RENO — There was a sense from the beginning that just beating UNLV wasn’t good enough for UNR.
The Wolf Pack wanted to bury the Rebels.
And then they did what they set out to do, clobbering the Rebels 104-77 on Wednesday night before an announced record Lawlor Events Center crowd of 11,841. It was the largest margin of victory for UNR in the series, surpassing its 71-51 win in 1962.
UNR (19-5, 8-3 Mountain West) scored 58 points by halftime to take a 19-point lead, then cruised in the final 20 minutes to hand the Rebels (10-15, 3-9 their fifth consecutive defeat.