SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Malik Fitts and Jordan Ford combined to score 31 of their 44 points in the second half and Saint Mary's used a late 12-2 run to beat Nevada 68-63 on Saturday night at the Al Attles Classic.
Fitts finished with 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting and Ford had 17 of his 21 after the break. Matthias Tass and Tommy Kuhse added 11 points apiece for Saint Mary's (12-2).
Fitts made back-to-back baskets and Ford hit a jumper to give the Gaels a 60-57 lead with 3:30 to play. After Robby Robinson made a layup to pull Nevada within a point, Kuhse made a layup and Fitts and Ford each made a basket to make it 66-59 with 54 seconds left and Saint Mary's held on from there.
Jazz Johnson led the Wolf Pack (8-5) with 22 points.
Saint Mary's made just three 3-pointers and shot 15% from behind the arc - both season lows. The Gaels went into the game averaging 9.9 made 3-pointers per game and leading the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage at 47.3.
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Game Notes:
Nevada (8-5) fell to 8-5 on the season after dropping a 68-63 game to Saint Mary's (12-2) in the Al Attles Classic at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
The Wolf Pack resumes Mountain West play on Jan. 1 hosting Colorado State (8-6, 0-2 MW) at 7 p.m. in Lawlor Events Center.
The Pack had three players score in double figures led by senior Jazz Johnson's 17 points. Junior Jalen Harris netted 13 points and freshman Zane Meeks finished with 10.
Johnson has scored in double figures in 12-of-13 games this season.
Harris has scored in double figures the last nine games. He also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.
Meeks has scored in double figures in four of the last five games and five of the last seven.
SMC entered the game as the top 3-point shooting team in the country but was held to 15 (3-of-20) percent tonight.
The Pack won the rebounding battle 37-32.
Redshirt freshman K.J. Hymes made his first college start tonight.
Nevada lost its first neutral site game of the season and is now 3-1 in neutral site games.
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