LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) — Haley Cavinder, the Mountain West's top scorer and rebounder, leads Fresno State into the Cox Pavilion Wednesday night to attempt what the previous 10 opponents could not—outscore UNLV.

Tip off is 6:30 p.m. PT.

The Lady Rebels have won 10 straight games, a streak that leads the Mountain West and ranks eighth in NCAA Division I. It's UNLV's longest win streak since 18 straight wins in 1992-93.

The game will broadcast locally on YurView (Cox. channel 14, 1014 HD) with Matt Neverett and Ashly Dickinson on the call. A live video stream is available on the Mountain West Network. Live audio, featuring Wyatt Tomchek on play-by-play, can be heard at UNLVRebels.com. 

• All-time series: Tied 21-21.
• Streak: UNLV has won last 3.
• First meeting: Nov. 27, 1982. UNLV won 77-60 in Las Vegas.
• Last meeting: Dec. 31, 2021. UNLV won 73-63 in Fresno.

Lady Rebels' last time out: UNLV 76, San Diego State 67

• UNLV won 10 games in a row for the first time since 2003-04. 
• Essence Booker scored 8 of her game-leading 23 points in the fourth quarter.
• UNLV and SDSU went shot-for-shot for nearly 30 minutes. 
• SDSU's Khylee-Jade Pepe scored her only field goal of the game with 1 ½ minutes left in the third quarter to bring the Aztecs with 2. That's when Booker scored six straight points, including a end-of-period, buzzer-beating layup as UNLV opened a 10-point lead.
• SDSU's Sophia Ramos scored a team-high 18 points but was limited to just 6 after halftime.
• Four Lady Rebels made 3-pointers for a combined 7-for-19 performance from 3-point range. San Diego State hit just two of 15 3-point attempts.
• UNLV's Nneka Obiazor added 15 points off the bench.
• Desi-Rae Young grabbed her eighth double-double of the season with 14 points, 13 rebounds.

Start me up

• UNLV's 20-4 start is the program's best in 20 seasons.
• The 2001-02 Lady Rebels (23-8, 9-5 MW) reached 21 wins before suffering a fifth loss.
• The 1992-93 Lady Rebels (24-7, 15-3 Big West) reached 22 wins before suffering a fifth loss.
• The 1989-90 Lady Rebels completed their season at 28-3.

Scouting Fresno State

• Fresno State visit UNLV for its third game in the five days after making up a contest postponed due to COVID-19.
• The Bulldogs are 7-1 when scoring 71 points. The lone loss in that range was a 73-72 decision to Cal.
• Fresno State is also 8-2 when holding its opponent below 36 percent 3-point field goal shooting.
• The Bulldogs are fifth nationally in protecting the ball, counting just 11.5 turnovers per game.
• Haley Cavinder leads the Mountain West in scoring and rebounding, averaging 19.1 points and 9.7 rebounds.
• Haley Cavinder ranks first nationally in free throw percentage (.975).

Setting records in the classroom

• The Lady Rebels finished the Fall 2021 term with a program record 3.44 team GPA.
• Six players — Essence Booker, Alyssa Brown, Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Justice Ethridge, Jade Thomas and Taylin Smith — earned Dean's List distinction (for undergraduates only).
• Graduate senior Khayla Rooks crushed it in her first post-grad semester, earning a 3.80 GPA in cybersecurity studies.

Short memories

• The Lady Rebels have only suffered consecutive defeats once under Lindy La Rocque. 
• Under La Rocque, UNLV is 11-1 following a loss (in the same season of play) with an average margin of victory of 17 points in those nine games.

NET effect

• UNLV hovers at No. 80 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings, leading all Mountain West teams by nearly 20 positions.
• UNLV 's position is about 10 steps higher than it was before defeating New Mexico on Jan. 27 and is 25 positions higher since conference play began.
• UNLV is one of eight teams with an undefeated record over its last 10 games.

Up the quad and to the gymnasium / Longest winning streaks

A win Wednesday gives UNLV an 11-game winning streak, its longest since  18 straight in 1993.

• 22 games - 1989-90, 1978-79
• 18 - 1992-93
• 15 - 1977-78
• 14 - 1990-91
• 13 - 1988-89
• 12 - 1984-85, 1975-76
• 11 - 1982-83
• 10 - 2021-22, 2003-04, 2001-02

Top 25 team / NCAA statistical rankings

• UNLV ranks in the top 25 in four team statistical categories:
• 15th, free throws made (351)
• 21st, rebound margin (+8.0)
• 25th, scoring offense (75.4)
• 17th, win percentage (83.3 percent)

24 for 31 

• Essence Booker's 31 points scored against New Mexico on Jan. 27 were the most by a Lady Rebel since Dakota Gonzalez also scored 31 in a 63-55 at San Jose State on Feb. 11, 2017.
• Booker crossed the 1,000 career points scored milestone  in the game.

Free range

• Essence Booker ranks seventh among Division I players with a .922 free throw percentage.
• Booker's 14-for-14 free throw shooting against Boise State set a UNLV record.
• UNLV's single-season free throw percentage record is .889 set by Shari Netzel in 1988-89.
• Booker career-long free throw streak ended on Feb. 12 vs. San Diego State at 32 straight. 
• Booker has made 70 of her last 72 free throws.

Second impressions

• Freshman point guard Kiara Jackson is getting comfortable in the Mountain West. In UNLV's last three games, having faced opponents for a second time, Jackson's performance has improved three-fold in most areas.
• Against a revisit from MW opponents, Jackson has scored 7.8 points per game versus 3.9 in the previous four.
• She has also improved assists per game to 2.3 from 1.5 and steals to 1.8 from 0.4.

Half-life

• Desi-Rae Young scores 9.3 (60 percent) of her 15.5 points per game in the second half. 
• Young has reached double-figure scoring in a single half 14 times (five in a first half, nine in a second half) this season. She has also reached 10 or more points in a single period five times.