UNLV hangs on for 72-69 win over No. 13 Indiana

“But we played with great objective”, Crean said. He also connected on 4-of-7 from 3-point range, including a couple big triples in the second half while the Rebels were staving off a desperate charge from Indiana.

Patrick McCaw scored 20 points and UNLV hung on through the frantic final seconds for a 72-69 victory over No. 13 IN on Wednesday IN the fifth-place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

“It’ll matter to me personally no matter who we play”, Stallings said, before the KU-UCLA game, asked if the game would have special significance if the Jayhawks indeed were the foe in the final, which they turned out to be following a semifinal win over UCLA.

As for the free throw shooting, that seems like such a simple thing for such a good shooting team like IN, but for some reason it has been an issue and quite a costly one with the Hoosiers being IN such close contests. There’s not a lot of time for celebrating, to be honest with you.

Crean is right to criticize his team for its effort, turnovers, and shot selection, but championships are won at the defensive end, and right now, there is no “D” in Indiana. “There are other plays and another game that we have to worry about to get better”.

Julian Moore led Penn State (2-2) with a career-high 16 points.

In the middle of arguably the toughest two-week non-conference run in Tom Crean’s eight-year tenure as IU coach, the Hoosiers are – more than anything – stuck.

They are still loaded with talent and are led by senior point guard Yogi Ferrell, who is a leader for this team that wants and expects the best from this team. Meanwhile, those who lost Monday will all have a chance at redemption in the two earlier games. That helped to overcome limited production from freshman Stephen Zimmerman Jr.

Wake Forest (4-2) trailed by as many as five points in the first half, but secured a 42-35 lead at the break and never trailed in the second half.

Iowa opened the game with an 18-6 lead, forcing six Marquette turnovers in the first 7:21. They did this by doing a fantastic job of getting to the foul line and knocking down free throws. After today, I’m just hoping that they’ll be able to get into the tournament at all.

“I knew my man set the screen”. A lot of it is a lack of experience; that you can’t fast forward.

Jeff Roberson had 10 points and seven rebounds for Vanderbilt, and Riley LaChance had nine points and six assists. Sitting between his oldest son and UNLV President Len Jessup, Mike Carter waved his finger like Dikembe Mutombo, cooking like Lil B and had as much fun cheering as his old friend Bill Walton did commentating.

It might take some more balance to knock off the Jayhawks, but you can be certain UCLA will give the No. 5 team in the nation a run for its money. “He cheers for each and every guy as hard as he can”. “Luckily, I made some moves and got some buckets in there and just took it from there”. “They’ve got shooters. They play well together, they unselfish, they move it. With that size and length, they can protect the rim, so they’re a really, really good team”.

“These kind of games, it’s so much about momentum”, Rice said.