For the Lobos women’s basketball team, it turned out to be anything but flowers and chocolates on Saturday, Feb. 14, as Colorado State University pulverized the University of New Mexico 66-46 following a huge third quarter.
After an early 4-2 deficit, the Lobos would respond with an 8-0 run in the first quarter. However, Colorado State would finish strong, going on an 11-0 run to close out the opening period and take a 19-12 lead.
The Rams led by as much as 11 points in the second quarter, but the Lobos found some momentum late to take to the locker room as they went on an 8-2 run to close out the half only trailing 31-27.
“I appreciate the crowd who’s out here today — had a great crowd — and for the first half, we gave them something to cheer about. We really struggled here in the third quarter, and they kind of took the crowd out of the game, but I appreciate everybody that came out,” Head Coach Mike Bradbury said.
Colorado State was unstoppable on offense in the third quarter, starting out on a 19-0 run and building a 23-point lead. Going into the fourth quarter, the Lobos were unable to recover from that daunting third period, which led to the loss. UNM was killed by three pointers, while at the same time not finding success themselves. Colorado State hit 50% of their threes — 12-24 — while the Lobos hit a shallow 2-20 from beyond the arc.
Lobo guard Alyssa Hargrove led the Lobos in points with 12. She also had 5 rebounds, and an assist.
“I think we’re building an emphasis on trying to stick together and not have it turn into one on one or where we’re forcing a shot where we need to get a good shot, run our offense, stay how we stay and we’ll get a good shot,” Hargrove said.
Now the Lobos will have to set their focus on Phoenix on a short week, as they head to play the Grand Canyon University Antelopes on the road Wednesday, Feb. 18.
“We need to come in focused tomorrow, ready for GCU and to do the game plan, have effort, energy, like do the things we can control, and coach will be happy with results and we’ll be happy with the results if we have effort,” Hargove said.
Alex Joe is a freelance videographer for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @DailyLobo
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