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3/8/2011 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 8, 2011
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2011 CONOCO MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
         FIRST ROUND GAME NOTES (March 8, 2011)
         No. 5 Seed Utah vs. No. 8 Seed UNLV
         * Utah is 4-1 against the Lady Rebels all-time in the Mountain West Conference tournament.        UNLV's only win over the Utes came in 2002.
         * The teams split their regular season meetings with the home team winning both        times.
         * Utah went on an 18-5 run between the 12:29 minute mark and 1:31 in the first half, to        break a 9-9 tie.
         * Utah junior guard Janita Badon broke her previous        career high of 12 rebounds.
         Badon also recorded her seventh career double-double, with 13 points and 17        rebounds.
         * Both teams broke into the top-five rankings for rebounds in a MWC tournament game. Utah        finished with 46 to tie for second all-time, while UNLV finished with 45 which is tied for        fourth all-time.
         * Utah tied for fourth in tournament history with nine blocked shots.
         * Utah freshman Michelle Plouffe recorded her        eighth double-double of the season.
         * The Rebels shot 17.5%, their lowest of the season and is nearly 5 percent below the        previous tournament low.
         * UNLV's 11 field goals ties Air Force's tournament low from the inaugural year of the MWC        tournament.
         * This is the sixth time in MWC history that the combined score of both teams has been        below 100.
         * UNLV did not make a field goal for the final 5:16 of the game, they were outscored in        that period 7-16.