UNLV advances to face seventh-seeded Fresno State on Wednesday night in the tournament semifinals.
Utah State and UNLV split their regular-season matchups, the first included an in-game fight which resulted in suspensions on both sides. The Aggies won the most-recent meeting on Senior Day at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan on March 6.
It didn't take long for UNLV to establish that this game wouldn't follow a similar script as their meeting in Logan. In that regular-season loss to the Aggies, UNLV scored 49 points and shot 29 percent from the floor. Tuesday night, UNLV scored 48 points in three quarters.