LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) — It's been nearly 30 years—10,928 days to be exact—since UNLV and Oral Roberts have squared off on the hardwood. 

Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year Lindy La Rocque kicks off her second season as the head coach of the Lady Rebels with their first-ever visit to the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. Preseason All-Mountain West sophomore center Desi-Rae Young leads a revamped cast of three transfers, four returners and five freshmen.

Tipoff is 5 p.m. PT with a free livestream provided at ORUAthletics.com/watch. Live audio, featuring Wyatt Tomchek as play-by-play, can also be accessed at UNLVRebels.com.

UNLV captured a 96-77 win against ORU in Las Vegas on Dec. 9, 1991, in the previous meeting between the two teams. That week in history, Michael Jackson's Black or White was No. 1 on the airwaves; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the final film with the original series' full cast, topped the box office; the Soviet Union was less than two weeks for a formal dissolution; and Las Vegas's population totaled 755,000 (one-quarter of what it is today).

Back at home

• The Lady Rebels' home opener is Saturday, Nov.  13, versus Montana State. Tip-off at the Thomas & Mack Center is 1 p.m. and the game will be televised locally on YurView (COX channel 14).
• Tickets are $6 in advance and $10 on game day. 
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required at all events inside the Thomas & Mack Center.

Road warriors
UNLV won each of its nine road games last season, which is the fifth longest such active streak among NCAA Division I teams.The Lady Rebels last true road loss occured Feb. 24, 2020, at Boise State (L, 81-52).
 














Last time out
UNLV crushed Cal State Los Angeles, 106-45, in its lone exhibition on Nov. 3. Senior guard Justice Ethridge's double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds led the Lady Rebels.

Scouting Oral Roberts

• ORU was picked to finish sixth in the 10-team Summit League's preseason poll of coaches, sports information directors and select media members.
• The Golden Eagles (6-15, 4-8 Summit) return five starters and eight letterwinners from their 2020-21 campaign that concluded in the  Summit League Championship first round.
• Graduate student Keni Jo Lippe, a 5-foot-9 guard, was selected to the Preseason All-Summit League second team. A two-time all-conference member, Lippe averaged 14.1 points and 5.1 rebounds last season.
• The Golden Eagles defeated NCAA Division II Rogers State, 97-63, in their exhibition game on Nov. 3. Sophomore center Katie Scott led ORU with 23 points and seven rebounds.