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2006-07 LADY REBELS UNLVUNLVUNLVUNLVUNLV GameWomen’sWomen’sWomen’sWomen’s Notes vs. Pepperdine, Nov. BasketballBasketballBasketballBasketball 12, Las Vegas Page 1 UNLVUNLV Women’sWomen’s BasketballBasketball GameGame NotesNotes ★✩✩★ 2006-07 Schedule GAME ONE Sunday, November 12 • 2:30 pm Date Opponent Time/Results 11/12 Pepperdine^ (mtn.) 2:30 pm UNLV (0-0, 0-0 MWC) 11/18 Michigan 3 pm 11/20 Cal State Bakersfield 7 pm Head coach: Regina Miller (153-88, 9 yrs) 11/24-25 UNLV Lady Rebel Shootout^ Leading scorer: Jr./G Sequoia Holmes (8.9 ppg) 11/24 Elon^ 4:30 pm 11/25 Kansas State/Wisconsin^3:30 pm vs. 12/2 at Southern Utah 2 pm Pepperdine (0-1, 0-0 WCC) 12/9 at Long Beach State 4 pm Head coach: Julie Rousseau (26-35, 3 yrs) 12/19 UC Irvine 5 pm Leading scorers: Jr./G Daphanie Kennedy (13.0 ppg) 12/20-21 Duel In The Desert (Las Vegas) 12/20 Boise State 7:30 pm Tarkanian Court, Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) 12/21 Consolation/Championship TBA Las Vegas 12/28 DePaul (mtn.) 7 pm TV: The mtn. (Bill Doleman, Krista Blunk) 12/30 Nevada, Reno 3 pm Radio: KSHP 1400AM (Bob Blum, Chris Maathuis) 1/3 at TCU* 10 am Online: Live audio and Gametracker at UNLVRebels.com 1/6 San Diego State* 7 pm 1/11 Wyoming* (CSTV) 7 pm Officials: Robert Strong, Kent Johnson, Les Williams 1/13 Utah* 3 pm 1/20 at BYU* 1 pm ★✩★ 1/25 at Air Force* 6 pm Lady Rebels open season against Waves For the first time in four years, UNLV will open the regular season at home as it hosts Pepperdine 1/27 at New Mexico* 6 pm in a televised contest (the mtn.) on Sunday afternoon in the Thomas & Mack Center. It will be a key 2/1 Colorado State*(mtn.) 7 pm game for both teams as well, as the Lady Rebels will be looking to make a statement that they are still 2/3 TCU* 7 pm a team to be feared despite losing 60% of its offense from last season’s 18-12 squad. Meanwhile, the 2/8 at San Diego State* 7 pm Waves, preseason-favorites in the West Coast Conference, will be looking for a win after falling at No. 2/10 at Wyoming* 1 pm 14 Texas A&M 72-48 on Friday night. Both teams will be dealing with injury issues, as UNLV has 2/15 at Utah* 6 pm three players out for Sunday’s game, while the Waves are having injury problems of their own, 2/21 BYU* 7 pm including to a preseason all-conference selection. 2/25 Air Force* 3 pm UNLV will be looking to keep alive its winning streak in the Thomas & Mack Center, as the 3/1 New Mexico*(CSTV) 7 pm Lady Rebels have won 10 straight games over the past three years in the TMC. Included in that streak is an upset win over No. 21 New Mexico in the home finale last year. The 10-game win streak 3/3 at Colorado State* 12 pm is the longest for UNLV in the TMC since winning 17 straight over a four year period between 1987- 3/7-11 Mountain West Tournament 88 and 1990-91. (Las Vegas) All times PST ★✩★ * - Mountain West Conference games Players to watch ^ - Played in the Thomas & Mack Center It’s a true changing of the guard for the Lady Rebels this season, as for the first time in five years UNLV Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. 2005-06 Statistics UNLV Sports Information 12 Sequoia Holmes G 6-1 So. 8.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg Mark Wasik 32 Kisha Lee F 6-0 Fr. 4.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg UNLV Women’s Basketball SID 15 Faye Muller F 6-3 Jr. 4.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg Office - (702) 895-3208 24 Shamela Hampton C 6-3 So. 2.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg Cell - (702) 528-0289 11 Allison Holiday G 5-6 Fr. ---- Fax - (702) 895-0989 [email protected] Press Row Phone - (702) 895-3005 Pepperdine Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. 2006-07 Statistics UNLV Sports Information 22 Daphanie Kennedy G 5-7 Jr. 13.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg 4505 Maryland Parkway 31 Jessica Ross G 5-10 So. 9.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg Las Vegas, NEV. 89154-0004 32 Shannon Johnson G 5-8 Jr. 5.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg 4 Tenna Wickett F 6-3 Fr. 3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg 44 Teiosha George F 6-4 Jr. 5.