LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) -  For the sixth time in the last seven years, the UNLV women's basketball team will open the regular season in the Thomas & Mack Center, part of a basketball doubleheader Saturday as the Runnin' Rebels will host Kansas State at 1 pm before the Lady Rebels take on Cal State Fullerton at 4 pm.

Saturday is also Military Appreciation Day at UNLV, and discounted tickets will be available for Military members with their ID for $4, while the first 300 fans will receive a free camo koozie.

Tickets for the contest at $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and staff, while kids 17 and under are free at UNLV Lady Rebel contests. Fans can also receive $3 off their admission if they purchase their ticket at UNLVTickets.com by the night before the game. Fans attending the Runnin' Rebels game can stay for the women's game for free.   

The game will have a live video stream on the Mountain West Network, available at UNLVRebels.com. Ben Wilson and Amie Callaway will provide the call, while Wyatt Tomchek, the new Voice of the Lady Rebels, will handle the radio broadcast which also can be accessed at UNLVRebels.com.

UNLV Game Notes  

♦ UNLV is 10-1 in season openers under head coach Kathy Olivier, with the lone loss coming a year ago against Wright State in the Cox Pavilion.
♦ This will make the ninth straight year UNLV is playing its season opener in Las Vegas, and sixth in the last seven years in the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lady Rebels won the first five season-openers in the TMC.
♦ Traditionally the Lady Rebels have dominated their former Big West rivals, as UNLV is 34-8 all-time against Cal State Fullerton, including 22-1 in Las Vegas, though the last meeting was in the 2008-09 season during Olivier's first year on the UNLV bench
♦ The 2019-20 UNLV Lady Rebel squad will be one of the youngest and least experienced teams in the Mountain West this season after graduating four senior starters. UNLV will have 10 underclassmen on this year's squad, with seven freshmen and three sophomores, while the four-member senior class has a total of two career starts (as a Lady Rebel).
♦ Saturday is the first of four games at home for UNLV in the month of November, with the lone road contest coming Tuesday, Nov. 19 at Southern Utah. UNLV will also play a pair of home games in the first three days of December before hitting the road for three straight.