’Dogs beat UNLV in Las Vegas

Friday, January 14

Las Vegas, Nev.

8 p.m. PT

Fresno State

12-4,2-1Mountain West

UNLV

9-7,1-2Mountain West

Fresno St.

UNLV

Photo by: Jonathan Wang

’Dogs beat UNLV in Las Vegas

1/14/2022 11:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Fresno State improved to 12-4 on the season – its best start in 15 years – by defeating UNLV on the road.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

LAS VEGAS – The Fresno State men's basketball team defeated the UNLV Runnin' Rebels 73-68 on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Fresno State (12-4, 2-1 Mountain West) led for more than 31 of the game's 40 minutes – headlined by another dominant performance from Orlando Robinson, who finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds for his 20th career double-double.

The Bulldogs made nearly 61 percent of its field goal attempts in the second half to dispatch UNLV (9-7, 1-2 MW) with gritty defense, clutch shots and poise when it was needed.

Anthony Holland added 15 points with five rebounds on his 21st birthday and Isaiah Hill also reached double figures with 10 points, which included two big free throws in the final minute, for Fresno State.

How it happened: Robinson was in attack-mode early and often – scoring the first six points of the game and brought energy and execution on both ends of the floor.

The Bulldogs used a 21-5 run to close the first half, which was punctuated with Deon Stroud scoring the final six points of the half to give Fresno State a 33-23 halftime lead over the Runnin' Rebels.

Fresno State led by as many 14 points early in the second half and withstood UNLV's comeback bid while never giving up the lead down the stretch.

With a 32-20 advantage in the paint and 10-3 edge in second chance scoring, the 'Dogs made exactly 50 percent of its field goal attempts (25-for-50) and converted 81 percent of its free throw attempts (17-for-21).

Team Notes:

In the 50th all-time meeting between the programs, Fresno State won its 17th game in the series and seventh-ever road game at UNLV – all seven of those road wins coming since the Bulldogs joined the MW in 2012.
Fresno State has now won nine of its last 12 games played against UNLV.
Fresno State improved to 18-0 in Hutson's tenure when shooting at least 50 percent from the field (21 straight wins dating back to February 2018 prior to Hutson's hiring in April 2018).
Fresno State has now forced 77 first-half turnovers in its last nine games (averaging 8.6/first half in that stretch).
Fresno State has now limited its opponents to fewer than 70 points in 15 of its 16 games this season.
This was the first of five straight Friday nights that the Bulldogs currently have conference games scheduled.

Player Notes:

This was Orlando Robinson's fourth straight game with 22 or more points.
This was Anthony Holland's third straight game in double figures for the first time in his career.
This was Anthony Holland's fourth straight game with a made 3-point field goal.

Up Next: Fresno State will host Utah State on Tuesday at 8 p.m. PT at the Save Mart Center.

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