March 2, 2002

Box Score

LAS VEGAS - Thirteen three-pointers made all the difference as Utah defeated UNLV, 69-65, Saturday night in the Lady Rebels' final game of the regular season at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Utah's Lindsay Herbert scored 24 of her game-high 32 points from beyond the arc. In a game opening 11-2 run by the Utes, Herbert drained two 3-pointers from downtown. Teammate Lana Sitterud also went on a long distance scoring rhythm going 3-of-5 from behind the 3-point line for nine points.

UNLV took its first lead of the game at the 9:22 minute mark on a two-point basket by senior All-America candidate Linda Fr?hlich (Oldendorf, Germany). From there on out, the Lady Rebels would hold the lead only twice. Utah, however, would lead by as much as 14 points.

Down 38-31 at the half, UNLV built up its momentum and started to make a comeback. A steal by Fr?hlich with 2:50 remaining in regulation led to an easy layup on the fastbreak to get UNLV back within two points.

Senior Kinesha Davis (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) hit a jumper from the right side, two of her seven points of the night, to tie the game at 62-62. With 56 seconds left, Davis was fouled by Sitterud and sunk 1-of-2 free throws to give the Lady Rebels a one-point lead.

Again, a 3-pointer by Herbert put Utah back in front and all UNLV could do was let the time expire. The Utes improve to 15-11 overall, 8-6 MWC, while the Lady Rebels go to 21-6 overall, 9-5 MWC.

Fr?hlich turned in a team-high 23 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Junior Constance Jinks (Chicago, Ill.) added 20 points and eight rebounds.

Both teams split the regular season series and will most likely match up with each other again as the No. 4 and No. 5 seed next week in the Mountain West Conference Tournament on March 6-9 in Las Vegas.

All UNLV conference tournament games will be broadcast locally on KENO 1460 AM radio and via an Internet link on unlvrebels.com.