Down 22 points at halftime, this had the making of another Duke disaster for UNLV.
The Rebels, instead, fought back in the second half, but the hole they fell into over the first 20 minutes was too deep.
No. 3 Kansas left the Thomas & Mack Center with a 71-53 victory over the Rebels, but it was far from the 49-point loss UNLV suffered just 12 days earlier against Duke.
This was the final game for UNLV (7-6) before Mountain West play. The Rebels visit Colorado State on Wednesday.
Kansas (11-1) will go into Big 12 Conference action knowing it has one of the top prospects for next year’s NBA Draft, and Josh Jackson played like that kind of player against the Rebels.