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SAN DIEGO, California (UNLVRebels.com) - Trailing by three points early in the final quarter, UNLV finished the game on a 21-5 run over the final 7:19 to claim a season sweep of the San Diego State Aztecs with a 62-49 road victory in Mountain West women's basketball action Saturday afternoon from Viejas Arena. UNLV improved to 8-7 in the MW (10-16 overall) and held onto sole possession of fifth place in the league standings, while the Aztecs dropped to 10-15, and 5-9 with the loss, their first at home in four games.

UNLV jumped out early on the Aztecs by scoring 11 of the first 13 points of the game. The Aztecs closed within 14-10 at the end of the first quarter though, and slowly cut into the UNLV lead before taking their first lead of the game, 26-25 on a jumper at the halftime buzzer. SDSU then opened the third quarter with a basket before Jordyn Bell hit back-to-back treys 28 seconds apart to put UNLV back ahead 31-28. The Lady Rebels led the rest of the quarter until again the Aztecs scored the final basket to go into the fourth quarter up 40-39. The lead stretched to three points, 44-41 with just under eight minutes to go.

THE TURNING POINT: SDSU was called for a foul at the 7:19 mark on a Paris Strawther jumper, and Naje Murray was then whistled for a technical foul while contesting the original foul. That awarded UNLV four straight free throws, and the Lady Rebels made three of four to tie the game. A turnover and two missed shots by SDSU led to six more points for UNLV, for a 9-0 run and a 50-46 lead. The Aztecs scored at 4:22 to cut the deficit to 50-46, and then UNLV responded with a 10-0 spurt to put the game out of reach, as SDSU did not score again until the final 48 seconds.

STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV shot a season-high 50% (8-of-16) from three-point range, while the Aztecs made three-of-11 for 27.3%. The eight made treys also tied for a season-high for the Lady Rebels.

LADY REBEL OF THE GAME: Senior Katie Powell posted a team-high 14 points and also added seven rebounds for UNLV.

QUOTABLE: "Good win for the Lady Rebels. Everyone stepped up in a big way. Jordyn Bell and Bailey Thomas both stepped up today and our team was just playing together, they were playing right and when you do good things happened. We had so many different people contributing and that's what you want to see happen at the end of the season."
- UNLV head coach Kathy Olivier

LADY REBEL NOTES:
* UNLV earns its third season sweep of the season as it first defeated SDSU in Las Vegas 71-57 on Jan. 26. The 13-point win margin was the second largest of the season by any team at Viejas Arena over the Aztecs, and the most by any MW opponent.
* The Lady Rebels now lead the all-time series 31-28 over SDSU, and have won seven of the last eight meetings. This is also the third season sweep in the last four years over SDSU.
* Bailey Thomas tied her career-high of nine points as she finished 3-of-3 from three-point range.
* Bell had one of her best games of the MW season with eight points and six rebounds.
* UNLV shot 34.5% (19-of-55) from the floor, and made just 64% of its shots at the line, but finished with 12 more attempts then the Aztecs (16-of-25 to 8-of-13).
* The Lady Rebels held a 16-6 edge on bench points, and won the rebounding battle 42-33.
* UNLV's streak of consecutive games with a made three-pointer is now at 134.
* Nikki Wheatley made 5-of-6 at the free throw line, and moved into fifth place all-time at UNLV in career free throws made with 372.

NEXT TIME OUT: The Lady Rebels host in-state rival UNR Wednesday at 6 pm in the Cox Pavilion. The game is part of the Silver State Series, the all-sports competition between the two schools sponsored by by IBEW and Nevada Donor Network. All fans are encouraged to wear Red to the game, while there will be a watch party for the UNLV men's game at UNR in the Cox Pavilion following the end of the Lady Rebel contest.

Tickets for the game are $8, and $6 for seniors and staff, and fans can get $3 off if bought online at UNLVTickets.com at least three hours before the game. There will be both a live video stream of the contest available on UNLVRebels.com, while the radio call will be heard of KBAD The Game 920 AM.