Women's Basketball 2019-20 Game Notes
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2019-20 UNLV SCHEDULE/RESULTS Nov. 9 ..........CSU Fullerton .....................L, 64-58 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas Nov. 14 ........Duke .....................................L, 57-45 2019-20 GAME NOTES Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas Nov. 19 ........at Southern Utah ...................L, 72-68 GAME 11 Friday, December 20, 4 pm America First Event Center Cedar City, Utah - Nov. 23 ........South Carolina State .........W, 66-57 Duel In The Desert Cox Pavilion Las Vegas UNLV (3-7, 0-1 MW) Nov. 30-Dec. 1 • Lady Rebel Round-Up Head coach: Kathy Olivier (172-183, 12th year) Nov. 30 ........Elon ......................................L, 50-44 Leading scorer: Sr./C Rodjanae Wade (13.8 ppg) Cox Pavilion Las Vegas vs Dec. 1 ..........St. John’s .................. W, 79-75 (OT) Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Virginia (4-5, 0-0 ACC) Dec. 3 ..........Fresno State*. ......................L, 72-66 Head coach: Tina Thompson (16-24, 2nd year) Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Leading scorer: Sr./G Jocelyn Willoughlby (19.4 ppg) Dec. 8 ..........at Pepperdine .......................W, 69-44 Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California GAME 12 - Saturday, December 21, 12pm/2:30 pm Dec. 14 ........at USC ..................................L, 75-54 vs Galen Center Los Angeles, California #15 Mississippi State (9-2, 0-0 SEC) Dec. 16 ........at Grand Canyon ...................L, 53-51 GCU Arena Phoenix, Arizona Head coach: Vic Schaefer (203-58, 8th year) Leading scorer: So./F Jessika Carter (14.0 ppg) Dec. 20-22 • Duel In The Desert or Dec. 20 ........Virginia .....................................2 pm Cox Pavilion Las Vegas USF (7-4, 0-0 AAC) Dec. 21 ........Mississippi St/USF .........12/2:30 pm Head coach: Jose Ferandez (361-263, 20th year) Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Leading scorer: Fr./G Elena Tsineke (12.5 ppg) Jan. 1 ...........at Utah State* ............................ 6 pm Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah Cox Pavilion (2,500) Jan. 4 ...........at Air Force* .............................. 1 pm Clune Arena Colorado Springs, Colo. Las Vegas FloHoops Jan. 8 ..........Boise State* ............................12 pm Video: Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Radio: KBAD 920 AM (Wyatt Tomchek) Jan. 11.........Wyoming* ................................3 pm Live Stats: UNLVRebels.com Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Jan. 15 .........at San Jose State* ...................... 7 pm The Event Center San Jose, Calif. UNLV HOST DUEL IN THE DESERT TOURNAMENT... ♦ This is the eighth time the Lady Rebels have hosted the pre-Christmas Duel In The Desert Jan. 18 .........at New Mexico* ........................ 1 pm event, but the first time UNLV will have played Virginia in the event, as the two teams face off The Pit Albuquerque, N.M. in the second game of the first round Friday afternoon. This is also the second time in program Jan. 22 ........UNR* ........................................6 pm history the teams have met each other, with the other meeting coming in the 1989-90 season. Cox Pavilion Las Vegas ♦ Virginia is the second ACC opponent for UNLV this season, after a 57-45 loss to Duke on Nov. Jan. 25 .........at San Diego State* ................... 1 pm 14. The Lady Rebels are 3-7 all-time against the ACC, with the last win coming over Clemson Viejas Arena San Diego, Calif. in the 2013 Duel In The Desert. Feb. 1 ..........Colorado State* ......................3 pm ♦ UNLV has met both Mississippi State and USF before in this tournament, in 2017 against the Cox Pavilion Las Vegas (BASED ON LAST GAME) Feb. 5 ..........Utah State* .............................12 pm UNLV PROBABLE STARTERS Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Feb. 8...........Fresno State* ............................. 2 pm Save Mart Center Reno, Nev. Feb. 12.........at UNR* ................................ 6:30 pm Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nev. Feb. 15 ........New Mexico* ............................3 pm Cox Pavilion Las Vegas Feb. 19 ........at Colorado State* ..................... 6 pm Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colo. KAVIONNIA LATECIA BAILEY RODJANAE HALEY Feb. 22 ........San Diego State* ......................3 pm BROWN SMITH THOMAS WADE RYDALCH Cox Pavilion Las Vegas #1 • G • SO. #0 • G • SR. #14 • G • JR. #24 • F • SR. #43 • C • SR. Feb. 24.........at Boise State* ........................... 