Harris scores career-high 38 in win over Falcons
RENO (AP) — Jalen Harris scored a career-high 38 points and Nevada overwhelmed Air Force 88-54 on Tuesday night.
Harris reached 33 points with 9:58 remaining on a three-point play at a juncture when Air Force had only scored 35. He finished 12-of-21 shooting, including 6 of 8 from 3-point range, and made all eight of his foul-shots.
It was the 6-foot-5 guard’s second-straight game of 30 points or more and fifth of the season. He tied his previous career high of 31 points at Air Force on Dec. 7.
Nevada (14-10, 7-5 Mountain West Conference) opened with a 23-9 lead and extended it to 44-22 at intermission. Harris’ 3-pointer with 11:47 left made it 64-33.
Nisre Zouzoua added 15 points for the Wolf Pack, which ended a two-game losing streak.
Lavelle Scottie scored 19 for Air Force (9-14, 3-8). The Falcons have lost five straight and six of their last seven.
Nevada is back home Saturday to face San Jose State at 4 p.m. San Jose State won the first meeting 70-68.
Nevada will face in-state rival UNLV on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Las Vegas.
Nevada sits in fifth place in the Mountain West Conference behind San Diego State, Colorado State, Boise State and UNLV.
