Guard Mike Nuga had 21 points and eight assists to help UNLV snap a five-game losing streak against Division I competition with a win over Seattle at Michelob Ultra Arena.
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UNLV played its worst two defensive games of the season in blowout losses to SMU and San Francisco. Those teams combined to shoot 52 percent from the field.
UNLV competed with San Francisco for a half Saturday night before unraveling in the second en route to a road loss to the Dons at War Memorial Gym.
UNLV basketball coach Kevin Kruger wants his players to limit long jumpers early in possessions and contested, off-the-dribble two-pointers early in the shot clock.
UNLV (4-4) missed 24 of its first 33 shots Wednesday against Southern Methodist University (6-3) and fell 83-64 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas.