Women's Basketball 11/28/2007 12:00:00 AM

Lady Rebels Ready For The Big Easy

Nov. 28, 2007

LAS VEGAS -

GAME 6 -  Friday, November 30  4 pm (PST)Lady Privateer InvitationalUNLV (1-4, 0-0 MWC)Head coach: Regina Miller (168-107, 10 yrs)Leading scorer: Sr./G Sequoia Holmes (24.6 ppg)
vs.#16 George Washington (5-2, 0-0 A-10)Head coach:  Joe McKeown (419-149, 19 years)Leading scorer: Jr./C Jessica Adair (16.9 ppg)
Human Performance Center (1,200)New Orleans, La.TV: NoneRadio: KSHP 1400AM (Bob Blum, Mark Wasik)Online: Live audio and GameTracker at UNLVRebels.com

The UNLV women's basketball team will be looking to break a four-game losing streak when it returns to action this weekend, when it plays in the Lady Privateer Invitational, hosted by the University of New Orleans. It will be a tough challenge however for the Lady Rebels, who will be playing away from Las Vegas for the first time this season. Their first opponent of the invitational is 16th-ranked George Washington on Friday at 4 pm (PST), and UNLV will follow with a contest against the host New Orleans squad that has a 4-2 record on the season. That game will tipoff at 1 pm (PST) on Saturday.

The Lady Rebels are no stranger to top-25 competition, having played 10 games against ranked teams over the past four seasons. In fact, UNLV is 3-1 in its last four games against top-25 teams, including last year's 89-71 win over No. 19 DePaul on Dec. 28 in Las Vegas. George Washington will be the highest ranked team UNLV has played since falling to No. 14 Minnesota 77-69 on Nov. 14, 2004 in the WBCA/BTI Classic in Seattle. This is the second time UNLV will play the 16th-ranked team in the AP Poll, the previous meetings were a loss at North Carolina in the 1986 NCAA First Round, and a loss at Long Beach State in the 1979 AIAW Regionals.

The player to watch from UNLV is senior guard/forward Sequoia Holmes, who not only maintained her status as the top scorer in the Mountain West with a career-high 35 point performance against Oregon State in her last outing, but she is also currently the fifth-leading scorer in the nation, with a 24.6 ppg average.

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