National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
UNLV 82, Nevada 70
When: 11:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 4, 2010
Where: Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada
Officials: # Jimmy Casas, # Lonnie Dixon, # Mike Littlewood
Attendance: 5967

Oscar Bellfield scored a game-high 24 points to lead No. 23 UNLV to an 82-70 victory over host Nevada on Saturday night.

UNLV is 8-0 for the first time since the 1990-91 season, when the Rebels eventually were 34-0 and lost to Duke in the NCAA final.

Bellfield was 5 for 6 from 3-point range, and 3 for 6 from the rest of the field.

Carlos Lopez had nine points and a team-high six rebounds off the bench for the Rebels, who opened the game with a 22-2 run and led 46-25 at halftime.

Nevada scored the first seven points of the second half, and trimmed the lead to 61-49 on a Deonte Burton layup with 8:50 left, but UNLV pulled away as Bellfield's 3-pointer with 3:22 left put the Rebels ahead 78-60.

Dario Hunt had 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Malik Story and Burton scored 15 apiece for Nevada (1-6).

UNLV leads the series 53-19.
Top Game Performances
 
UNLV   Nevada
Oscar Bellfield 24 Scoring Deonte Burton 15
Oscar Bellfield 4 Assists Deonte Burton 3
Carlos Lopez 6 Rebounds Dario Hunt 13
Justin Hawkins 6 Free Throws Made Dario Hunt 6
Oscar Bellfield 2 Steals Illiwa Baldwin 1
Derrick Jasper 1 Blocks Jordan Burris 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
UNLV 82 53.7 6-13 18-28 11 27 4 7
Nevada 70 41.8 5-20 19-25 10 35 5 2