It was perilous for most of the night, but UNLV made enough plays down the stretch to pull away from lowly Omaha for an 80-69 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center

UNLV finished Thursday night’s game on a 17-6 run over the last 4:30 to pull away from Omaha men's basketball.

It took longer than UNLV’s basketball team would have preferred, but the Rebels finally pulled away. Yes, from Omaha. The Rebels beat the Mavericks 80-69 at Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday behind 17 points each from Jalen Hill and Jeremiah “Bear” Cherry.