Desi-Rae Young was the only DI player in the nation to average 18-plus points, 10-plus rebounds and shoot better than 60 percent. And she wasn’t named conference Player of the Year — a certain mistake.
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UNLV took control with a dominant second quarter en route to a decisive victory over UNR in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament.
Regular-season champion UNLV will play Utah State at noon Monday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.
After being picked to finish ninth, Lindy LaRocque’s team have won five straight and 10 of 12 and enters the Mountain West tournament as the No. 2 seed,
UNLV fell 77-73 to UNR in the MW tournament quarterfinals Tuesday night at the Thomas Mack Center.
UNLV has gone cold during its five-game slump heading into the Mountain West basketball tournament. The Rebels must find their touch when they face Air Force at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Lady Rebels had a bye on Monday before tipping off on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV is 16-13 overall and 9-9 in the Mountain West, meaning the only chance it has at an NCAA Tournament berth is winning the conference tournament. But the Lady Rebels have three wins in their past five games.
UNLV sophomore guard Patrick McCaw was named to the media’s second-team All-Mountain West squad. McCaw averages 13.9 points, and his 4.0-assist average is third in the conference. He also is first in the Mountain West with 2.5 steals per game.
When the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament begins Monday, Colorado State will be the favorite. But UNLV coach Kathy Olivier said the conference has parity, and she expects that to be on display at the Thomas and Mack Center.