SAN DIEGO - Desmond Cambridge, Jr., and Grant Sherfield each eclipsed the 20-point mark, and Nevada earned a split of its final scheduled non-conference trip with a 79-72 come-from-behind victory Monday at San Diego.

Cambridge, Jr., led all players with 27 points, his career best in a Nevada uniform, and tied his overall career high with seven 3-pointers. Sherfield also posted his Nevada career high in scoring, going for 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting, and added seven assists with six rebounds.

The Pack (5-2) was nails from the free-throw line, going 15-for-17 on the night, with Tré Coleman going 5-for-6 over the final 42 seconds to ice the win.

Leading 31-26 at the break, Nevada pushed that advantage to as many as 12 when Sherfield's and-1 with 13:06 to play put the Pack up 48-36. But San Diego (0-2) found its shot, hitting its next four attempts, including three triples, to cut the deficit to three at 50-47 just a minute and a half later.

With the Toreros down nine at 50-41, Frankie Hughes scored San Diego's next 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers in that span, the last of which capped a 21-4 run which had the Pack staring down a 57-52 deficit with 9:27 to go. Hughes led the Toreros with 22 points on the night.

This was where Cambridge, Jr., got the Pack going again. The redshirt junior's jumper woke up the Nevada offense, and his triple a minute later had the Pack back in front, 60-59.

The game would be tied twice more before Zane Meeks' short-range jumper broke a 67-67 deadlock, and a Sherfield steal led to Cambridge, Jr.'s seventh triple of the night, marking the fifth time in his career he'd hit that many in a single contest.

At that point, Nevada's defense took over. Clinging to a two-point lead, the Pack forced a San Diego turnover with a minute, four seconds left, leading to a pair of free throws from Coleman. The Pack defense held San Diego without a field goal over the final two minutes, and forced a critical five-second inbound violation with 16.6 seconds left which led to Coleman's clinching freebies.