6 pm Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho PTS ..............3.6 PTS ............12.8 PTS ..............4.5 PTS ............13.2 PTS ..............5.4 Feb. 27 ........San Jose State* .........................6 pm REBS ...........2.4 REBS ...........3.7 REBS ...........2.7 REBS ...........9.7 REBS ...........2.5 Cox Pavilion Las Vegas FG% ..........29.7 FG% ..........38.2 FG% ..........26.7 FG% ..........37.1 FG% ..........45.3 March 10-13 • 2018 MW Tournament FT% ..........80.0 FT% ..........90.5 FT% ..........77.8 FT% ..........66.0 FT% ..........42.9 March 10 ...First Round ...............................TBA Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas MARK WASIK • UNLV WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SID Office - (702) 895-3208 • Cell - (702) 528-0289 • @UNLVSIDWasik Press row phone - (702) 895-3005 • [email protected] LADY REBEL BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - UNLV IN DUEL IN THE DESERT • DEC. 20 • COX PAVILION A LOOK AT UNLV VS. VIRGINIA HEAD COACH KATHY OLIVIER UNLV 2019-20 Stats Virginia 3-7, 0-1 Overall Record 4-5, 0-0 When UNLV was 283 RPI 24 searching for its next 60.0..........................................................Points per game .......................................................59.1 women’s basketball 61.9.................................................. Points Allowed per game ...............................................60.8 coach -- a person that 36.7...........................................................FG Percentage ........................................................36.7 could return the proud 38.4.................................................. Opponent FG Percentage ...............................................35.5 program to its place 26.2.......................................................3-pt FG Percentage ....................................................32.8 among the nation’s best -- it didn’t have to look 25.3...............................................Opponent 3-pt FG Percentage ............................................26.9 far. The school turned to one of its own by hiring 66.7....................................................Free Throw Percentage .................................................72.8 former Lady Rebel All-American Kathy Olivier 40.4......................................................Rebounding Average ...................................................38.7 as the eighth full-time head coach in UNLV +2.1 ........................................................Rebound Margin ......................................................+1.8 women’s basketball history on April 22, 2008. 11.8 .........................................................Assists per game ......................................................10.2 The Lady Rebels immediately showed their renewed enthusiasm for their new coach, 17.6.......................................................Turnovers per game....................................................18.1 and the team was the talk of the conference +0.7 ........................................................Turnover Margin .......................................................-2.0 after an inspiring run to the Mountain West 8.4............................................................Steals per game .........................................................7.6 Conference Tournament semifinals as the seven- 2.1........................................................... Blocks per game ........................................................2.6 seed. Olivier’s first recruit to the program, Jamie Smith, would 10 months later become the first- LADY REBELS ALL-TIME AGAINST THE CAVALIERS... ever Lady Rebel to be named MWC Freshman UVA leads the all-time series 1-0 (UVA on current 1-game win streak) of the Year. Record in Las Vegas ............................... 0-0 Record in Charlottesville, Virginia ........ 0-1 In 2009-10 the Lady Rebels continued Neutral .................................................... 0-0 their climb back to prominence under Olivier, Most points scored by UNLV ..................73 Most points scored by UVA.......................74 and posted several impressive upsets, including Largest winning margin, UNLV ............... - Largest winning margin, UVA ....................1 road wins at Utah and New Mexico and a home Longest UNLV win streak ......................... - Longest UVA win streak ..............................1 victory over eventual Sweet 16 participant San Diego State. Olivier’s best season would come DATE W/L SCORE LOCATION in 2011-12, as UNLV finished the campaign 12-2-89 L 73-74* Charlottesville with a 22-10 record, an 11-win improvement * - Virginia/Investors Classic over the previous year that ranked as the sixth- best in the nation, and the Lady Rebels returned to the postseason for the first time since 2005-06 UNLV VERSUS VIRGINIA... with a trip to the WNIT. The Lady Rebels have played Virginia just once before in program history. That came during The 2015-18 seasons were the best stretch the historic 1989-90 season for UNLV, in which the Lady Rebels lost just once in their first 26 of her time on the UNLV bench, as the Lady games of the season while rising to a No. 2 national ranking. That lone loss came on the road at Rebels averaged 20 wins per season over the the hands of Virginia, a 74-73 defeat in the championship game