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Utah upsets UNLV 73-69

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Carlon Brown scored 16 points while Marshall Henderson added 15 to lead Utah to a 73-69 upset win over UNLV tonight.

Brown went 3 of 5 from 3-point range, while Henderson went 5 of 9 from there as Utah (9-8, 2-2 Mountain West) sank 7 of 8 from the free-throw line in the final minute and a half.

David Foster added 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 blocks for the Utes, who are 5-1 in Las Vegas since March 2009, when they won the Mountain West Conference tournament.

Junior guard Tre'Von Willis scored a career high 27 points to lead the Rebels (14-4, 2-2). Willis was 13 of 16 from the free-throw line.

Chase Stanback added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Rebels.

There were eight lead changes in the final 6:45. Luka Drca's two free throws with 1:32 gave the Utes the lead for good at 67-66. Drca finished with 10 points, going 8 of 9 from the free-throw line.

The Rebels went to the free throw line 34 times and converted 22 (65 percent). Meanwhile, the Utes were 23 of 29 (79 percent) from the line.

The Utes led for most of the first half, thanks to four 3-pointers from Henderson, who had 12 at the break.

Willis countered with 14 points in the half. Utah built a nine-point lead, its largest of the night, before the Rebels took the lead with 36 seconds left in the half. But Brown hit a 3-pointer with six seconds to go, giving Utah a 33-31 lead at intermission.

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