LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - Riding a three-game win streak, the UNLV women's basketball team will be facing a tough challenge in its bid to stay in the top half of the conference standings as it faces preseason favorite Boise State Wednesday afternoon at 12 pm in the Cox Pavilion. The contest against the Broncos is also the first of two Lady Rebel School Day games this year, as over 1,300 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students from several local elementary schools will be attending the game. They first will be taking a tour of the UNLV camps and hear from staff members from UNLV Admissions.
Tickets for UNLV women's basketball are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and staff, while kids 17 and under are free at UNLV Lady Rebel contests.
There will be a live video stream available on the Mountain West Network, with the link also available on UNLVRebels.com. Ben Wilson and Amie Callaway will provide the call, while Wyatt Tomchek (play-by-play) and Kevaney Martin (color analyst) will handle the radio broadcast on KDAB 920 AM The Game as well.
UNLV Game Notes
♦ This is the third year that UNLV is hosting a School Day game, after home wins over UC Irvine in 2017-18 and a win over Air Force a year ago.
♦ The Lady Rebels are playing on their home court for the first time in 18 days after two straight MW road games last week, a pair of victories at Utah State and Air Force. Boise State meanwhile is 3-3 on the road this season, and its three road victories are by a total of seven points.
♦ Wednesday's contest matches the top defensive team (field goal defense) in the Mountain West in UNLV against the top shooting team (field goal percentage - 45%) in Boise State. The Broncos are also third in the MW in three-point percentage at 33.4%, while the Lady Rebels rank ninth in the nation in three-point field goal defense, allowing teams to shoot just 24.2% from behind the arc.
♦ The 2019-20 UNLV Lady Rebel squad are one of the youngest and least experienced teams in the Mountain West this season after graduating four senior starters. UNLV has 10 underclassmen on this year's squad, with seven freshmen and three sophomores, while the four-member senior class had a total of two career starts (as a Lady Rebel) entering the season.
