LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) — UNLV hosts San Jose State at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, Feb. 19. Tip off is 1 p.m. PT.

The Lady Rebels have won 11 straight games, a streak that leads the Mountain West and ranks sixth 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 Steve Cofield 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: UNLV leads 35-9.
• Streak: Won 1.
• First meeting: March 9, 1978. UNLV won 86-55 in the first game of the AIAW Regionals.
• Last meeting: Jan. 19, 2022. UNLV won 74-54 in San Jose.

Lady Rebels' last time out: UNLV 69, Fresno State 59

• UNLV won 11 games in a row for the first time since 1992-93.
• Five Lady Rebels scored in double figures as UNLV.
• UNLV led wire-to-wire but Fresno State kept a grasp on the margin until the final minute. 
• The Bulldogs cut the Lady Rebels' lead within one shot on 11 occasions but UNLV consistently surged ahead.
• Desi-Rae Young led UNLV with her ninth double-double of the season, counting 15 points and 10 rebounds. Young's 9-for-11 free throw performance was a career best.
• Essence Booker scored 14 points, Alyssa Durazo-Frescas and Nneka Obiazor each had 12, and Justice Ethridge added 11.
• Haley Cavinder, the conference's scoring leader with 19.4 points per game, was limited to just nine as Ethridge forced three of the guard's six turnovers.
• UNLV and Fresno State recorded nine turnovers apiece. It was both a season low for UNLV as a team and a season low for a UNLV opponent.

Start me up

• UNLV's 21-4 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 San Jose State

• Junior guard Ella Ogier leads the Spartans in scoring, averaging 12.6 points. 
• Ogier set a career high with 22 points in SJSU's last game, a loss to San Diego State.
• San Jose State ranks third in the Mountain West in blocking shots. The Spartans block 3.1 shots per game.
• Cydni Lewis has 30 blocks this season. Meghan Oberg has 27.

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.