University of Nevada Las Vegas
Portland State University
12/14/2018 5:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UNLV looking to hand the Vikings their first loss of the season.
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - After playing a pair of games in the Carolinas a week ago, the UNLV Lady Rebels have now gone to the other side of the country for Saturday's 2 pm contest at Portland State. UNLV will be looking to hand the Vikings their first loss of the season, while PSU is hoping to avenge its loss to UNLV from a season ago.
There will be a live video stream, available both on Pluto TV and online, while the radio broadcast, available at https://portal.
UNLV Weekly Notes
♦ Saturday's afternoon contest at Portland State is the third of three straight on the road for the Lady Rebels.
♦ UNLV has been earning the frequent flyer miles this month, as Saturday's game in the Northwest against Portland State marks the longest distance between games for the Lady Rebels in program history (excluding games played in Hawaii). The distance between Portland, Oregon and Orangeburg, South Carolina, site of UNLV's last contest on Dec. 8, is 2,351 miles.
♦ Saturday is a rematch of the 2017-18 season opener, in which the Lady Rebels used a school record comeback for an 88-80 overtime victory on Nov. 10, 2017 in Las Vegas. The Vikings held a 21-point lead with just over five minutes to play, before the Lady Rebels ended the fourth quarter on a 22-1 run.
♦ UNLV has played a difficult schedule this season, as its seven losses are to teams with a combined 51-15 record (in games played through Dec. 14). Overall, UNLV's opponents this year have a 53-22 record, while Portland State brings a 7-0 record into Saturday's contest.
​​​​​​​♦ The Lady Rebels is playing the month of December without two of its top three returning players from a year ago, as leading scorer and rebounder Katie Powell (Dec. 1) has joined Paris Strawther on the injured list. Powell and Strawther were UNLV's starting frontcourt players as well.Â
