The UNLV basketball team held a six-point halftime lead today against Rutgers in its final game of the Players Era tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

But, just like the previous two games of the tournament, the Rebels struggled in the second half because of a short bench in an 80-65 defeat.

Emmanuel Ogbole set career highs with 21 points and 13 rebounds for Rutgers, and Dylan Grant added 17 points and eight rebounds.

"Credit to Rutgers. We were up 39-33 at halftime, but they came out with more energy to start the second half," UNLV coach Josh Pastner said. "It was pretty much a tale of two halves. I felt all three games that we played in this tournament, we looked small, which is because of our three five-men were out with injuries."

Rutgers trailed 39-33 at halftime before scoring

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