2021–22 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2021–22 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball

Mountain West Regular season champion
Mountain West tournament champion

NCAA tournament, first round

Conference| Mountain West Conference
Record| 26–7 (15–3 Mountain West)
Head coach|

* Lindy La Rocque (2nd season)

Assistant coaches|

* Roman Owen
* Mia Bell
* Karlie Burris

Home arena| Cox Pavilion
Thomas & Mack Center

Seasons

<- 2020–21

2022–23 ->

2021–22 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
UNLV † | 15 | - | 3 |  | .833 |  |  | 26 | - | 7  |  | .788
New Mexico | 14 | - | 4 |  | .778 |  |  | 26 | - | 10  |  | .722
Wyoming | 11 | - | 6 |  | .647 |  |  | 17 | - | 13  |  | .567
Nevada | 11 | - | 6 |  | .647 |  |  | 20 | - | 13  |  | .606
Air Force | 11 | - | 7 |  | .611 |  |  | 19 | - | 14  |  | .576
Colorado State | 9 | - | 9 |  | .500 |  |  | 21 | - | 12  |  | .636
San Diego State | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 15 | - | 16  |  | .484
Fresno State | 7 | - | 10 |  | .412 |  |  | 11 | - | 18  |  | .379
Utah State | 5 | - | 13 |  | .278 |  |  | 11 | - | 19  |  | .367
Boise State | 4 | - | 13 |  | .235 |  |  | 8 | - | 21  |  | .276
San Jose State | 2 | - | 16 |  | .111 |  |  | 5 | - | 25  |  | .167  |
† 2022 MW Tournament winner

The 2021–22 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Rebels were led by second-year head coach Lindy La Rocque. They played their home games at the Cox Pavilion, attached to the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 23–6, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West Conference regular season title.[1] They went on to win the Mountain West women's tournament over Colorado State.[2] They lost to Arizona as a 13-seed in the Greensboro region of the first round of the NCAA tournament.[3]

## Roster

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2021–22 UNLV Lady Rebels women's basketball team

Players | Coaches
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G | 0  | Taylin Smith | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Fr | Liberty HS | Beaverton, OR
F | 1  | Nneka Obiazor | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | So | Youngstown State | Eden Prairie, MN
G | 2  | Kenadee Winfrey | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | Fr | Canyon HS | Canyon, TX
G | 3  | Kiara Jackson | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) | Fr | South Grand Prairie HS | Grand Prairie
G | 5  | Jade Thomas | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | So | Centennial HS | Las Vegas, NV
G | 11  | Justice Ethridge | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Sr | Centennial HS | Las Vegas, NV
G | 12  | Alyssa Durazo-Frescas | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) | Fr | Mater Dei HS | Newport Beach, CA
C | 15  | Keyana Wilfred | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Jr | Mitchell HS | Mitchell, NE
F | 20  | Khayla Rooks | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Sr | Washington | San Marcos, CA
C | 23  | Desi-Rae Young | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | So | Desert Oasis HS | Las Vegas, NV
G | 24  | Essence Booker | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Jr | Ball State | Las Vegas, NV
F | 44  | Alyssa Brown | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Fr | Sahuaro HS | Tucson, AZ

Head coach

* Lindy La Rocque (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

* Roman Owen (Southwestern Christian)
* Mia Bell (UNLV)
* Karlie Burris (Portland)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible
* (W) Walk-on

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster
Last update: March 19, 2022

## Schedule

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Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | Site (attendance)
city, state

