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UNLV 72, NO. 13 INDIANA 69

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Patrick McCaw scored 20 points and UNLV hung on through the frantic final seconds for a 72-69 victory over No. 13 Indiana on Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

The Runnin' Rebels (5-1) bounced back from their opening loss to UCLA with victories over Chaminade and the Hoosiers (4-2), who leave Hawaii with just one victory. Indiana trailed by 15 points in the first half and turned on some solid defense to get back in the game. The Hoosiers closed to 55-53 with 8:20 to play. The Runnin' Rebels then went on a 12-1 spurt, with McCaw scoring seven of the points, including a run-closing three-pointer.

The Hoosiers weren't done. They got within three points twice in the final 30 seconds. The first time was on a dunk by Thomas Bryant off a tremendous pass from a flying Yogi Ferrell. UNLV's Jerome Seagears made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 13 seconds left to make it 72-67.

Max Bielfeldt's drive for Indiana with 7.5 seconds left provided the final margin, but the game was far from over.

Ike Nwamu missed two free throws with 7.1 seconds left, and Indiana gave the ball back to UNLV on a 5-second count on the inbounds. Nwamu then threw the ball away on UNLV's inbounds. Nick Zeisloft's three-point attempt was partially blocked and Nwamu was fouled on the rebound. He missed both free throws with .8 seconds left, but all Indiana could get off was a heave that was well short.

Zeisloft led the Hoosiers, who lost to Wake Forest in the final seconds in their opener, with 17 points, and James Blackmon Jr. had 13. Indiana had 21 turnovers that led to 22 points for the Runnin' Rebels.

Ben Carter and Nwamu had 16 points each for UNLV, and Seagears added 12.

In other college basketball games Wednesday, Florida bounced back from a lackluster performance with a lopsided victory. Dorian Finney-Smith scored 20 points, Devin Robinson added 15 and the Gators beat Vermont 86-62 in Gainesville, Fla. … Stefan Moody and Tomasz Gielo combined for 34 points to lead Mississippi to a 68-59 victory over Georgia State in Oxford, Miss. Moody scored 21 points with 5 assists and 3 steals. Gielo added 13 points for the Rebels (4-2). Jeremy Hollowell scored 23 points to lead Georgia State (2-1). … Charles Mann made 8 of 8 free throws and finished with 13 points to lead Georgia past High Point 49-46 in Athens, Ga. Georgia (2-1) made only three field goals in the second half, but High Point (3-2) struggled offensively too. Mann’s last two free throws capped the scoring with 11.1 seconds left. … Kyle Wiltjer had 24 points and Domantas Sabonis added 17, sending No. 10 Gonzaga past Washington 80-64 in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Sports on 11/26/2015

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