LAS VEGAS — Chace Stanback scored 21 points Saturday, lifting 21st-ranked UNLV over Air Force 68-58 and passing former Runnin’ Rebels star Reggie Theus on the school’s list of all-time scoring leaders.
Stanback scored 13 points in the first half while UNLV (24-6, 8-4 Mountain West) kept Air Force from stringing together points.
Stanback, who also grabbed eight rebounds, hit his first three 3-point attempts to pass Theus and move into 23rd place on the career list. He finished 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
Theus, who played for the Rebels in the 1970s, went on to play 13 seasons in the NBA, making two all-star teams and moving on to coach on the collegiate and professional levels.
The Falcons (13-13, 3-9) missed 11 of their first 13 shots. They scored four points in the game’s first 10 minutes.
Air Force had an 8-0 run with just over eight minutes left in the first half, but the Rebels responded with a 17-3 surge to go up by 20 points.
