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NM Bowl Running Diary
Isaac Avilucea | December 18So much for that riveting regional affair between BYU and UTEP. Turns out, this year’s New Mexico Bowl installment was a dud compared to last year’s overtime shootout between Wyoming and Fresno State.
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BYU Romps NM Bowl
Ryan Tomari | December 18Not much has changed at University Stadium on Saturday: A visiting team jumped out to an early lead and never took its foot off the gas pedal. BYU and its swarming defense jumped all over UTEP early in the fifth annual New Mexico Bowl en route to a 52-24 victory. “I was really impressed with the fast start of our team,” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said.
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Gimped Aggies lose again
Shaun Griswold | December 13Call it a tale of two cities. Last week in Las Cruces, New Mexico State had its head coach, its best player who scored 32 points, and the Aggies’ bench, which was hot en route to a thrilling overtime loss.
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Fangs or Feathers? --Pay-to-play controversy pesters national championship
Isaac Avilucea | December 13For his role in a pay-to-play scheme — whatever that might have been — he’s been dubbed “Scam Newton,” and what a scam it will be if he doesn’t lead Auburn to a win in the BCS national championship.
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Fangs or Feathers? --Tigers vs. Ducks will be more than James vs. Newton
Ryan Tomari | December 13I wonder if Auburn head coach Gene Chizik has the game film from Oregon’s first win of the season. If Chizik has it, he probably won’t need it.
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Plowing through opponents
Shaun Griswold | December 7After an exciting — and at times sloppy — overtime win against New Mexico State, the UNM men’s basketball team is back in Albuquerque and looking for its seventh straight victory against its Las Cruces rivals.
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Wildcats take down tired team
Brandon Call | December 7It is said that revenge is the best medicine. Unfortunately, for the UNM women’s basketball team, red-hot Arizona turned last year’s 81-61 Lobo triumph in Tucson, Ariz., into an 84-60 home loss Tuesday at The Pit. UNM was outshot 51 percent to 28.6 percent.
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Aggie’s performance kept it close until end
Ryan Tomari | December 5LAS CRUCES — For at least one more game in the 2010 season, the UNM men’s basketball team could be in deep water. Troy Gillenwater, considered NMSU’s sixth man during its 2010 Western Athletic Conference tournament championship run, has found his role as the Aggies’ scorer.
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take nothing for granted
Shaun Griswold | December 5LAS CRUCES – It wasn’t pretty, but is it ever when the Lobo men’s basketball team plays at NMSU? All things considered, Saturday night’s contest between the Lobos and Aggies was sloppy, and UNM flirted with disaster but pulled out a 84-78 overtime victory at the Pan American Center.
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Lost but not forgotten
Brandon Call | December 5This was a record-setting season for the UNM volleyball team. Unfortunately, the Lobos were bounced from the NCAA Tournament in the first round with a 3-0 loss at the hands of No.
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NM Bowl keeps it regional
Ryan Tomari | December 5Like the past two years, the New Mexico Bowl this year will feature no teams from New Mexico. Mountain West Conference member BYU and Conference USA member UTEP accepted invitations to play in the bowl game held at University Stadium on Dec.
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Familiar foe in NCAA fever
Brandon Call | December 3The UNM volleyball team is hoping things will go better the second time. The Lobos are making their second-straight NCAA appearance today in Los Angeles after losing in the first round last season to No.
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Rivalry game will season freshman players
Ryan Tomari | December 3The young UNM men’s basketball team might have hit its toughest road bump of the season so far into the early 2010-11 season: back-to-back away games. After annihilating Southern Illinois 74-59 Wednesday in Carbondale, Ill., the Lobos head down south to the Pan American Center. It’s now time for the rival. Head coach Steve Alford said the defense has and will be the key for UNM to dominate NMSU. “I think what you want to do as the best defense … is take away the best offense,” he said.
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UNM opens probe into nightclub incident
Isaac Avilucea | December 1Little by little, the news continues to get worse for three UNM football players who were allegedly involved in a brawl at a downtown nightclub early Thanksgiving morning. The latest episode: Kim Kloeppel, with the Dean of Students, said the office is investigating the incident to determine whether UNM football players breached the University’s Student Code of Conduct in allegedly fighting with members of Lotus Nightlcub’s security staff. The three players, later identified as football players Julion Conley, Joe Harris and Bryant Williams, are a part of an on-campus fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Kloeppel said the office is also looking to determine if other fraternity members were involved in the scuffle. “At this time, I don’t have any specific answers as far as what the investigation has involved,” she said, adding that she would have more definitive information later this week. On top of that, Lotus Nightclub owner Brian Craig is threatening to file a civil complaint against the three players. He said it would have been a different story if his security were fully staffed the night of the incident.
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After historic season, team celebrates re-berth
Brandon Call | November 29It’s tournament time for the UNM volleyball team – again. After finishing the regular season 20-11 and clinching second place in the Mountain West Conference with a program-best 12 conference wins, the Lobos received one of 33 at-large bids into the NCAA Tournament, marking the ninth postseason appearance in program history and UNM’s second-straight tournament trip. “I was in disbelief not seeing our name in the first 48 teams announced,” senior setter Jade Michaelsen said.
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Season ends with fumble at Frogs’ feet
Nathan Farmer | November 29TCU looked like a BCS-contending team. The UNM football team spotted the third-ranked Horned Frogs an early 21-0 lead and fell 66-17 on Saturday at University Stadium.
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With Cal loss shaken off, momentum returns
Shaun Griswold | November 29Blame the UNM men’s basketball team’s slow start on the holiday season hangover. Trailing by one point with 11 minutes left to play in the first half, UNM went on a 20-5 run that propelled the Lobos’ blowout win against San Diego 75-46 on Sunday afternoon.
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Coach shakes off loss, looks ahead
Ryan Tomari | November 29If the UNM women’s basketball players didn’t know who Toni Young is, they sure do now. And the Lobos won’t forget her for a long time. Young, a 6-foot-2-inch forward, dominated the Lobos with 25 points and 10 boards helping the Cowgirls escape with a 74-65 double overtime victory at The Pit on Saturday. UNM’s head coach Don Flanagan said Young created nightmarish problems for the Lobos in the post.
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UNM football players suspended after downtown altercation
Isaac Avilucea | November 26Three UNM football players have been suspended indefinitely from football-related activities for their alleged involvement in a downtown altercation at Lotus Nightclub early Thursday morning, the UNM Athletics Department announced Friday. Lobo backup linebacker Julion Conley, 22, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and engaging in a public affray, according to Metropolitan Court records.
