Kemp leads UNR to win over Fresno State
RENO -- Marcelus Kemp scored 28 points to lead UNR to a 79-67 victory over Fresno State on Thursday night.
Brandon Fields added 17 points and JaVale McGee had 15 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots as the Wolf Pack (13-7, 5-2 Western Athletic Conference) won for the 32nd time in 35 games at Lawlor Events Center.
Kevin Bell scored 22 points to lead Fresno State (10-12, 3-5). Eddie Miller scored 17 for the Bulldogs, and Brandon Webster had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Bulldogs pulled within eight points twice in the second half.
Bell scored in the lane with 7:30 left to cut UNR's lead to 64-56, and Nedeljko Golubovic scored inside to cut the deficit to 66-58 with 6:50 left.
But Kemp scored on a jumper off the glass, and Richie Phillips put back an offensive rebound of a Kemp miss as the Wolf Pack stretched its lead to 72-58 with four minutes left.
Kemp scored 12 points in the first half and moved into fourth place on UNR's career list. The senior has 1,639 points; Alex Boyd (1967 to 1970) is third with 1,731.
