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The New Mexico women picked up their first MWC win of the season last Wednesday, defeating Boise State 58-53. The Lobos are now looking to make it two in a row.
UNM (9-7, 1-2 MWC) goes on the road today for a battle against Colorado State (5-11, 1-2). During her weekly press conference Monday, UNM women’s head coach Yvonne Sanchez said it’s going to take a disciplined effort against the Rams.
“They’re a lot like us last year,” she said. “They’re a little bit beat up, but they’re very dangerous. The players they play — they’ll play seven or eight — and they’re very good and they play well at home.”
Colorado State enters the game following a 63-50 road loss to UNLV. Led by freshman guard Caitlin Duffy and her 11.7 points per game, the Rams score 55.6 points offensively and give up 58.2 points on defense.
The Lobos, meanwhile, have scored 59.1 points and surrendered 58.2 points on average through 16 contests. Senior guard Caroline Durbin is the team’s leading scorer at 12.6 points per game, followed by junior post Deeva Vaughn at 9.9 a game and sophomore guard Antiesha Brown at 9.7 a game.
“They’ve got a very good team,” Sanchez said. “It doesn’t matter what their numbers are; they’ll play hard. They’ll play a lot of junk defenses … take certain things away and really disrupt us. We’ve just got to be disciplined and play basketball.”
