LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV Rebels return to Las Vegas this week to begin a five-game homestand at Earl E. Wilson Stadium with a contest against the nationally ranked Arizona State Sun Devils Tuesday evening (6:05 pm). The Scarlet & Gray will also welcome the San Jose State Spartans and Grand Canyon Lopes to town starting Friday.
 
UNLV (19-15) and ASU (21-4) enter the midweek affair coming off road victories Sunday at Air Force and USC, respectively. The Rebels won two of three in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in Mountain West play, while the Sun Devils went 1-2 in Los Angeles in Pac-12 competition.
 
Additionally, the Sun Devils, who began the year with 21 straight wins, have worked their way into every major collegiate top-25 poll and sit at No. 9 in both the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and USA Today Polls. They are also No. 13 in Baseball America and D1Baseball.com, and No. 14 in the NCBWA weekly rankings. They were ranked as high as No. 2 last week in the CBN poll, but a 1-3 week in California dropped them seven spots.
 
Tuesday's affair is the first between UNLV and ASU this season, as the squads will close out their home-and-home series in Phoenix on April 23 (6:30 pm).
 
Historically speaking, UNLV and Arizona State have squared off a total of 83 times with the first meeting taking place in Tempe in 1974. The Sun Devils hold a 63-19-1 overall mark in the series; however, the Rebels have won the last three contests and five of the last eight dating back to 2015. The Scarlet & Gray claimed both meetings last year by 10-3 and 14-6 scores on March 20 (Tempe) and April 10 (Las Vegas), respectively.
 
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can follow Tuesday's midweek contest between UNLV and Arizona State through live stats, video, radio and Twitter (@UNLVbaseball). The game will be streamed live via UNLV Athletics' YouTube channel and aired on ESPN Las Vegas (radio: 1100 AM/100.9 FM & online: LVSportsNetwork.com). Links for live stats, video and radio can be found at UNLVRebels.com.
 
ON DECK: Following its tussle with the Sun Devils, UNLV continues its homestand with three Mountain West contests against San Jose State over the weekend. Friday and Saturday's games are slated to begin at 6:05 pm, while Sunday's finale is set for 1:05 pm. The Rebels and GCU Lopes will close out their home-and-home series on April 16 (3:05 pm).
 
HITTIN' THE ROAD: UNLV has now played 13 games away from Las Vegas and Earl E. Wilson Stadium, thus far, this season. As the calendar turned to April, the Scarlet & Gray's schedule became more road heavy, with the Rebels playing 15 of their final 26 outside of Southern Nevada from April 2 through May 12. The road swing began last week in Arizona against Grand Canyon and continued with three at Air Force in Colorado over the weekend. The Rebels will also take trips to Reno, Phoenix (Arizona State), Riverside (UC Riverside), Houston (Houston) and Albuquerque (New Mexico) through mid-May.
 
REBELS CLAIM ANOTHER WEEKLY AWARD: For the third straight week, UNLV baseball had one of its own claim the Mountain West's Player of the Week award, with Monday's announcement that Bryson Stott was this week's recipient. Stott follows teammate Jack-Thomas Wold who was recognized the past two weeks.
 
The junior shortstop hit .368 with seven hits, seven runs and seven RBI. He registered .684 slugging and .400 on-base percentages with help from four extra-base hits (three doubles and one home run) as well as three multiple-hit games. He also posted two multiple-run and two multiple-RBI games.
 
He began the week with a two-hit effort at Grand Canyon with one run and one RBI. He had an RBI single that upped the Rebels' lead to 2-0 in the first inning, and later scored a run in the seventh.
 
In the three-game series at Air Force, the Desert Oasis High School graduate hit .357 with five hits, four of which were of the extra-base variety. In game one, he had one hit, one run and one RBI. In game two, he broke a 3-all tie with a three-run homer in the second inning and added an insurance run in the sixth in the contest that saw him knock in three RBI and score twice off of two hits. In the series finale, he played a role in five of the team's seven runs, as he scored once in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings and knocked in a pair in the fifth.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING – TEAM: UNLV is ranked in the top 100 of 11 different NCAA categories.
 
