{"id":212754,"date":"2026-03-10T06:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:37:30","slug":"lady-rebels-cruise-past-fresno-state-to-reach-mountain-west-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212754\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Rebels cruise past Fresno State to reach Mountain West semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 UNLV women\u2019s basketball is moving on at the Mountain West Conference tournament after a dominant quarterfinal win over Fresno State on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Lady Rebels, the No. 2 seed in the bracket, took full advantage of their first-round bye and fresh legs, controlling the game from start to finish at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center.<\/p>\n<p>UNLV women\u2019s basketball is moving on at the Mountain West Conference tournament after a dominant quarterfinal win over Fresno State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UNLV set the tone early on both ends of the floor, starting with defense and turning rebounds into quick transition opportunities. A little give-and-go action around the perimeter led to an early 3-pointer from Aaliyah Alexander as the Lady Rebels opened the game on an 8-0 run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UNLV leaned heavily on the 3-point shot in the first half, hitting from deep at a 67% clip. The Lady Rebels also did damage inside, with Shelbee Brown muscling her way into the paint for key buckets to keep Fresno State on its heels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The long-range barrage continued as Tristan James knocked down a 3-pointer from downtown, and Sydny Summers followed by stopping and popping from the wing. UNLV took a 41-27 lead into halftime and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Lady Rebels\u2019 dominance carried over into the final 20 minutes as they rolled past the Bulldogs to advance to the semifinals. Head coach Lindy La Rocque called it a total team effort, relying heavily on her bench after Alexander and Meadow Roland ran into early foul trouble. That depth could prove crucial as the tournament continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Earlier Sunday, top-seeded San Diego State was upset by Air Force, opening the door for UNLV to make a run at the conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Lady Rebels return to the Thomas &amp; Mack Center on Monday night to face Colorado State in the semifinals. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 UNLV women\u2019s basketball is moving on at the Mountain West Conference tournament after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-212754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}