Basketball: Nevada easily defeats Tulsa, 99-68

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Luke Babbitt scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Nevada over Tulsa 99-68 in the final round of the Las Vegas Classic on Wednesday night.


Brandon Fields and Armon Johnson each added 17 points for the Wolf Pack (7-5), and Ray Kraemer had 11.


Jerome Jordan led the Golden Hurricane (9-3) with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Ben Uzoh had 14 points.


Tulsa took an early 5-2 lead, but Nevada then went on a 8-0 run and never trailed again. The Wolf Pack led 48-30 at intermission, started the second half with a 23-5 run and led by as many as 39.


Nevada shot 56.3 percent (36 for 64) while posting its second-highest point total this season. It scored 112 in a victory over Houston on Nov. 21.