points before the break for UNLV. Jase Butler had a three-point play in the 7-0 run to help the Rams pull away from a 61-61 tie in the final 1:54.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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12
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I. Williamson G | 14PTS | 3REB | 2AST | |
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B. Rechsteiner G | 15PTS | 4REB | 4AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Gibbs-Lawhorn | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Jones | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| H. Fleming Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| K. Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| E. Stephen | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| I. Williamson | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Green | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Bannarbie | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| N. Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Abittan | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cunningham | – | – | – | – |
| X. Brumfield | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 62 | 25 | 10 | 26 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Rechsteiner | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| C. Booth | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pascarelli | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Muniz | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| A. Kiudulas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Mbemba | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Butler | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Djapa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| J. McIver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Slater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Dortch | – | – | – | – |
| J. Mekonnen | – | – | – | – |
| D. Tedeschi | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 70 | 31 | 11 | 20 |