Las Vegas – Kevin Kruger scored a game-high 16 points and had nine assists to lead UNLV over Colorado State 65-47 on Saturday night in the Mountain West Conference regular-season finales for both teams.
Joel Anthony added 10 points and eight blocked shots for UNLV (25-6, 12-4), which finished second in the conference behind BYU.
The Rebels never trailed and led 34-19 at intermission. The Rams cut it to 40-32 with 13:20 left but came no closer. UNLV later built its largest lead, 63-43, with 2:26 left.
Jason Smith led Colorado State (16-12, 6-10) with 12 points and 15 rebounds. Stephan Gilling added nine points for the Rams.
COLORADO STATE (16-12)
F. Robinson 0-4 1-2 1, Jas. Smith 5-13 2-4 12, Lewis 4-11 0-1 8, Denson 1-8 3-4 5, Gilling 3-8 0-0 9, Kilby 2-3 0-0 4, Surratt 0-0 0-0 0, Aguilar 0-1 0-0 0, Creason 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 19-55 6-11 47.
UNLV (25-6)
Essengue 3-3 0-0 6, Adams 2-6 1-2 5, Kruger 6-15 0-0 16, Umeh 1-3 2-2 4, White 3-7 0-0 6, Bailey 1-2 0-0 2, M. Lawrence 0-1 0-0 0, Rougeau 3-5 0-0 6, Anthony 5-10 0-1 10, Terry 1-3 0-0 2, Shaw 1-1 0-0 2, Darger 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 28-60 3-5 65.
Halftime – UNLV 34-19. 3-point goals – CSU 3-8 (Gilling 3-7, F. Robinson 0-1), UNLV 6-21 (Kruger 4-11, Darger 2-4, Umeh 0-1, Terry 0-2, Adams 0-3). Fouled out – Essengue, White. Rebounds – CSU 37 (Jas. Smith 15), UNLV 36 (Anthony 7). Assists – CSU 7 (Lewis 3), UNLV 21 (Kruger 9). Total fouls – CSU 12, UNLV 19. A – 18,069.