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Exhibition
November 3*
6:30 p.m. |  | Cal State Los Angeles | W 106–45 |
| Cox Pavilion (393)
Las Vegas, NV
Non-conference regular season
November 9*
7:00 p.m. |  | at Oral Roberts | W 85–81 | 1–0
| Mabee Center (389)
Tulsa, OK
November 13*
1:00 p.m. |  | Montana State | W 80–42 | 2–0
| Thomas & Mack Center (423)
Paradise, NV
November 17*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |  | at Northern Arizona | L 62–84 | 2–1
| Walkup Skydome (325)
Flagstaff, AZ
November 20*
12:00 p.m. |  | Southern Utah | W 92–59 | 3–1
| Cox Pavilion (588)
Las Vegas, NV
November 27*
12:00 p.m. |  | UT Arlington
UNLV Thanksgiving Classic | L 72–75 | 3–2
| Cox Pavilion (499)
Las Vegas, NV
November 28*
12:00 p.m. |  | Grambling State
UNLV Thanksgiving Classic | W 89–49 | 4–2
| Cox Pavilion (471)
Las Vegas, NV
December 1*
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |  | at Utah Valley | W 77–63 | 5–2
| UCCU Center (894)
Orem, UT
December 5*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |  | at CSU Bakersfield | W 71–56 | 6–2
| Icardo Center (382)
Bakersfield, CA
December 12*
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |  | vs. Texas Tech | L 61–68 | 6–3
| First United Bank Center (2,018)
Canyon, TX
December 18*
2:00 p.m. |  | Pacific | W 80–79 | 7–3
| Cox Pavilion (558)
Las Vegas, NV
December 21*
2:00 p.m. |  | Hawaii | W 70–63 | 8–3
| Cox Pavilion (649)
Las Vegas, NV
Mountain West regular season
December 28
6:00 p.m. |  | at Fresno State | W 73–63 | 9–3
(1–0)  | Save Mart Center (1,545)
Fresno, CA
December 31
2:00 p.m. |  | Wyoming | W 66–60 | 10–3
(2–0)  | Cox Pavilion (408)
Las Vegas, NV
January 3
6:00 p.m. |  | at New Mexico | L 68–71 | 10–4
(2–1)  | The Pit (4,202)
Albuquerque, NM
January 6
6:00 p.m. |  | at Air Force | W 83–67 | 11–4
(3–1)  | Clune Arena (176)
Colorado Springs, CO
January 13
6:30 p.m. |  | Boise State | W 73–51 | 12–4
(4–1)  | Cox Pavilion (454)
Las Vegas, NV
January 15
4:00 p.m. |  | Utah State | W 86–68 | 13–4
(5–1)  | Cox Pavilion (442)
Las Vegas, NV
January 19
6:00 p.m. |  | at San Jose State | W 74–54 | 14–4
(6–1)  | Provident Credit Union Event Center (183)
San Jose, CA
January 22
2:00 p.m. |  | at Nevada | W 78–75 | 15–4
(7–1)  | Lawlor Events Center (1,365)
Reno, NV
January 27
6:00 p.m. |  | New Mexico | W 85–79 | 16–4
(8–1)  | Cox Pavilion (818)
Las Vegas, NV
January 29
2:00 p.m. |  | Air Force | W 72–54 | 17–4
(9–1)  | Cox Pavilion (1,379)
Las Vegas, NV
February 5
7:00 p.m. |  | at Utah State | W 72–60 | 18–4
(10–1)  | Smith Spectrum (347)
Logan, UT
February 9
5:30 p.m. |  | at Boise State | W 69–52 | 19–4
(11–1)  | ExtraMile Arena (597)
Boise, ID
February 12
2:00 p.m. |  | San Diego State | W 76–67 | 20–4
(12–1)  | Cox Pavilion (793)
Las Vegas, NV
February 16
6:30 p.m. |  | Fresno State | W 69–59 | 21–4
(13–1)  | Cox Pavilion (541)
Las Vegas, NV
February 19
1:00 p.m. |  | San Jose State | W 104–63 | 22–4
(14–1)  | Cox Pavilion
Las Vegas, NV
February 24
5:30 p.m. |  | at Wyoming | L 73–77 | 22–5
(14–2)  | Arena-Auditorium (2,416)
Laramie, WY
February 26
12:00 p.m. |  | at Colorado State | W 80–69 | 23–5
(15–2)  | Moby Arena (2,454)
Fort Collins, CO
March 2
6:00 p.m. |  | Nevada | L 64–71 | 23–6
(15–3)  | Cox Pavilion (1,401)
Las Vegas, NV
Mountain West tournament
March 7
12:00 p.m. | (1)  | vs. (9) Utah State
Quarterfinal | W 82–69 | 24–6
| Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
March 8
5:00 p.m. | (1)  | vs. (5) Air Force
Semifinal | W 61–50 | 25–6
| Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
March 9
7:00 p.m., CBSSN | (1)  | vs. (6) Colorado State
Championship | W 75–65 | 26–6
| Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (13 G)  | vs. (4 G) No. 19 Arizona
First round | L 67–72 | 26–7
| McKale Center (9,573)
Tucson, AZ

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time. All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

## See also

[edit]

2021–22 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team

## References

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1. ^ Yamashita, Andy (March 6, 2022). "UNLV's Lindy La Rocque: 'Whatever we did to this point doesn't matter'". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
2. ^ Yamashita, Andy (March 9, 2022). "Lady Rebels advance to NCAA Tournament for 1st time in 20 years". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
3. ^ "UNLV vs. Arizona - Game Summary - March 19, 2022 - ESPN". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

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