Juniors John Oda and Shintaro Ban led the UNLV men’s golf team to sixth place Friday after 36 holes in the 54-hole, 16-team, two-day William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Rebels are at 12-over-par 588, trailing first-place San Diego State by 15 strokes, second-place Colorado State by seven and third-place and four-time defending-champion New Mexico by five.
The Aztecs, at 3-under 573, are the lone team under par.
Oda is tied for eighth at even-par 144, and Ban is tied for 14th at 2-over 146 in the 92-player field.
Colorado State’s Blake Cannon, Brigham Young’s Rhett Rasmussen and San Diego State’s P.