Missing its leading scorer, the New Mexico men’s basketball team dropped its second game of the season to Texas A&M in the fifth-place game of the ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Sunday. The Lobos (3-2) led 31-26 at halftime but couldn’t stop a second-half rally by the Aggies. The Aggies defeated the Lobos 64-51 behind Danuel House’s 18 points, 11 coming in the second half.
The New Mexico women’s basketball team has played two top-25 teams in the opening three games, but will face its best opponent to date. That will occur today against No. 1 Stanford. It will be the first time in UNM’s history that it will face three straight ranked opponents in a single season. “If you’re a competitor, you just want to win,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said. “We play to win and we prepare to win.”
On a night where sophomore guard Cullen Neal did not play due to an ankle injury and senior guard Hugh Greenwood struggled shooting the ball, the New Mexico men’s basketball team found a new star in the making. Junior college transfer Jordan Goodman scored a career-high 19 points on 7-10 shooting from the floor as UNM defeated the George Mason Patriots 69-58 in the ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off. It looked as if Goodman wanted to silence a lot of critics after not producing too much in the first three games.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team faced some of the adversity head coach Craig Neal has talked about on Thursday afternoon against Boston College. Early foul trouble with guard Devon Williams and center Obij Aget forced Neal to play some of the new faces in a 69-65 loss to the Eagles at the ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
New Mexico will take on a national party to search for a new women’s soccer head coach after the Lobos announced Kit Vela’s contract won’t be renewed. Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs released a statement Thursday afternoon thanking Vela and her staff for their efforts, but said it was time to take the team in a new direction. "At this time, we have decided to not renew the contract for Kit Vela,” Krebs said in the release.
The stakes for New Mexico and Colorado State in Saturday’s game could not be more different. For the Lobos, it’s their final chance to beat a quality opponent and show more signs of an improving football team.
Redshirt freshman Alice Wright crossed the Atlantic Ocean to join an elite group of cross country runners in the Mountain Region. Wright, the NCAA Division I Mountain Region Female Athlete of the Year, said she had never seen New Mexico’s campus before hopping on a plane to the Land of Enchantment after finishing high school. “I want to say it’s the best decision that I have ever made,” said Wright, a native of Worcester, England.. “I came here completely alone.
The New Mexico women’s basketball team will remain without its starting center for the 2014-15 season. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez dismissed Ebony Walker from the team after Walker was charged with domestic violence following an alleged altercation with Tredarius Moten on Nov. 4. “The decision was made with thoughtful consideration for Ebony and our basketball program,” Sanchez said.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will play its first game away from The Pit this week when it faces Boston College in the ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Wins and losses don’t always tell the entire story. New Mexico has been competitive for almost every game this season, but has failed to beat quality teams and is now 3-7 on the year, 1-5 Mountain West.
The season is over for the New Mexico men’s soccer team. The field for this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship was announced Monday morning, but with an 11-6-1 overall record, the Lobos did receive an at-large bid.
In the space of just seven days Chantale Riddle has climbed to the top of the record books with two prestigious New Mexico volleyball records. With 18 kills on Nov. 8, Riddle became New Mexico’s all-time leader in points, and on Saturday Riddle ascended to claim sole possession of UNM’s kill throne. Both records were held by Lobo alumnae Tania Gooley.
On a night full of turquoise-accented jerseys the New Mexico men’s basketball team found itself in a dogfight with Cal State Fullerton. The Lobos led almost the entire game, but could never seem to shake the pesky Titans. Five straight free throws by sophomore guard Cullen Neal sealed the game for the Lobos in a 67-59 win on Saturday at the Pit.
New Mexico is starting to gain a reputation for being competitive, but that reputation isn’t backed up by many wins this season. That didn’t change Saturday against Utah State in Logan, Utah. UNM found itself back in the game when redshirt freshman quarterback Lamar Jordan hit wide senior receiver Tyler Duncan for a 59-yard touchdown, cutting Utah State’s lead to just 28-21 with 4:17 left in the game.
Both the men’s and the women’s New Mexico cross country teams will be packing their bags to compete in the national championships. The women were able to breathe easier knowing they were headed to Terre Haute, Indiana, directly following the second-place finish in the 6-kilometer race at the UNM North Golf Course on Friday. The men, on the other hand, did not get an automatic bid to the national stage following their seventh-place 10-kilometer bid at the Mountain Region Championships. Instead, the Lobos earned an at-large bid from the Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee on Saturday.
Shooting was an issue for the New Mexico men’s basketball team in its first two exhibition games. UNM seemed to have come out of its slump in its season opener against the Idaho State Bengals in a 79-55 win on Friday night.
The New Mexico women’s basketball team will open its season in Chicago against opponents that will give the Lobos some much needed experience. UNM boarded nine underclassmen on the plane to the Maggie Dixon Classic that begins today against University of Texas Pan America. The Lobos only have one starting senior following Ebony Walker’s suspension. “We’re going to be able to get out there and play three tough games,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said. “These guys are looking forward to it and so are we.”
A pair of late goals ended the New Mexico men’s soccer team’s Conference USA tournament run in a 2-1 loss to Old Dominion Wednesday. The Lobos traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, to face the tournament host Old Dominion for quarterfinal action. The Lobos had defeated the Monarchs 4-0 earlier this season, and were looking for yet another victory against them. But this time, the tables turned.
njuries have been the curse for the men’s basketball team’s preseason, and it may continue into Friday’s season-opener. Head coach Craig Neal said junior college transfer Jordan Goodman will not play against Idaho State. Neal also said guard Cullen Neal may not play due to a heel injury that has been nagging at him recently. Both of them participated in practice on Wednesday and looked to be healthy. Goodman has been recovering from a knee surgery that he went through in June and has still not fully healed. Wednesday was his third straight practice for the Lobos.
New Mexico’s bowl game chances are slowly slipping away. The Lobos sit at 3-6 (1-4 Mountain West) on the season and must win its remaining three games in order to be bowl eligible for the first time in seven years. The last time UNM made a bowl game was in 2007 when it won the New Mexico Bowl 23-0 over Nevada. First, UNM must win at Utah State this Saturday in Logan, Utah. The Aggies are 7-3 (4-1 Mountain West) on the year despite losing their top three quarterbacks this season. Utah State is an 18-point favorite over UNM.
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