WICHITA, Kan. - Fred VanVleet scored 17 points and Ron Baker had 13 to carry Wichita State to a 56-50 victory over UNLV in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge.
Stephen Zimmerman Jr. scored 11 points for the Rebels (7-2). Jerome Seagears added nine points, including a deep 3-pointer that pulled UNLV within 52-50 with 22 seconds to go.
But Conner Frankamp answered by sinking two free throws, and Ike Nwamu lost his dribble and turned it over with 14 seconds on the clock. Baker made two free throws to seal it for the Shockers (4-4).
Nwamu's fast-break dunk and Patrick McCaw's 3 cut the Rebels' deficit to 47-44 with five minutes remaining.