Unranked Runnin' Rebels shock No. 1 UNC

CBSSports.com wire reportsNov. 27, 2011 LAS VEGAS -- UNLV had been personification under the radar after winning their first six games this deteriorate opposite non-ranked teams. Not anymore. Chace Stanback had the career-high 28 points as well as added 10 rebounds to help UNLV beat top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 on Saturday night in the championship diversion of the Las Vegas Invitational. Mike Moser added 16 points as well as 18 rebounds, Oscar Bellfield had 16 points as well as nine rebounds, as well as Anthony Marshall finished with 13 points for the Rebels (7-0). "I could tell on the bus on the way over as well as at shoot-around how focused we were," said first-year UNLV coach Dave Rice. "North Carolina is so well coached. We expected to play really, really well. We felt we had the chance to be competitive. We have four seniors. We don't want one diversion to define our program. We want to be judged on our consistency." P.J. Hairston as well as John Henson each had 15 points for North Carolina (5-1). "Needless to say, we are extremely disappointed. I would like to congratulate coach Rice as well as his team," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "They did the nice job. We could never get our focus offensively the entire game. What killed us, they got 20 points on offensive rebounds to our six." Dexter Strickland had 12 points as well as John Henson added 11 points as well as eight rebounds for the Tar Heels, who were out-rebounded 48-39. "I was surprised which we didn't rebound the basketball better," Williams said. "I was surprised about the lot of things we didn't do. We have to be stronger with the basketball. We have to guard the basketball better. We never did get the flow going. We have to be whole lot more patient." ! After No rth Carolina took the 42-38 halftime lead, UNLV opened the second half with the 14-0 run as the Tar Heels missed their first 10 shots. The Rebels built the 77-63 lead on Lopez's basket off the rebound with 5:39 left. Rebels fans stormed the Orleans Arena court after the victory. "Chace was going 100 percent in the second half. His defense carried us," said Moser, who was named the Mountain West Conference player of the week. "Oscar Bellfield broke down his defender. Anthony Marshall did all he wanted to do. North Carolina is the great team." The Tar Heels shot 31 percent in the second half. The Rebels, who won for the first-time in four games opposite North Carolina, gambled early, receiving 10 of their first 15 shots from 3-point range as well as hitting four. The strategy paid off with the Rebels jumping out to the 17-9 advantage. They went 13-of-32 from long range in the game. "It was the big diversion for us," said Bellfield, who had 13 first-half points, including three 3-pointers. "You got to show up in the big diversion or in any game. You have to shoot with confidence. Open shot, you just take it." The Tar Heels held UNLV scoreless for 4 minutes as well as took their first lead, 18-17, on Barnes' baseline jumper with 10:30 left in the opening half. "Playing at Louisville as well as at home opposite them as well as personification at Wisconsin, which helped the lot," Bellfield said. "We're just cherishing the moment. We feel we're getting better every day. In the second half, we took another step." This was the first time UNLV played the No.1 team since 1985, oddly enough opposite the Tar Heels at the Great Alaskan Shootout. The diversion was played at the Orleans Arena, five miles from the UNLV campus. The teams have met only on the neutral court. They last played on De! c. 4, 19 99 in the championship diversion of the Food Lion/MVP Classic in Charlotte, N.C., where the Tar Heels won 102-78. The teams also met in the 1977 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta, where North Carolina won 65-60.