Staff Report
The University of Nevada-Las
Vegas has the UNM women's basketball
team's number in Sin City.
The Lobos lost their fourth game
in eight tries with a 65-63 loss to
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the Runnin' Rebels in Las Vegas
on Thursday night. It was the seventh
loss in the past eight games
against UNLV in the Thomas and
Mack Center.
The Lobos went 16-4 in their
first 20 games.
With the loss, UNM dropped
into a tie for third place with the
University of Wyoming and Texas
Christian University in the Mountain
West Conference with only
one regular season game remaining
before the MWC Tournament.
Lobo sophomore Dionne Marsh
and junior Julie Briody both scored
13 points to lead UNM.
Sheena Moore dropped 15 points
on the Lobos for UNLV.
Marsh failed to start for only
the second time this season because
of a sprained left ankle she
suffered in the first five minutes
against San Diego State University
on Saturday. She ended up playing
30 minutes and also grabbed three
rebounds.
The Lobos went into halftime
down 35-25. The 10-point margin
was their largest since heading
into the locker room against the
University of Oklahoma on Dec. 10
down 44-22.
UNM was down by as many as
nine in the second half before coming
back to tie the game at 63 with
a minute left off of a three-point
shot by senior Judy Vogt.
UNLV had the last laugh, though,
when Sherry McCracklin grabbed
an offensive rebound and put it
back with 22 seconds left to give the
Rebels the go-ahead basket.
The Rebels were only the third
team all season to shoot better
than 50 percent from the floor
against the Lobos, making 29-of-
55 shots for 53 percent.
UNM made 5-of-10 free throws
for 50 percent, after coming into the
game averaging 75 percent on the
season and 78 percent in the MWC.
With the loss, the Lobos
dropped to 20-8 overall and 10-5
in conference.
The Rebels improved to 17-9 and
9-6, good enough for sixth place in
the MWC.
