UNLV vs Stanford: NCAA Basketball - Game 3 - 2026 | Miles Hits Four Threes as Rebels Hold Off Stanford

Game Summary: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs Stanford Cardinal

First Half

Stanford took its last lead at 12-9 on a Nick Townsend layup at the 13:39 mark, and UNLV took over from there. Miles went 3 of 4 at the line, Kota Suttle Jr. scored on a layup off a Jackson Kiss feed, and after an Isaiah Rogers layup tied it 14-14, the Rebels stopped playing games. UNLV scored 13 straight points. Williamson finished a layup and then set up Miles for threes from 25 and 24 feet, and Jones hit a 23-footer off a Mack assist and an 11-footer to make it 27-14 at the 7:56 mark.

Jones kept scoring with a 10-footer, Jeremy Foumena finished a layup off a Dontrez Williams assist, and Miles hit his third three of the half from 24 feet to make it 36-18 with 3:48 left. Stanford closed the half on a 15-3 run. Christian Bliss came up with two steals in 14 seconds and went 3 of 5 at the line during the stretch, and Maurer scored eight points on a dunk, a tip-in, and two layups, the last two off Bliss assists. Elias Obenyah scored on a layup with two seconds left, and UNLV took a 39-33 lead into the locker room at the half.

Second Half

Jones opened the half with a 5-footer, but Stanford kept the run going. Julius Price hit a three from 24 feet, Aziz Olajuwon and Townsend scored on layups off Bliss passes, and Townsend added another layup to make it 43-42. Price tied it 45-45 with a three-point play at the 14:20 mark.

UNLV went back ahead for good on a Tyrin Jones layup off a Mack feed. Mack then made two free throws and scored on a drive, and Williams dunked to make it 53-46 and force a Stanford timeout with 11:08 left. After a Price three, Sebastian Mack scored again, Kiss tipped in a miss, and Cam Miles hit a 25-footer off a Mack assist to make it 60-51 at the 9:08 mark. Kiss blocked shots on back-to-back Stanford possessions around that three. Get that ish outta here.

Maurer scored eight of Stanford’s next 10 points on two layups and two dunks, and the Cardinal got within 66-61 at the 4:21 mark. Kiss made four straight free throws during that stretch, and Williamson scored on a layup off a Jones assist.

Mack answered with a 24-footer off a Jones feed to make it 69-61 with 4:06 left, and Jones blocked a shot on the next Stanford trip. Obenyah made two free throws, and Olajuwon hit a 24-foot three to cut it to 69-66 with 2:12 left, but Williamson answered 17 seconds later with a 24-footer off a Jackson Kiss assist. Stanford missed its next two shots, and Mack and Miles each made two free throws in the final 17 seconds to close it out.

Bottom Line

UNLV won while taking 15 fewer shots than Stanford. The Cardinal grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to UNLV’s four, came up with 13 steals, scored 16 points off 15 Rebel turnovers and outscored UNLV 42-32 in the paint. The Rebels made up for it by shooting 26 of 45 from the field; they had a 20-15 edge in fast-break points and blocked six shots, four of them by Kiss, while Stanford didn’t block any.

Tyrin Jones went 6 of 9 from the field with two blocks, and Miles added two steals. Sebastian Mack shot 5 of 12 after averaging 24 points in the first two games; Williams scored six on 3-of-4 shooting, Issac Williamson had seven points, five rebounds and three assists, and Kiss finished with eight points and three rebounds. Maurer had nine rebounds to go with his 20 points, Price scored 16, Townsend added 11 points and six rebounds, and Bliss handed out seven assists with four steals off the bench.

Josh Pastner‘s team is 3-0, all at home, after Friday’s game in front of 5,776 fans. The Rebels face Kansas on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. PT at Michelob Ultra Arena.

Follow the season with our UNLV Runnin’ Rebels men’s basketball coverage, including how Miles and Jones helped the Rebels pull away from Samford and how Mack scored 31 in his debut against Northern Arizona.

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Attendance: 5,776 at Thomas & Mack Center

Next up: The Runnin’ Rebels visit the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Michelob ULTRA Arena. Tipoff is 6:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.

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