Basketball: Lady Rebels’ Jinks wins Mountain West honor

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000 | 11:21 a.m.

UNLV sophomore guard Constance Jinks was selected as the Mountain West Conference women's basketball player of the week, the league announced on Monday.

Jinks, a 5-7 guard from Chicago, earned tournament MVP honors after leading her team to victories over Northeastern and Northwestern at the Roger L. White Invitational and keeping UNLV's perfect 5-0 record intact.

Against Northeastern, Jinks hit two clutch free throws with 12 seconds remaining to put her team up by four and seal a come-from-behind victory for the Rebels. Jinks made her last six free throws after missing her first, going 6-for-7 from the line.

Against Northwestern, Jinks almost single-handedly lifted her team to victory. Down by as many as eight points in the second half, Jinks scored 19 of her career-high 33 points over the game's last 10 minutes to highlight a 29-11 run by UNLV to win the game and the tournament.

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