BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Anthony Drmic scored 22 points to lead Boise State to a 77-72 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.
Derrick Marks added 17 points as the Broncos (15-6, 3-4 Mountain West) led wire-to-wire.
Anthony Bennett scored 25 points and Anthony Marshall added 18 points and matched a career-high with 12 assists for UNLV (17-5, 4-3).
The Rebels trailed 73-64 after a 3-pointer by Marks with 3:34 remaining and scored the next eight points, pulling within one on a 3-pointer by Marshall with 33 seconds left. Marks and Drmic each hit two free throws in the final seven seconds.
UNLV forward Mike Moser was ejected with 4:07 remaining in the first half after receiving a flagrant 2 foul for delivering a forearm to the head of Drmic on a breakaway.
Boise State led 42-35 at halftime and boosted its advantage to 55-43 on Drmic's 3-pointer with 13:18 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| UNLV (17-5) | 35 | 37 | 72 |
| Boise State (15-6) « | 42 | 35 | 77 |
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| UNLV Rebels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bennett, F | 33 | 9-16 | 7-12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| K. Birch, F | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| A. Marshall, G | 40 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| K. Reinhardt, G | 35 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| B. Dejean-Jones, G | 32 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hawkins | 20 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Moser | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Q. Thomas | 9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Cook | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Lopez-Sosa | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Goodman | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 10-17 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 72 | |
| 50% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Boise State Broncos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Watkins, F | 17 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| J. Elorriaga, G | 40 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Drmic, G | 39 | 5-13 | 9-10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| M. Thompson, G | 37 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| D. Marks, G | 32 | 6-12 | 4-5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Buckner | 23 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Bropleh | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Hanstad | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-55 | 15-19 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 77 | |
| 49.1% | 78.9% | ||||||
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