| Women: | yes |
| UNLV Lady Rebels | |
| Current: | 2023–24 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team |
| University: | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Conference: | Mountain West |
| Location: | Paradise, Nevada |
| Coach: | Lindy La Rocque |
| Tenure: | 5th |
| Arena: | Cox Pavilion |
| Capacity: | 2,500 |
| Nickname: | Lady Rebels |
| H Pattern B: | _thinsidesonwhite |
| H Body: | CF0A2C |
| H Shorts: | CF0A2C |
| H Pattern S: | _blanksides2 |
| A Pattern B: | _thinwhitesides |
| A Body: | CF0A2C |
| A Shorts: | CF0A2C |
| A Pattern S: | _whitesides |
| 3 Pattern B: | _thinredsides |
| 3 Body: | CAC8C8 |
| 3 Shorts: | CAC8C8 |
| 3 Pattern S: | _redsides |
| Ncaasweetsixteen: | 1989 |
| Ncaasecondround: | 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Ncaatourneys: | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Conference Tournament: | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Conference Season: | 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
The UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. The team currently competes in the Mountain West Conference. Since beginning in 1974, the Lady Rebels have an all-time record of 741–484.[1] [2] [3] In the 1988–89 season, UNLV had their most successful season in school history. That year, they went to their lone Sweet Sixteen and lost to Texas 88–77. The Lady Rebels are currently coached by Lindy La Rocque, who is in her fifth year at UNLV.
UNLV has retired three jersey numbers in its history. All three held school records for the Lady Rebels, with Thomas being the all-time leader in scoring (since passed) and assists, Frohlich being the all-time scoring leader and rebounder, and Jordan being the all-time leader in blocks.[4]
| UNLV Lady Rebels retired numbers | |||||||||
| width=40px style="" | No. | width=150px style="" | Player | width=80px style="" | Position | width=100px style="" | Tenure | width=110px style="" | Year retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1982–1986 | 1986 | |||||||
| 13 | Linda Fröhlich | F | 1998–2002 | 2003 | |||||
| 50 | Pauline Jordan | 1987–1990 | 1995 | ||||||
The UNLV Lady Rebels, have been to the NCAA Tournament eleven times. Their overall combined record is 3–11.
| First Round |
| L 58–78 | ||
| First Round |
| L 68–70 | ||
| Second Round |
| L 76–82 | ||
| First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
| W 67–53 W 84–74 L 77–88 | ||
| Second Round |
| L 62–66 | ||
| First Round Second Round |
| W 70–65 L 62–86 | ||
| First Round |
| L 67–77 | ||
| First Round |
| L 54–71 | ||
| 2022 |
| First Round |
| L 67–72 | |
| 2023 |
| First Round |
| L 59–71 | |
| 2024 |
| First Round |
| L 73–87 |