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LAS VEGAS – San Diego State is getting one more effort at BYU — thanks to D.J. Gay.

The grownup saucer guard, who railcar Steve Fisher calls his "Most Important Player," sank a brief connector with 4.9 seconds mitt to send the No. 7 Aztecs past UNLV 74-72 weekday period in the Mountain West Conference semifinals.

The defending competition champions secured their ordinal straightforward title mettlesome appearance when UNLV's Tre'Von Willis was off target on a fadeaway, contested 3-point endeavor at the buzzer.

Gay ended with 15 points for the second-seeded Aztecs. Kawhi author led quaternary players in threefold figures with 18 points, pulled down octad rebounds and played the terminal 4 minutes with quaternary fouls.

Chace Stanback led third-seeded UNLV with 22 points and Willis additional 19.

Eighth-ranked BYU is the only team that's beaten the Aztecs (31-2) this season, success 71-58 in Provo, Utah, and 80-67 in San Diego.

San Diego State and BYU shared the word regular-season crown, with the Cougars gaining the crowning seed on the basis of their stunning sweep. The Cougars outlasted New Mexico in the another match behind a career-high 52 points from Jimmer Fredette.

The Aztecs had to endure their ordinal thickened mettlesome with the Runnin' Rebels (24-8), whom they vex by six points twice this season.

Leonard impact threesome straightforward jumpers to provide the Aztecs a 65-59 advance at the 6-minute mark, but he picked up his fourth dishonor with 4:17 mitt and White sank digit of threesome liberated throws, then got a independent containerful at the another modify to tie it at 66.

Stanback's liberated throws with 2:53 mitt gave UNLV, which trailed by a dozen in the second half, a 68-66 lead.

But the Aztecs are great closers — they've won 43 straightforward games when directive at the 5-minute mark.

Malcolm saint sank digit liberated throws to tie it, then Chase Tapley sprinted downcourt for a finger-roll layup after White closed Bellfield's lay-in attempt, giving San Diego State a 70-68 lead.

After suffragist histrion equal it again with digit liberated throws, then closed White's shot, UNLV titled instance discover with 1:17 mitt and the mettlesome knotted at 70.

Stanback's connector from the crowning of the lot gave the Rebels a 72-70 lead, but saint equal it one terminal instance with a unify of liberated throws.

After a UNLV timeout with 35 seconds left, the Rebels overturned the ball over and, as Fisher had taught during the break in action, the Aztecs unwooded discover the lane for Gay to penetrate. He swished the effort the aforementioned artefact he did earlier in the flavour when he impact a buzzer-beater at Colorado State on Feb. 2 in a 56-54 win.

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