December 21, 1998
CEDAR CITY, Utah - Sophomore Sarah Pratt led all scorers with 17 points as Southern Utah defeated the UNLV women's basketball team 80-57 on Monday in a non-conference game at Centrum Arena.
With a 45-42 lead with 12 minutes remaining in the game, Southern Utah went on a 15-4 run over 4:08 to take a 14-point lead. The Thunderbirds increased their advantage to 21 points with 2:45 left on their way to the win.
After eight lead changes and one tie to start off the game, Southern Utah went on a 11-0 run over 3:36 to take a 22-13 lead with 8:13 to play in the first half. UNLV cut SUU's lead to 23-21 with 5:47 left and tied the score at 31 apiece with 1:44 remaining in the half. The Thunderbirds scored the half's final six points to take a 37-31 lead into the break.
Southern Utah (6-4) was assisted in the victory by junior Kim Westwood's game-high of 11 rebounds. Southern Utah had a total of four players score in double figures.
Senior Angalete Dye scored the first eight points of the game for UNLV (5-3) en route to a team-high total of 14. She also led the team in rebounds with 10 for her third double-double of the season.
UNLV was called for 29 fouls for the game, compared to Southern Utah's 13. Freshman Linda Froehlich, who averaged 24.1 points and 9.4 rebounds entering the game, fouled out with 10 minutes remaining with five points and four rebounds. Froehlich only played 11 minutes because of her early foul trouble.
For the second half, Southern Utah was 19-of-23 from the free throw line, while UNLV had no attempts. For the contest, Southern Utah was 32-of-39 compared to UNLV's 8-of-11.
SUU out-shot UNLV .389 to .377 for the game and was .353 from three-point range compared to UNLV's .188. SUU recorded 45 rebounds to UNLV's 33.
UNLV will return home for its next game, which is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 27 vs. Long Beach State. The game will be the first of three consecutive contests to be held in the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will tipoff at 5:00 p.m. PST and will precede the Runnin' Rebels contest with Columbia scheduled for 7:35 p.m. PST.
All Lady Rebel games may be heard live on KSFN-1140 AM in Las Vegas with Bob Blum calling the action. The Regina Miller Radio Show may be heard five minutes prior to tipoff.
