Staff Report
The UNM men's basketball team took a late lead but fell short in the end, and its season-long road drought continued against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
The Lobos stumbled down the stretch and eventually lost 67-56 to UNLV in Las Vegas. UNM is now 12-8 on the season, 3-4 in the Mountain West Conference. All eight of the Lobos' losses have come away from The Pit.
The Runnin' Rebels improved to 11-8 overall and 5-2 in the conference. Wendell White led UNLV in scoring, putting up 16 points. Jo'Van Adams added 13 points and Louis Amundson scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.
UNM held a 56-55 lead with 5:03 remaining in the game but failed to score a single point the rest of the way. White hit a basket with 4:23 left, and that was all the scoring UNLV needed.
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Seniors Mark Walters and David Chiotti led the Lobos in scoring, each putting up double figures in points. Chiotti scored 13 points while Walters added 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
Although Chiotti and Walters contributed well, the Lobos struggled to find any depth as the Runnin' Rebels' bench outscored the UNM bench 24-10. UNLV also outplayed UNM in the post, holding a 34-25 rebounding advantage.
Walters had three steals for the Lobos and moved into 10th on the UNM all-time list with 133 career steals.
