No second-half collapse this time.
Not even the hint of one.
UNLV never trailed on Saturday, taking as much as a 15-point lead and cruising to an 87-80 victory over Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center.
It was quite different from the Jan. 6 basketball game at Colorado State in which the Rebels led by 10 points with 5½ minutes left only to lose 66-65 on a free throw with 1.1 seconds remaining.
That loss hung over the players in the practices leading up to the rematch, and they were determined not to let that kind of defeat happen again.