The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team let another game slip away. This time, it was a 75-73 loss at Nevada on Saturday. The Lobos had a 73-71 advantage with less than a minute remaining before the Wolf Pack took the lead with a 4-0 run.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team’s margin of error tightened with Wednesday night’s loss at Boise State, especially with a back-loaded schedule looming.
Youthfulness may be playing a large role in the team’s struggles late in the game for the New Mexico women’s basketball team. “I was looking at the roster the other day and I realized that Sara Halasz is the only player who has played in the program for more than two years,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said.
It is definitely a start of a new era in New Mexico baseball. Gone are the likes of first baseman DJ Peterson, catcher Mitch Garver, outfielders Luke Campbell and Josh Melendez and starting pitcher Sam Wolff, all of whom signed with major league teams this past offseason.
With two clutch threes to tie the game at the end of regulation, it seemed as though New Mexico women’s basketball team’s close-game misfortunes were about to come to an end. The Lobos were able to dig themselves out of a hole and send the game into overtime with all of the momentum.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will have to wait to catch San Diego State in the Mountain West standings. The league-leading Aztecs lost on Tuesday night at Wyoming 68-62, giving the Lobos an opportunity to tie SDSU if they won Wednesday night at Boise State.
It appears that the New Mexico football team can now compete in the recruiting game. The 2014 recruiting class for the Lobos highlights that fact. UNM received 27 National Letters of Intent last week, and head coach Bob Davie said the Lobos were able to beat out Arizona, Arizona State, Boston College and California University for some of their new talent.
All signs are pointing towardsSan Diego State taking this year’s men’s basketball Mountain West regular season title. The Aztecs, who were picked to finish fourth in the conference in the preseason media poll, are 21-1 and sit atop the MW standings at 10-0.
Despite resting an abundance of athletes at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, New Mexico head track and field coach Joe Franklin said he was pleased with the atmosphere that came from those who did participate.
Justin Hix knew at an early age that he wanted to play college soccer for New Mexico, like his dad Jason did in the early ‘90s. Now not only does he have his dad’s connections to the school, the younger Hix has joined a recruiting class featuring his friends and club teammates CJ Slough and David Gros.
New Mexico placed seven skiers on the podium and ran away with the 2014 Jade Enterprises UNM Invitational this weekend in Red River. The Lobos captured 655 points to take the team title. Colorado amassed 588.5 points for second place, followed by Denver with 574.5
Based on Wednesday’s results, the Mountain West Conference men’s basketball regular-season title race looks like it will come down to two teams — San Diego State and New Mexico. The Aztecs, ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 this week, and the Lobos hold the top two spots, while every other conference team exited Wednesday’s action with at least three losses.
Once again, Bob Davie focused his recruiting efforts mainly on the defensive side of the ball — specifically on defensive linemen. The head coach of New Mexico football signed 26 players for the 2014 recruiting class, six of whom are defensive linemen.
Head coach Ray Birmingham does not have many worries about this year’s New Mexico baseball team. One of them, however, is that UNM is lacking experience across the board with the loss of five positional players and six pitchers. Seven of those players were taken in the 2013 MLB Draft.
The New Mexico women’s basketball team lost 79-75 at Wyoming on Wednesday night. Two free throws by guard Sarah Halasz cut the Cowgirls’ lead to 65-62 with 3:29 left. Wyoming then went on an 8-2 run to put away the game and extended its Mountain West home winning streak to five games.
One overtime game between New Mexico and Wyoming weren’t enough. They needed a second in their return game Wednesday night at The Pit. The Lobos finished the extra session with a 7-3 rally, scoring completely off free throws over that stretch, to outlast Wyoming 66-61 for the second time this season.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team will wield its primary weapons, including center Alex Kirk and guard Hugh Greenwood, in tonight’s home game against Wyoming. The Cowboys aren’t so lucky.
Tight games have not been going in favor of the New Mexico women’s basketball team as of late, but a three-point victory over San Jose State proved that UNM can still win nail biters. The Lobos have struggled in close games during Mountain West play, losing four of their last five games that were decided by two possessions or less.
The close familiarity between Charlotte Arter and Chloe Anderson was showed off during Saturday’s New Mexico Team Invitational. Anderson helped pace Arter to a second-place finish in the women’s mile with a time of 4:44:40, the second fastest time in UNM history.
UNM center Alex Kirk, back on the floor after sitting out two games with a leg injury, returned to take the opening tipoff Saturday night against San Jose State. Rather than tipping it to teammate guard Hugh Greenwood, Kirk sent the ball past the end line and out of bounds.
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