UNLV Wins Mtn. West

LAS VEGAS (Ticker) -- For the second straight year, UNLV rallied past Brigham Young in the Mountain West Conference championship game. Wink Adams scored 23 points as UNLV stormed back from a double-digit deficit to defeat No. 23 BYU, 76-61, on Saturday. Curtis Terry added 20 points for the Runnin' Rebels (26-7), who held the Cougars to just 32 percent (8-of-25) shooting in the second half. "Awfully proud for our guys," UNLV coach Lon Kruger said. "I thought they just did a great job. I thought BYU had control in the first half. And I thought that flipped and we got control early in the second half."