Feb. 15, 2003

Box Score

LAS VEGAS - UNLV women's basketball coach Regina Miller earned her 150th career coaching victory after guiding her Lady Rebels to an 81-61 win over conference foe San Diego State Saturday night at Cox Pavilion.

Miller has compiled a 90-48 (.652) career winning record with the Lady Rebels since her appointment in 1998, the best coaching record in the last decade of the program and fourth best record among UNLV women's basketball coaches all-time.

Senior All-America candidate Constance Jinks (Chicago, Ill.) led all scorers with 20 points, which now puts her tied for fourth among the school's all-time leading scorers with 1,669 career points.

Sophomore Sherry McCracklin (Hazel Crest, Ill.) also marked a milestone of her own turning in her fifth career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman Sheena Moore (Lansing, Mich.) added 12 points off the bench, while senior Talisha Mitchell (Stockton, Calif.) had 13.

The Lady Rebels began the contest on a 7-3 run, later exchanging five leads and ties with the Aztecs through the first nine minutes of play. Tied at 17 apiece with 10:43 left in the first half, back-to-back three pointers made by Jinks and Moore put the Lady Rebels out in front for good. UNLV played before its third largest home crowd of the season at Cox Pavilion (1,056).

For San Diego State (8-12, 2-6 MWC), senior Jamey Cox led the Aztecs in scoring with a team-high 16 points connecting on four long distance threes. Teammate Ashlee Dunlap produced 14 points and nine rebounds, before fouling out of the game with 3:14 to go in regulation.

UNLV (14-7, 5-3 MWC) goes on the road this week to face BYU on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. (MST) in Provo and league-leading Utah on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. (MST) in Salt Lake City.

CATCH IT AGAIN!: The UNLV vs. San Diego State game will be rebroadcast locally on Sunday, Feb. 16 on KTUD channel 25 / cable 14 at 4 p.m.