Basketball: Lady Rebels' Jinks wins Mountain West honor

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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