- UNLV ranks fourth overall in double plays (33) and "turns two" 0.97 times per game, which puts them 12th overall in the nation.
- UNLV ranks fifth in hits (364) and 12th in doubles (70), and sits outside the top 100 in home runs (111th: 22) and triples (115th: seven).
- UNLV ranks 28th in batting average (.297), 71st in slugging percentage (.420) and 93rd in on-base percentage (.373).
- UNLV ranks 55th in runs (210).
- UNLV ranks 50th in fielding percentage (.975).
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING – INDIVIDUAL: UNLV has multiple players ranked in the top 150 of numerous NCAA statistical categories.
 
- Bryson Stott is ranked in the top 150 of eight categories, such as: fourth in walks (37), 14th in runs (38), 63rd in doubles (11), 71st in total bases (74), 111th in on-base percentage (.471) and 115th in slugging percentage (.600).
- Jack-Thomas Wold is ranked 83rd in hits (44) and 130th in sacrifice flies (three).
- Max Smith is ranked 33rd in RBI (37), 44th in home runs (eight), 52nd in hits (46), 63rd in doubles (11)
- Dillon Johnson is ranked 52nd in hits (46).
- Edarian Williams is ranked 102nd in hits (43).
- Jackson Cofer is eight in saves (eight) and 56th in pitching appearances (16).
- Ryan Hare is 31st in victories (five), 32nd in WHIP (0.89) and 60th in hits allowed per 9.0 innings (5.87).
- Cameron Jabara is 18th in games started (eight), 28th in complete games (one) and 148th in walks allowed per 9.0 innings (2.06).
- Chase Maddux is 18th in games started (eight) and walks allowed 9.0 innings (1.08), and 108th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.40).
- Conner Woods is 16th in pitching appearances (18).
- Donavon McCrystal is 26th in pitching appearances (17).
 
QUICK HITS:
- UNLV is 19-15 overall; 14-7 at home and 5-8 on the road.
- UNLV is 12-7 in nonconference and 7-8 in conference games.
- UNLV is 8-8 in games decided by one or two runs: 7-7 in one-run games and 1-1 in two-run games.
- UNLV is 3-1 in extra innings and 1-1 in shutouts.
- UNLV is 15-3 when scoring six or more runs in a game, but 4-12 when limited to five or fewer runs.
- UNLV is 12-4 when it limits an opponent to five or fewer runs, but 7-11 when it allows six or more runs.
- UNLV is 11-6 when it scores first and 6-4 when it scores in the first inning.
- UNLV owns impressive figures when leading after six (15-2), seven (13-2) and eight (14-3) innings.
- UNLV is 14-3 when it outhits and opponent, 3-9 when it is outhit and 2-3 when hits are tied in a game.
- UNLV has played 14 games with a one-run differential and is 7-7 in those contests.
- UNLV has played two games with a two-run differential and is 1-1 in those contests.
- UNLV is 9-6 in games it scores first and 5-4 in games it scores in the first inning.
- UNLV is 8-8 in games an opponent scores first and 4-5 in games an opponent scores in the first inning.
- UNLV is 13-3 in games it scores six or more runs, but 4-11 when it scores five or fewer runs.
- UNLV is 11-4 in games it limits an opponent to five or fewer runs, but 6-10 when it allows six or more runs.
- UNLV is 12-3 in games it outhits an opponent, 3-8 when it is outhit and 2-3 when hits are tied.
- UNLV has registered double-digit hits in six straight and 11 of its last 12 games.
- Edarian Williams and Max Smith enter the week riding 32- and 18-game reached base streaks.
- Williams is hitting .340 (17-for-50) over his last 12 games – which consists of five- and six-game hitting streaks – with at least one hit in 11 of the contests, and seven runs and seven RBI. Additionally, he has multiple-hit efforts in five of those contests.
- Smith extended his hit streak to 14 games, and is hitting .411 (23-for-56) during this stretch with seven multiple-hit games, nine extra-base hits (five homers and four doubles), 25 RBI and 13 runs.
- Bryson Stott is hitting .381 over his last five games, with eight hits in his last 21 at-bats, nine runs and seven RBI.
 
PURCHASE TICKETS: Single-game ticket prices this season are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, faculty and staff seniors, and $4 for groups of 15 or more. Fans that purchase tickets online up to three hours prior to first pitch can get them for an advanced single-game price of $5.
 
All high school, middle school and elementary students are now free under UNLV's new admission policy. To receive free admission, high school students must present valid Nevada area school I.D. at the box office on gameday to receive one (1) complimentary ticket. All other students will receive a complimentary ticket at the box office (no I.D. required). Kids not yet elementary school age will continue to receive free admission for all UNLV Olympic sports.