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg UNLVUNLVUNLVUNLVUNLV GameWomen’sWomen’sWomen’sWomen’s Notes vs. Pepperdine, Nov. BasketballBasketballBasketballBasketball 12, Las Vegas Page 2 they will not have either Sheena Moore or Sherry McCracklin in the lineup. Both players Head Coach Head Coach finished their career at UNLV last season ranking in the top-15 all-time in career scoring (Moore is Regina Miller Regina Miller has seventh with 1,528 points, McCracklin stands in 13th place with 1,234 points). In all, UNLV lost accomplished what she 60% of its offense last year, and will be looking to several players to help fill that void this season. was brought to Las Foremost among those players is junior guard Sequoia Holmes. Perhaps the most athletic Vegas to do in 1998 – to player in the MWC, Holmes is an outstanding all-around player, and finished last year averaging 8.9 resurrect and build the points (26th in the MWC), 4.3 rebounds, 2.73 assists (14th), 2.17 steals (3rd) and 0.60 blocks for Lady Rebels back into UNLV. one of the nation’s Next is sophomore center Shamela Hampton, who saw limited time last year playing behind premier programs. She McCracklin, but showed she could be a force this season in the paint for UNLV, as in their exhibition has also led UNLV to the win on Nov. 9, she scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. postseason for a school Senior forward Kisha Lee should also make a bigger impact this season, and is a very explosive record six straight seasons. scorer. She finished last season fourth on the team in scoring with 6.6 ppg, grabbed 3.6 rpg, and led Despite an injury-filled season in 2004-05, the Lady Rebels with a 54.2 field goal percentage. Miller was able to guide the Lady Rebels to a 16-15 record and a trip to the WNIT. That followed the 2003-04 team, that had one of the ★✩★ most successful campaigns in school history, Pepperdine Pepperdine actually had a losing record last saeson, but got hot at the end, winning eight of 10, as UNLV finished with a 26-8 record and including three straight to claim the West Coast Conference tournament championship, before fallting advanced to its first-ever appearance in the WNIT championship game. UNLV also set a to Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Returning four starters from last year, the new school record with 10 MWC wins. Miller Waves were picked to repeat as league champs, while senior Jasmane Clarendon and junior Daphanie guided the 2002-03 Lady Rebel squad to a 17- Kennedy were selected as two of the top-six returning players in the WCC. 12 mark and an appearance in the WNIT However, the Waves come into Las Vegas with almost as many injuries as the Lady Rebels, most UNLV finally broke back into the national notably to Clarendon, who is not expected to play on Sunday. Clarendon was a All-WCC first team scene after the Lady Rebels’ outstanding season selection last year after averaging 11.5 poitns and 6.9 rebounds for the Waves. Also possibly missing in 2001-02, in which they earned their first Sunday’s game is Sherriel Boyd (8.3 ppg) and Lauren Wenski (3.9 ppg), both of whom did not NCAA Tournament berth since the 1994 season play in the season-opener at Texas A&M on Friday night. and their eighth all-time appearance. That Against the 14th-ranked Aggies, Pepperdine kept it close to start, and was tied 29-29 at the half, year’s squad posted a remarkable 23-8 overall but were blitzed in the second half, as the Waves were outscored 43-19. Pacing Pepperdine was record, one of the best seasons in school Kennedy with 13 points and nine rebounds, while Jessica Ross chipped in nine points. The Waves history, which also included a MWC made just six shots in the second half, were 11-of-19 from the floor, and turned the ball over 34 times tournament runner-up finish. in the loss. In 1999-2000, the North Carolina native also guided her team to an impressive 19-10 ★✩★ overall record and an appearance in the WNIT. By The Numbers The previous two years, Miller led UNLV to UNLV (05-06) 2006-07 Stats Pepperdine back-to-back 17-win seasons after inheriting 18-12, 9-6 ............................................... Overall Record ................................................... 0-1, 0-0 a squad that had only won four games in each #55 .......................................................... RPI (2005-06) ............................................................. ?? of the previous three years. She turned her 63.6 ........................................................ Points per game ........................................................ 48.0 1998-99 squad into the most improved team in Division I women’s college basketball in just 59.5 ................................................. Points Allowed per game ................................................. 72.0 her first year at UNLV. 42.8 ......................................................... FG Percentage ......................................................... 34.7 On Dec. 9, 2000, she reached a personal 39.4 .................................................Opponent FG Percentage ................................................