GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Nevada-Las Vegas 71, San Diego State 68
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Essence Booker scored 22 points, Desi-Rae Young added 20 and No. 21 UNLV held off San Diego State for a 71-68 victory in a Mountain West Conference semifinal.
UNLV (30-2) has won 21 straight.
The Rebels had an 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter before the Aztecs pulled to 60-59 with 1:15 remaining. Booker scored six of the Rebels' next nine points to push the lead to 69-62 with 22 seconds left.
Sophia Ramos and Abby Prohaska hit back-to-back 3-pointers to get the Aztecs within one before Booker's two free throws capped the scoring with six seconds remaining. Kiara Jackson blocked Ramos' 3-point attempt to end it.
Booker was 4 of 15 from the floor and 13 of 14 from the free-throw line. Young was 7-of-15 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds. Justice Ethridge added 15 points for the top-seeded Rebels.
Ramos scored 17 points to lead fifth-seeded San Diego State (23-10). Abby Prohaska added 15 points, Yummy Morris had 14 and Kim Villalobos 10.
March 7, 2023
| San Diego State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Y. Morris | F | 34 | 6-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| K. Villalobos | F | 24 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| S. Ramos | G | 38 | 7-12 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| M. Staples | G | 35 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Avinger | G | 29 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| A. Prohaska | 21 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
| A. Crain | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| S. Barcello | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| K. Pepe | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-58 (.483) |
7-10 (.700) |
5-10 (.500) |
8-33 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 68 | |
| UNLV | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Young | F | 36 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 5-13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| A. Brown | F | 33 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1-8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| E. Booker | G | 35 | 4-15 | 13-14 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| J. Ethridge | G | 35 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Durazo-Frescas | G | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 27 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| K. Winfrey | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| J. Lott | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-55 (.418) |
23-33 (.697) |
2-12 (.167) |
14-37 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 71 | |
Officials: Melissa Barlow, Julie Krommenhoek,
