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Key players find MWC energy

Ryan Tomari | March 9

LAS VEGAS — Might it be madness that UNM women’s basketball team’s head coach Don Flanagan loves the month of March? Maybe, but in getting past sixth-seeded San Diego State 65-57 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament, the Lobos found new life Tuesday — but they might have expended too much energy to secure that second chance. To pull off the victory, Flanagan said he didn’t want key players to log a lot of minutes.

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March madness adds spring to Lobos’ step

Shaun Griswold | March 9

LAS VEGAS — The Lobos’ seed was unfamiliar, but the outcome was familiar. The seventh-seeded UNM women’s basketball — unfazed by its lowest seed since the Mountain West Conference’s inception — took its first step toward winning a sixth tournament championship with a 65-57 win over sixth-seeded San Diego State on Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

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Trio gets awards galore

Ryan Tomari | March 7

Ever since head coach Steve Alford took over the UNM men’s basketball team, the Lobos have made winning league awards seem like a given. On the backs of reliable point guard Dairese Gary, double-double machine Drew Gordon and lanky guard Kendall Williams, the Lobos notched their fourth straight 20-win season under Alford.

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Losing streak struck out

Levi Lewis | March 7

It didn’t take until the 11th hour for the UNM baseball team to get its first win of the season. The Lobos, finding momentum after an eight-game losing streak, took three games from the University of Texas-San Antonio in a four-game series over the weekend at Isotopes Park. Pitcher Bobby Mares threw seven scoreless innings to help the Lobos defeat the Roadrunners 8-3 Sunday. Head coach Ray Birmingham said he has been impressed with the way Mares performed in three season starts.

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Swept, but not left in the dust

Brandon Call | March 7

The Washington softball team showed exactly why it’s a national powerhouse. The undefeated, fifth-ranked Huskies swept the UNM softball team in a three-game series over the weekend at Lobo Field.

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Gary’s Work Cut Out

Ryan Tomari | March 7

It was pretty much like any other game played at The Pit in the last four years. Like so many times before, it was point guard Dairese Gary’s pass-first mentality that led to the Lobos’ first points — this time in the UNM men’s basketball team’s 66-61 victory over Air Force.

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Gary’s Work Cut Out

Shaun Griswold | March 7

It was a milestone and a memory-maker all wrapped up in one. The previously slumping UNM men’s basketball team gave its coach and senior leader a reason to celebrate after dispatching Air Force 66-61 Saturday at The Pit.

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BYU win brings back bubble talk

Ryan Tomari | March 4

How big was the UNM men’s basketball team’s win against No. 3 BYU? Try gigantic. UNM’s 82-64 victory Wednesday in Provo, Utah, dampened the Cougars’ now-slim chances for a No.

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BYU shoots to kill in last game at The Pit

Brandon Call | March 2

The UNM women’s basketball team said goodbye to its two seniors — Amanda Best and Jessica Kielpinski — who played in their final home game Tuesday. Best scored 10 points and Kielpinski chipped in seven, but it wasn’t enough to beat league-leading Brigham Young.

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Young’ns count Blue Jays before they hatch

Ryan Tomari | February 28

Eventually the gloomy weather in Albuquerque cleared, but the day worsened for the UNM baseball team. Up 7-3 heading into the seventh inning of Sunday’s four-game series finale, UNM squandered the lead to Creighton and fell 8-7 in extra innings at Isotopes Park. Creighton second baseman Alex Staehely singled to score Nick Judkins for the go-ahead run in the top of the eleventh inning.

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TCU duo goes unanswered

Brandon Call | February 28

For the first 36 minutes of Saturday’s contest, the UNM women’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with league-leading TCU. But the Lobos were outscored 13-3 down the final 7:13 of the game to lose 84-71 at The Pit. “We played a good offensive game,” freshman forward Morgan Toben said.

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Gary shines against Cougars

Shaun Griswold | February 28

Dairese Gary has saved his best for last. The UNM men’s basketball team senior guard scored 58 points in his last two games, a career-high 32 points coming in an 80-70 win at TCU that halted the Lobos’ four-game losing streak.

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Asst. coach gets violation letter

Ryan Tomari | February 24

This time it’s the quarterback coach who has been sacked. UNM assistant coach David Reaves is accused of violating NCAA regulations while he was coaching at the University of Tennessee in 2009.

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Overtime angst

Shaun Griswold | February 24

Point guard Dairese Gary sat alone on the floor and contemplated the future after his team’s demoralizing overtime loss on Wednesday.

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