Career Nights By Price, Camper Jr. Lead to 89-76 Win Over UNLV

In front of a sold-out crowd of 11,997 fans, Nevada welcomed in-state rival UNLV for the first time this season. Nevada let off the gas just a little bit toward the end, but a career night by Corey Camper Jr. and Elijah Price led to a 89-76 win over the Rebels.

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“Our student [section] has been phenomenal the past two games so we’re so appreciative of that,” Steve Alford said about the crowd and the student section. “Our community always supports us in a tremendous way, so we’re very proud of that.”

“Hearing the crowd and seeing them here 72 minutes before the game in warmups, that gets us going and gets us fired up,” Camper said.

Scoring Summary

1st Half

UNLV 28 – Nevada 33

2nd Half

UNLV 48 – Nevada 56

Final: UNLV 76, Nevada 89

Offense

I’m repeating myself from the past few games, but it was once again Corey Camper Jr. who got the scoring started for the Pack. Two layups, one by Camper and the other by Vaughn Weems, gave Nevada an early 4-0 to start things off.

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Camper also made the first three of the night to give Nevada a 9-0 lead after just five minutes of play. He reached double digits around the halfway mark of the first half with a put-back piece to extend Nevada’s lead to 13 points.

Nevada reached 31 points around the three-minute mark but went cold to close out the half, only scoring two points in those final three minutes, and went into halftime up 33-28. Camper closed out the half with 14 points on 6-9 shooting and finished the night with a career-high 32 points.

Camper kept drilling it down with his second three on the night, within the first three minutes of the second half. Nevada kept the wheels going with a 9-0 run, forcing UNLV to take a timeout at the 14:23 mark, and gave the Pack a 19-point lead.

UNLV made a slight dent in the lead, but Nevada got it back up to 19 points thanks to Camper’s third three of the night and reached the 20’s in points.

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