UNLV 80, Colorado State 73

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: March 13, 2004 | Copyright information

DENVER (AP) -- Odartey Blankson had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and UNLV shot 56 percent in the second half to beat Colorado State 80-73 Friday night to reach the Mountain West Conference tournament final for the third straight year.

UNLV (19-11) will meet Utah, a 54-51 winner over Brigham Young, in the tournament championship Saturday night. Jerel Blassingame added 19 points for the fourth-seeded Rebels, who have lost two straight MWC finals and haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 2000.

Matt Nelson had 20 points to lead eighth-seeded Colorado State, which couldn't repeat last year's ...

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