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LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - Â UNLV and Boise State meet for the first time this season as the two Mountain West regular season co-champions from a year ago tip-off Wednesday night at 6 pm in the Cox Pavilion.
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 at least three hours before the game. There will be a live video stream of the contest on the MW Network with Wyatt Tomchek as play-by-play and Caleb Herring as color analyst, while the radio broadcast will feature the call of Adam Candee. Both the video stream and the radio broadcast can be accessed at UNLVRebels.com. Â
UNLV Game NotesÂ
♦ Boise State was picked as the preseason MW favorite, and is currently tied for first in the league at 8-1 with New Mexico. The Lady Rebels are tied for fifth in the MW at 5-4, one game out of third place.
♦ UNLV has won four of the last five meetings with the Broncos, and three straight in Las Vegas. That includes a 23-point victory on Feb. 3, 2018 in the Thomas & Mack Center (77-54).
♦ The Broncos recently had a 10-game win streak snapped at Wyoming, but bounced back to win two straight, both by double-digits on their home court.
♦ BSU is 3-1 on the road in league play this season. Two of the wins are by four points total (69-66 at San Diego State, 75-74 at UNR).
♦ The Lady Rebels have been strong on their home courts the past three conference seasons, going 26-5 in league play (22-5 in the Cox Pavilion, 4-0 in the Thomas & Mack Center). That includes last season's 8-1 home record, with the lone loss by two-point on a last second trey.
♦ UNLV has showed marked improvement on defense in conference action, holding six of its past nine opponents to under 58 points. The Lady Rebels also have not allowed more then 57 points in regulation on their home court since Dec. 1 (86-72 loss to USC), a span of six straight contests.
♦ In MW play at home, UNLV is 4-0 as it is holding teams to 56.5 ppg and 33.6% shooting from the floor.