Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) – Anthony Bennett poured in a game-high 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and also pulled down seven rebounds to lead UNLV to a 72-56 win over Air Force in a quarterfinal matchup of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.<\/p>\n
Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 12 points and Anthony Marshall added 11 for the third-seeded Rebels (24-8), who will face the winner of Colorado State and Fresno State on Friday. The second-seeded Rams take on the Bulldogs later on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Kyle Green and Marek Olesinski finished with 13 points apiece for the Falcons (17-13), who lost leading scorer and first team All-MWC selection Michael Lyons to an apparent knee injury just minutes into the game.<\/p>\n
The senior guard banged knees with Dejean-Jones and remained on the floor for several minutes before he was helped to the locker room.<\/p>\n
Lyons was averaging 18.3 points per game entering the contest.<\/p>\n
Air Force pulled within 9-7 five minutes in following Taylor Broekhuis’ jumper, but UNLV used a 17-3 run to go up 26-10 with 6:22 left in the first half and took a 33-20 lead into the break.<\/p>\n
The Falcons couldn’t get closer than nine points down in the second half as the Rebels cruised to their sixth win in seven games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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