USD Loses to Rebels 66-55

SAN DIEGO (USD) - Junior forward Gyno Pomare recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the University of San Diego men's basketball team (2-1) dropped their first game of the season, 66-55, to UNLV (4-0) Saturday evening in a non-conference game at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Pomare scored his 23 points on a 8-for-15 performance from the field and was the only player in the game with double-digit rebounds. Both Brandon Johnson and Trumaine Johnson added in eight points a piece and Ray Murdock had seven points. As a team, the Toreros were out rebounded 66-55 and shot 36 percent from the field.

In the early going, the two teams were even, then with 16:45 remaining in the first half and the score knotted at 4-4, the Rebels went on a 9-2 run, sparked by a pair of Corey Bailey free throws and capped by a Rene Rougeau jumper.

USD's Brandon Johnson shoots with an UNLV player in his face. (NCS Photo/Jon Greene)