Pharrell Payne scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half, leading the Maryland men’s basketball team to a 74-67 victory over UNLV on Monday night at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.
In a game that started around midnight Eastern time, Payne also had eight rebounds and a block in his return from a hip injury. The senior forward missed only one game after suffering what had appeared to be a much more serious ailment when he fell awkwardly during a win at Marquette on Nov. 15.