Tournament host Chaminade led by as many as eight points in the first half and went into the locker room up by four, but could not hold off UNLV in the second as the Rebels earned a 93-73 victory.
The Runnin Rebels improved upon a disappointing 37 percent shooting effort in the first half by hitting 57 percent (26-for-46) in the second. Rebel Freshman Derrick Jones Jr. completed a double-double with game-highs of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Patrick McCaw was close behind scoring 15. Junior Rohndell Goodwin led the Silverwords with 18 points.
On Wednesday UNLV will play in the fifth-place game versus Indiana at Noon HT (5 p.m. ET), while Chaminade will take on St. John's in the seventh-place game at 9:30 a.m. HT (2:30 p.m. ET).
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