UNLV and The Cox Pavilion this weekend play host to the Lady Rebel Round -Up Basketball Tournament. The other teams invited were Eastern Washington Eagles, Cal State - Fullerton Titans, and Georgia Lady Bulldogs.Friday's game was exciting, and action packed, but in overtime the Lady Rebels fell just short, 70 - 69. This was the first loss of the season, and for Coach Olivier. This also meant the Rebels wouldn't advance to the Championship Game.
As a fan I never want to see my team lose, but that feeling is made worse when you honestly think the quality of the officiating effected the outcome of the game.
Brittany Halberg's was in my mind, clearly fouled as she attempted her last second shot to win the game in overtime. There was no call after the missed shot, so time expired.
There was some good news, the Rebels came back form being down as much as 11 points to force an overtime period. Shamela Hampton scored 31 points, a personal best. Shamela, along with Dominique Harris had double -doubles.
After the game, my children and I got a picture with former Lady Rebel, WNBA Houston Comets and' European League player, Sequoia Homes.
My children and I were at the arena as the doors opened at 10:30am on Saturday for the consolation game.
The big question now was how would the Lady Rebels' respond to their first lost, less then 24 hours ago.
The team had a very slow start, and found themselves in a 6 point hole at end for the first half, but it could have been so much worse.
The Rebels started very hot in second half, coach must have lit a fire. They went on a 11- 2 run start with a Hampton 3- pointer. The lead would change hands 5 more times. After the 10 minutes to go mark, UNLV never looked back, opening up a 12 point lead until the final seconds to take a 76 -65 win.
Shamela had her 4th double - double, and India Chaney (pictured above right) added 10 points from the bench.
Georgia won the tournament, Eastern Washington 2cd, UNLV 3rd, and Cal State Fullerton was in last or 4th place. Ashley Houts of Georgia was the tournament MVP.
After a 5 game homestead, the UNLV Lady Rebels will hit the road for 3 games vs Texas Tech, Loyola Marymount, and Oregon State.
The next time the Rebels will be in Las Vegas will be Dec 19 for The Desert Draw at UNLV Tournament with Cal State -Northridge, Oklahoma State, and Southern Miss.
My children and I were at the arena as the doors opened at 10:30am on Saturday for the consolation game.
The big question now was how would the Lady Rebels' respond to their first lost, less then 24 hours ago.
The team had a very slow start, and found themselves in a 6 point hole at end for the first half, but it could have been so much worse.
The Rebels started very hot in second half, coach must have lit a fire. They went on a 11- 2 run start with a Hampton 3- pointer. The lead would change hands 5 more times. After the 10 minutes to go mark, UNLV never looked back, opening up a 12 point lead until the final seconds to take a 76 -65 win.
Shamela had her 4th double - double, and India Chaney (pictured above right) added 10 points from the bench.
Georgia won the tournament, Eastern Washington 2cd, UNLV 3rd, and Cal State Fullerton was in last or 4th place. Ashley Houts of Georgia was the tournament MVP.
After a 5 game homestead, the UNLV Lady Rebels will hit the road for 3 games vs Texas Tech, Loyola Marymount, and Oregon State.
The next time the Rebels will be in Las Vegas will be Dec 19 for The Desert Draw at UNLV Tournament with Cal State -Northridge, Oklahoma State, and Southern Miss.
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