Transformed from the Runnin' Rebels to the Walkin' Rebels by patient Temple, No. 7 Nevada-Las Vegas still managed to dump the fifth-ranked and previously unbeaten Owls.
Anthony Todd sank a 10-footer with three seconds remaining Sunday to cap a late rally and lift host UNLV to a 59-58 victory over Temple. The Owls led 58-51 with 4:01 to play but failed to score again.
The loss leaves co-No. 9 Brigham Young, 14-0, as the nation's only Division I school with an unblemished record.
'I just wanted to get a good shot up,' Todd said. 'I faked (Tim) Perry and he kind of froze, so I put the shot up.'
Keith James hit a 3-pointer with 53 seconds left to pull the Rebels within a point before Duane Causwell missed the front end of a 1-and-1 opportunity with 17 seconds to play.
'All my life all I wanted to do is win; I never think about losing,' said John Chaney, coach of the 14-1 Owls. 'I wish we were still undefeated. But this game is over and we'll forget it on the plane ride home.'
Temple held down the high-scoring Rebels by using a patient attack on offense, retreating quickly in transition and employing an aggressive zone on defense. UNLV's feared press was largely ineffective.
Jarvis Basnight scored 15 points and Gerald Paddio added 14 to lead UNLV, 17-1, but neither played in the final 1:42. Basnight fouled out with 4:01 to go and Paddio left with abdominal muscle spasms.
Freshman Mark Macon led Temple with 19 points.
In other weekend games involving Top 20 teams, No. 1 Arizona topped UCLA 86-74, No. 2 North Carolina trimmed co-No. 20 N.C. State 77-73, No. 3 Kentucky ripped Louisiana State 76-61, No. 4 Purdue downed Louisville 91-85, No. 6 Pittsburgh fell to No. 11 Oklahoma 86-83, No. 8 Michigan stopped Indiana 72-60, co-No. 9 BYU defeated New Mexico 89-82 and co-No. 9 Duke pounded Wake Forest 103-70.
Also, Missouri thrashed No. 12 Iowa State 119-93, No. 13 Syracuse fell to No. 15 Georgetown 69-68, No. 14 Illinois routed Northwestern 79-48, Colorado State stunned co-No. 16 Wyoming 54-49, co-No. 16 Texas-El Paso nipped Utah 56-53, Notre Dame beat No. 18 Kansas 80-76, No. 19 Iowa stopped Dartmouth 102-87 and co-No. 20 Florida bombed Tennessee 76-56.
At Tucson, Ariz., Sean Elliott scored 27 points and Tom Tolbert added 19 to lead Arizona over UCLA. The Wildcats led by 15 points in the first half but had to withstand a UCLA challenge in the second half as the Bruins briefly took the lead.
At Raleigh, N.C., J.R. Reid scored 17 points and Kevin Madden added 16 to lead North Carolina past N.C. State. The Tar Heels outscored the Wolfpack 23-8 at the foul line. Charles Shackleford scored 26 points for the losers.
At Baton Rouge, La., Ed Davender struck for 21 points and Winston Bennett and Rex Chapman contributed 18 apiece to pace Kentucky by LSU. The Wildcats had a 29-14 advantage at the foul line, Davender converting 10 of 13.
At Louisville, Ky., Troy Lewis scored 23 points and Everette Stephens finished with 19 as Purdue extended the nation's longest winning streak to 16 games with a triumph over Louisville.
At Norman, Okla., Mookie Blaylock hit a pair of foul shots with four seconds left and Harvey Grant intercepted a pass as time ran out to lift Oklahoma over Pittsburgh. Grant led the Sooners with 28 points.
At Bloomington, Ind., Glen Rice scored 21 points and Rumeal Robinson added 17, including Michigan's first 11 points of the second half, to help the Wolverines snap Indiana's 29-game home winning streak.
At Albuquerque, N.M., Jim Usevitch scored 9 of his game-high 24 points in a decisive run late in the first half as BYU sent New Mexico to its first home loss of the seaosn.
At Greensboro, N.C., Danny Ferry hit for 29 points and Kevin Strickland finished with 25, powering hot-shooting Duke over Wake Forest.
At Columbia, Mo., Derrick Chievous scored 30 points, Doug Smith added 26 and Byron Irvin contributed 24 as Missouri ripped Iowa State. Missouri took control with first-half runs of 13-2, 11-0 and 16-0.
At Syracuse, N.Y., Charlie Smith scored on a last-second drive to snap a three-game Georgetown losing streak and lift the Hoyas past Syracuse. Sherman Douglas had scored with nine seconds left to put the Orangemen ahead.
At Champaign, Ill., Ken Battle scored 17 points in the first half to help Illinois pound Northwestern.
At Fort Collins, Colo., Pat Durham scored 17 points to pace Colorado State past Wyoming. The Cowboys missed a late 3-point attempt and Durham's 2 free throws with two seconds left sealed the triumph.
At El Paso, Texas, Chris Sandle struck for 18 points and Chris Blocker added 15, rallying UTEP from an 11-point deficit to a victory over Utah.
At South Bend, Ind., David Rivers scored 29 points, including 9 of 10 free-throw shooting in the final 3:05, to lead Notre Dame over Kansas.
At Iowa City, Iowa, B.J. Armstrong finished with 22 points to help Iowa pull away from a halftime tie and down Dartmouth.
At Knoxville, Tenn., Vernon Maxwell scored 18 points to become Florida's all-time leading scorer, leading the Gators past Tennessee. It was the worst home loss for the Vols since 1962.
