A season ago, the Lady Rebels watched Southern California break away in the third quarter for a 73-42 victory in Los Angeles.
On Saturday, they returned the favor on their home court.
Following a back-and-forth second quarter, UNLV pulled away after halftime for a 77-66 victory at the Thomas & Mack Center.
“We had so many different people step up and, to be quite honest, I just thought we outplayed them,” coach Kathy Olivier said. “We outworked them, we outsmarted them. We had great leadership and a total team effort.”
After last year’s loss, Olivier said players were mad and wanted to “prove to people that we were better.