Nov. 26, 2010
Box Score
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV was held to just two points over an 11-minute span in the first half, and Oregon State forced the Lady Rebels into a season-high 27 turnovers to pull off a 57-45 win in the second game of the Hyatt Place Lady Rebel Round-Up on Friday night from the Cox Pavilion. UNLV, who fell to 3-1 with its first loss of the season, will take on Pacific in the consolation game at 5 pm on Saturday. OSU (4-1) meanwhile will face Rutgers in the championship game at 7:30 pm. Rutgers won its contest over Pacific by a 71-39 margin.
UNLV held an early 7-2 lead, and were up 11-5 on a jumper from Lenita Sanford at the 14:53 mark. That was the last basket for the Lady Rebels though for the next 10:24 of the game. UNLV would turn the ball over 10 times during the stretch, while Oregon State reeled off 12 unanswered points for a 17-11 edge with 4:46 to play. After a layup from Jamie Smith brought UNLV within four, the Beavers ended the half scoring five of the final six points, and took a 22-14 lead into the break. The Lady Rebels shot just 25% for the opening stanza, and had 19 turnovers as well.
While the shooting improved for UNLV in the second half, to 27.3%, Oregon State connected on 54.5% of its shots after making just 5-of-20 (20.0%) in the first half. OSU led by double-digits for the first 12 minutes of the second half, opening up a 16-point lead twice. The second time was at 41-25 with 9:19 to play. However, two technicals on the Oregon State coach in a two-second span, which led to his ejection, started a 10-0 run for UNLV. The beginning of the run was six straight free throws, while Mia Bell added a pair of layups to bring UNLV within 41-35 with 6:43 on the clock. UNLV then had a chance to close within three, but Smith's three-pointer was off the mark, while OSU quickly came down and Alyssa Martin buried a trey from the corner to put the Beavers back up nine.
Again UNLV closed to within six, this time on a Kelli Thompson three-pointer to make it a 46-40 game with 4:01 to play. OSU again answered with four straight points, and after another Thompson trey made the score 52-45, OSU made five free throws in the final 30 seconds for the 12-point win.
UNLV would finish the night shooting 26.4% (14-of-53) from the field and 14.3% (3-of-21) from three-point range, both season lows. The Lady Rebels did have a 43-36 rebound advantage, but were outscored 26-16 in the paint, and 10-2 on fast break points. Leading UNLV was Thompson with 14 points, while Markiell Styles added 11 and Jamie Smith had 12 rebounds.
Martin led all scorers with 23 points, including four three-pointers. Alesix Bostick was next with 11 points, while El Sara Greer added 10. OSU shot 36.2% (17-of-47) from the floor, 4-of-18 from behind the arc for 22.2%, and 52.8% (19-of-36) at the line.
