Feb. 16, 2005

LAS VEGAS -

UNLV-Colorado State game notes
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After avenging its first conference loss of the season with a 77-54 win over San Diego State on Saturday, the Lady Rebels look to both avenge another loss and keep alive their home win streak as they host Colorado State on Thursday at 7 pm in the Cox Pavilion. UNLV has won eight-straight games at home, including a 63-60 upset of first place New Mexico, and are a perfect 3-0 in league play, while CSU is just 1-3 in MWC action on the road, with the lone win coming at Air Force.

The Lady Rebels will need to do a better job on the boards against the Rams to win this time, as in the first meeting, CSU held a 42-36 edge on the boards, and collected an offensive rebound to score the game-winning basket in the 69-66 win in Fort Collins. However, UNLV has won four straight against the Rams in Las Vegas, and are also coming off a performance against San Diego State in which they outrebounded the Aztecs 46-18, including 23-5 in the second half. Though CSU is the top rebounding team in the league, UNLV is first in rebounding margin in MWC games (+5.5).

Thursday's game is the second of three-straight at home in the Cox Pavilion for the Lady Rebels. They were the only team to play five road games in the first half of the MWC season, and are also the only team with five home games in the second half.

Junior guard Sheena Moore became the 14th Lady Rebel to score 1,000 points at UNLV in the game at Utah, and senior forward RanDee Henry is on pace to become the 15th, as she is 74 points away with at least seven games left to play this season.