Wyoming's youth continued to shine, but UNLV's experience proved to be too strong once again, as the Rebels rolled past the Cowboys 74-56 Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Freshman Desmar Jackson paced the Cowboys (10-20, 3-13) with 21 points, including 16 in the second half. Junior Djibril Thiam finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds, with freshman Amath M'Baye added 13 points.
Tre'Von Willis the Rebels with 20 points, nine rebounds and shot 9 of 15 from the field.
UNLV (23-7, 11-5 Mountain West) is the No. 3 seed in next week's conference tournament. The Rebels play sixth-seeded Utah in the final game of the first round on Thursday night.
Chace Stanback had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Rebels.
Wyoming, which has lost nine of its last 10 games, is the No. 8 seed in the tournament and faces No. 9 Air Force in the opening round on Wednesday afternoon.
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