Latosha Pace made sure her final home game at Cox Pavilion was one she wouldn't forget.

The redshirt junior, a senior academically, tied her career high with four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points, including eight in a game-breaking run in the second half, to help lead the Lady Rebels to a 70-59 win over New Mexico on Thursday night.

"She came off the bench and provided us with some spunk, and that's what we need," UNLV coach Regina Miller said. "She's a senior, and she wants to go out with a bang."

Pace said she felt hot as soon as she stepped on the floor Thursday.

"I felt real good tonight. I think I was feeling it at shootaround," Pace said. "It feels great to beat New Mexico after them beating us so bad at their place, and being Senior Night makes it all the more special."

It was UNLV's season-high third straight win, and it ended an eight-game win streak by the Lobos, who ripped the Lady Rebels 76-55 in New Mexico on Jan. 27 to start their surge.

"We have a seven-game season to get ourselves into the postseason. That's our goal," Miller said of the last four games in the regular season and a possible three in next week's Mountain West Conference Tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. "We've got three down and four to go."

The Lady Rebels, who improved to 14-14 overall, can even their conference mark at 8-8 with a win at Colorado State on Saturday in their regular-season finale.

UNLV, which ran its home record against New Mexico (20-8, 10-5 MWC) to 16-2, trailed 47-38 with 13:31 left before making a 15-4 run to take a 53-51 lead it would not relinquish.

The Lady Rebels finished the game on a 32-12 spurt.

"We came out in the second half a little passive. They built a nine-point lead, then we really started to fight back," Miller said. "In the past or middle of the season, we would have gave in, but tonight we dug our heels in the dirt and fought back and believed we could do it."

Shamela Hampton got the run going with a free throw and fast-break layup that knocked her out of the game.

With both players sprinting down the court, Kameca Simmons fed Hampton under the basket. Hampton twisted her left knee after coming to a quick stop and, although she made the shot, crumpled to the floor in obvious pain and yelled to the bench for a trainer.

She didn't return, but Miller is hopeful it's just a sprain and that Hampton will be back for the MWC tournament.

Sequoia Holmes, who scored 16 points in the first half, finished with a game-high 22 for the Rebels and had five steals.