GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Nevada-Las Vegas 65, San Diego State 59
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Desi-Rae Young and Alyssa Brown had double-doubles to lead No. 24 UNLV to a sluggish 65-59 victory over San Diego State.
Young had 15 points with 11 rebounds and Brown had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots for UNLV (27-2, 17-0 Mountain West). Justice Etheridge added 13 points and Essence Booker scored 12.
Four players scored in a 9-2 run to open the fourth quarter, giving UNLV a 55-47 advantage with 7:23 remaining. Much like a similar drought in the third quarter, UNLV went four minutes without a point and by the time Young hit a jumper with 3:12 to go the Lady Rebels' lead was only 57-53. Young's layup at 1:10 was the second and last UNLV field goal of the final seven minutes. Booker, who was 6-for-6 from the line in the fourth quarter, closed out the win with four free throws in the final minute.
UNLV led 46-41 with 4:06 remaining in the third quarter but did not score the rest of the period. Yummy Morris hit a hook shot in the final second to get the Aztecs within 46-45 heading to the fourth.
Mercedes Staples, who made 5 of 6 3-pointers, scored 17 points for San Diego State (21-9, 11-6). Morris and Sophia Ramos had 12 each.
San Diego State led 16-12 after one quarter and two 3-pointers from Staples helped give them a 24-14 lead with 7:53 remaining before halftime. The Lady Rebels tied it at 27 on a three-point play by Brown with 3:09 to go. Etheridge scored the next five points for UNLV, her 3-pointer with two seconds left giving the Lady Rebels a 32-31 halftime lead.
February 25, 2023
| San Diego State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Y. Morris | F | 30 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| K. Villalobos | F | 14 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Avinger | G | 37 | 2-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Staples | G | 36 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Ramos | G | 34 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Barcello | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| K. Pepe | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Prohaska | 15 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-60 (.350) |
10-12 (.833) |
7-13 (.538) |
7-30 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 59 | |
| UNLV | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Brown | F | 38 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Young | C | 30 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Ethridge | G | 38 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| E. Booker | G | 36 | 3-11 | 6-6 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| A. Durazo-Frescas | G | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| K. Winfrey | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Lott | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-62 (.419) |
10-11 (.909) |
3-11 (.273) |
14-48 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 65 | |
Officials: Amanda Webber, Gabe Beechum, Shelley Nakasone
Attendance: 2,993
