First-year UNLV women’s basketball video coordinator Jordan Glover has had Tuesday’s matchup against Arizona State circled on his calendar since staring the job in June.

Glover, 33, said during a Monday phone interview that UNLV’s Big 12 for is beatable. Tuesday’s game (6:30 p.m. at The Pavilion) also will mark Glover’s first head-to-head meeting against his father, veteran player development guru and Sun Devils associate head coach Jason Glover.

“When the job presented itself, I didn’t think that they had, like, a home-and-home,” Jordan Glover said of UNLV (1-1) and ASU (2-0). “And so, the minute I found that out, I have had that date etched into my brain.”

Both Glovers said they were tasked with scouting each other’s team, which has made conversation a bit awkward in recent days. Even with the college basketball season in full swing, the two still are able to talk every few days but more recently have had to avoid discussing work as they prepare for Tuesday.

“It’s been interesting the last week or two, or so,” Jason Glover, 64 said. “Because he won’t say anything about what they’re doing in practice, and I’ll be really careful about what I say.”

Tuesday’s game also marks a homecoming for the older Glover, who graduated from Western High School in 1980 and played under coach Al La Rocque, the father of Lady Rebels coach Lindy La Rocque and one of Jason’s first coaching mentors.

Jason Glover also founded the Reno-based nonprofit Nevada Basketball Academy in 1999, worked as an assistant coach for the former Reno Bighorns (now the Stockton Kings of the NBA G-League) and was part of Pat Foster’s staff at UNR in the late 1990s.

Now, Jason Glover is in his second season with Arizona State, but his coaching career also includes stops at New Mexico State, USC, San Diego State and Grand Canyon. This season marks his fourth with coach Molly Miller, whom he worked beside at GCU for two seasons before following her to ASU in 2025.

Jordan’s mother, his brother Jace Glover and Jace’s family, along with many other relatives and Jason’s childhood friends, are expected to attend the game. While they said neither Glover will be drawing up plays during Tuesday’s game, the familial bragging rights add another layer to what’s at stake for both teams.

“It’s not really me versus him,” Jason Glover said during a phone interview Thursday, adding the true matchup is between La Rocque and Miller. “We both want to win and we both want to sort of have that over each other. We’re both very competitive.”

Unsure if nerves will kick in before tipoff, the younger Glover said it’s been fun to just soak in the significance of the moment for his family.

“For the first time, for two hours in our lives, we’re going to be enemies,” Jordan Glover said.

‘He’s just been a great mentor’

La Rocque on Monday said Jason Glover reconnected with her dad while she was playing at Stanford. Years later, while working as an assistant at Stanford, La Rocque ran into Glover on occasion during his time at USC, which she said sparked a friendship that has lasted to this day.

“For me, he’s just been a great mentor,” La Rocque, who is 150-42 in seven seasons at UNLV, said of Jason Glover. “I just really respect and trust his opinion and friendship.”

A spot on La Rocque’s staff opened up after former assistant Roman Owen left to become the coach at Quinnipiac in April. Jason Glover suggested that La Rocque consider Jordan, who had experience running the Nevada Basketball Academy and was previously the Carson City High School boys’ basketball coach and an assistant on the Paris (Texas) Junior College men’s team.

Impressed by Jordan Glover’s resume, La Rocque offered him the video coordinator position.

“I think, he aspires to stay in coaching and to continue to learn and climb his own ladder, and hopefully run his own program one day,” La Rocque said. “I definitely can see that from him.”

‘A great test for us’

The Lady Rebels opened the season Nov. 2 with a 100-68 loss to No. 3 USC and bounced back Friday with a 69-51 win over UTSA. This early in the season, game planning for opponents can be difficult, La Rocque said, but Tuesday’s game will be an opportunity to experiment with different lineup combinations and to learn more about her team’s identity.

Regardless of the final score Tuesday, La Rocque said the Lady Rebels will be focused on playing fundamentally sound and controlling the game’s tempo to the best of their ability.

“This will be a great test for us,” Jordan Glover said. “It’s definitely a winnable game.”

Much like her video coordinator, La Rocque said her longtime friend and mentor will be the enemy for the duration of Tuesday’s game.

Afterward, however, it’ll be a different story.

“He’ll be the first one to give me a hug after the game, win or lose, and I’ll do the same for him,” La Rocque said of Jason Glover. “I think our ties go deeper than just one competition.”

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