Hot shooting by Ike Nwamu helped stake UNLV to a big lead. When the margin for error got small, he finished what he started.
"My shot kind of felt good in pregame," he said.
It stayed that way all night. Nwamu nailed five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 19 points to lift the Rebels to an 80-69 victory over No. 16 Oregon on Friday at the MGM Grand Garden.
It was not all about Nwamu. Jerome Seagears finished with 16 points, Patrick McCaw had 14 and Stephen Zimmerman Jr. totaled 12 points and 12 rebounds for UNLV (7-1).