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	Roman Martinez drives past California forward Jamal Boykin on Dec. 2 at The Pit. The Lobos travel to face San Diego today, and a shot at cracking the top 25 could be on the line for UNM.
Sports

Double road games may decide national ranking

The UNM men’s basketball team is potentially two consecutive wins away from a national ranking. The Lobos (8-0) are floating around the outskirts of the top 25 poll — getting votes in the AP and USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. And if college basketball kept track of the top 50, the Lobos would be ranked about 35th.


The Setonian
Sports

Consistency an issue going in to face Arizona

Is the UNM women’s basketball team in the midst of an identity crisis? Truthfully, the Lobos’ play is, at this point, utterly amorphous, and UNM has yet to form a composite personality this season. In their losses, the Lobos (5-3) have been in a stream of consciousness disarray. There have been bright spots, like, say, center Valerie Kast scoring 14 points in a 65-55 loss to Texas Tech. But inconsistency has held UNM back, point guard Amy Beggin said.


Jamal Fenton raises his arms to a boisterous throng of 13,549. 
Sports

Second half seals the deal for Lobos

The clock hit zero, and the buzzer sounded; Section 26 rushed Bob King Court, and students hoisted UNM guard Nate Garth above their shoulders at The Pit on Wednesday. The UNM men’s basketball team defeated No.



	In this file photo, Amy Beggin slices between multiple Florida Gulf Coast defenders on the way to the basket. UNM travels to Las Cruces to face the Aggies today.
Sports

Lobos transition without point guard's play time

All the players are the same — it’s only the minutes that will change. The Lobo lineup will remain intact when the UNM women’s basketball team (4-2) travels to NMSU on Wednesday, but point guard Amy Beggin will see diminished minutes due to a fatigued ankle — the same ankle she had minor surgery on in the offseason, said head coach Don Flanagan. Beggin, who played nearly 40 minutes per game last year, started off the season in similar fashion, playing all but two minutes through UNM’s first three games.


	Amy Beggin lofts up a floater in UNM’s 77-55 win over North Carolina A&T on Friday at The Pit. The Lobos defeated North Carolina A&T to get to the finals of the Midtown Thanksgiving Tournament, where UNM lost to Toledo on Saturday, 62-56
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Solid zone defense locks in win for Toledo

Unfortunately, at the conclusion of Saturday’s Thanksgiving Midtown Tournament, the UNM women’s basketball team (4-2) wasn’t able to say “Winner, winner — turkey dinner!” University of Toledo’s (5-2) menacing zone was the brainteaser the Lobos could never decipher, especially at the tail end of the game, resulting in a 62-56 loss for UNM.



	Point guard Jamal Fenton darts through the lane against Louisiana Tech on Saturday. The Lobos swept the weekend, defeating Nicholls State on Friday, Tech on Saturday and Miami of Ohio on Sunday. The Lobos quickly dispatched Miami 85-60.
Sports

Team wins all 3 games in weekend tournament

It was a weekend of threes for the UNM men’s basketball team. Three games, three wins — over Nicholls State, Louisiana Tech and then Miami of Ohio on Sunday — three players on the All-Tournament team. Throughout the UNM-hosted Travelers Tournament, the Lobos put up three 80-point games, winning by double digits all weekend. In Sunday night’s tournament wrap up, the Lobos blew out Miami of Ohio University 85-60 to finish off a perfect 3-0 weekend.


	Forward Amanda Best shoots a basket while Oklahoma State’s Heather Howard blocks the ball during Wednesday’s game at The Pit. The Lobos lost 70-56.
Sports

Team fails to deliver in game's second half

The UNM women’s basketball team didn’t have enough speed or force to stop Oklahoma State on Wednesday. The Cowgirls tired out the Lobos in the semifinals of the preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament at The Pit, 70-56, putting the Lobos 2-1 in the season. “We played a good first half, but in the second half we couldn’t shoot,” said head coach Don Flanagan.


	Forward Roman Martinez paced the Lobos with 24 crucial points, many of them coming in gutcheck
time. The Lobos went on to win 97-87 over the Aggies Tuesday.
Sports

Senior shines in rivalry knockout

LAS CRUCES, N.M.  The solo senior from the Lone Star State shined bright Tuesday at the Pan American Center. Roman Martinez, the only senior on the 2009-10 UNM men’s basketball team, tied his careerhigh with 24 against in-state rival, New Mexico State. Martinez was one rebound shy of a double-double with nine.


	Forward Will Brown pumps his fist in exaltation after the Lobos squeezed by NMSU, 97-87, at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces Tuesday.
Sports

Players dominate on Aggies' home court

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — What the UNM men’s basketball team learned Tuesday at the Pan American Center: The Aggies aren’t hemophiliacs. Yes, NMSU bled — for that matter poured in the first 20 minutes of Tuesday’s contest, down 16 at intermission — but eventually the blood coagulated, and the Aggies’ apparent mortal wound didn’t turn out to be as deadly as first thought. When all was said and done, the Lobos eked out a 97-87 victory over their inner-state rivals, marking the Lobos’ fourth consecutive win over NMSU, two of those wins coming in Las Cruces.


	Point guard Amy Beggin avoids Florida Gulf Coast’s Shannon Murphy while lofting a shot up on Sunday at The Pit. UNM coasted to an 80-64 win over the Eagles.
Sports

Hard-won victory teaches tenacity

Now and again, the UNM women’s basketball team will face an oddball squad that gives them problems. That happened on Sunday at The Pit, though the Lobos, thanks to some adept coaching from head coach Don Flanagan, got past Florida Gulf Coast’s lineup traps for an 80-64 victory. The Lobos advance to face Oklahoma State in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday. FGCU was quite the conundrum for the UNM women’s basketball team. What the Eagles lacked in size, they made up for in grit, constantly hounding the Lobos’ post players with busy hands.




The Setonian
Sports

Court's in session

Men’s 09 Starting line The 2009-10 UNM men’s basketball team’s season will be much like an episode of “Unsolved Mysteries” for head coach Steve Alford. Super sleuth Alford will have to figure out one looming question: How can the Lobos repeat their performance from a year ago? The Lobos, who are picked to finish fifth in the Mountain West Conference, have only one senior leader, Roman Martinez.

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