UNLV has made the NCAA record books in the past for holding two of the largest comebacks in women’s college basketball history, and the Lady Rebels did it again on Friday night in the Cox Pavilion.
The team kicked off the season against the Portland State Vikings with an 88-80 overtime victory, coming back from a 21-point deficit with just 5:27 left in the game.
It seemed as though the Vikings would walk away with the win after UNLV junior guard Nikki Wheatley was called for a foul and two technicals on the same play, leading to her ejection from the game and six consecutive free-throw attempts for the visitors.