UNLV got everything it needed and more from Dakota Gonzalez on Wednesday night, prompting Lady Rebels basketball coach Kathy Olivier to approach her junior guard after the game, lay an arm around her and proclaim “leadership galore.”
Already without their second-leading scorer and point guard, Brooke Johnson, who was nursing a sore knee, the Lady Rebels also lost leading rebounder Katie Powell when she injured her left shoulder in the third quarter.
So there was Gonzalez when UNLV needed her the most, running the point, tying a career high with 23 points and grabbing a team-high nine rebounds in a 60-41 victory over UNR at Cox Pavilion.