Dec 11: With a very good week we arrive back in the polls with a Bullet at #18 in the AP poll, #15 in the USA Today coach's poll. With our strength of schedule we are at #10 in the RPI. With their road loss to Santa Clara(currently a surprising 3rd in the RPI at 6-1) Air Force falls to #19 in the AP, #20 in the coach's poll, and an RPI of 18. San Diego St. who gave us our only conference loss last season is at 15 in the RPI at 7-1.
Jon Angeli wins MWC freshman of the week for the 3rd time.
Martin Ray is 7th nationally in blocked shots, at 2.1/g
I'll Be a Son of a Shark
Dec 13: #18 UNM 7-2) @ New Mexico St. (5-3)
by CoachC » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:00 pm
Our annual bragging rights game with the Aggies. Feels very strange indeed to step onto the court of my alma mater for the first time since I was a graduate assistant with the team, years ago. The Pan American Center will be packed, and the Aggies won't be intimidated by us any more than any of our conference rivals will be. Well have to play well to win, and once again we are facing a high scoring guard in Denny Whitfield who is averaging over 20 pts/g. Hopefully our perimeter defense will be as good as it has been in our most recent games. The Aggies lost at home to SD St in overtime, and played mutual opponent top ranked Arizona to 12 on the road... that's scary!
The Aggies play us tough in the first half, but on the strength of rebounding we lead at the half 41-31.
Have to give the Aggies credit, they have no give up in them, methodically battling back to within 2 (aided by some really poor freethrow shooting at our end) before we were able to turn them back. The real difference for us in the game was rebounding 41-28, 17-6. The Aggies are tenacious and it's easy to see why they hung in as well as they did in Arizona. They should have a good season in the WAC this year.
Wilson had 9 pts, 5 asts, 2 rebs, 2 stls and just 3 turnovers in 28 minutes. Conley had 3 asts no turnovers in 13 minutes, backing him up.
Durham was in early foul trouble and played just 5 minutes, but Martin had 12 points, and Stetson added 9 off the bench.
Angelli had his worse shooting night as a Lobo going just 5/13 , but still led us with 13 points, 7 rebs.
Willis and Johnson combined for 8 points, 12 rebs and a couple of blocks
Inyo had 11 pts, 5 rebs, Ray 8 pts, a career high 13 rebs, and 2 blocks.
Final: UNM 74 N.Mex.St 63
The Aggies play us tough in the first half, but on the strength of rebounding we lead at the half 41-31.
Have to give the Aggies credit, they have no give up in them, methodically battling back to within 2 (aided by some really poor freethrow shooting at our end) before we were able to turn them back. The real difference for us in the game was rebounding 41-28, 17-6. The Aggies are tenacious and it's easy to see why they hung in as well as they did in Arizona. They should have a good season in the WAC this year.
Wilson had 9 pts, 5 asts, 2 rebs, 2 stls and just 3 turnovers in 28 minutes. Conley had 3 asts no turnovers in 13 minutes, backing him up.
Durham was in early foul trouble and played just 5 minutes, but Martin had 12 points, and Stetson added 9 off the bench.
Angelli had his worse shooting night as a Lobo going just 5/13 , but still led us with 13 points, 7 rebs.
Willis and Johnson combined for 8 points, 12 rebs and a couple of blocks
Inyo had 11 pts, 5 rebs, Ray 8 pts, a career high 13 rebs, and 2 blocks.
Final: UNM 74 N.Mex.St 63
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by CoachC » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:04 pm
Dec 14: The Cowboys did it again, beating another ranked opponent on the road, downing #23 Kansas 55-50. Wyoming is just 3-7, but with back to back upsets over ranked teams, Coach Cedric Carter appears to now have his young squad buying into the program in a big way. Should be one heckuva conference season.
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Dec 15: #10 Houston(10-2) @ #18 UNM(8-2)
by CoachC » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:14 pm
The start of a high profile 3 game homestand. All 3 games are nearing sell-out and the Lobo fans are salivating. First up is an intimidating Houston team, a sweet 16 team a year ago, lead by point guard Victor Howe averaging 17.8/g. Their losses have been to UCLA in the championship game of the preseason NIT, and a one point loss on the road to Iona. They have wins over Temple, Maryland, Iowa, and Villanova among others. They play a deliberate offensive style and primarily 1-3-1 zone on defense which we'll have to find some way to crack.
The fans were loud and had a lot to cheer about in the first half, as we took apart their zone shooting 62% from the field and played terrific defense while getting out to a commanding 40-22 halftime lead. We did a great job getting out on their shooters and they went 1-11 from beyond the arc. We need to keep the throttle down in the 2nd half.
OUr shooting inevitably cooled off in the 2nd half, and we let them get to the offensive boards too much (we edge them in rebounding 33-32, but they had us in offensive rebounds 13-7). Our defense was relentless, however and they were never able to pull closer than 13.
Wilson had 4 pts, 6 asts, 3 rebs and a steal in 27 minutes and kept Howe under control on defense. Connely was unavailable this game after banging up his wrist in shootaround (nothing serious, should be ready to go in the next. We sat him out as a precaution), so THompson got all the back up minutes at point and had 7 points, 3 asts, 2 rebs, and just 1 turnover in 14 minutes.
Angeli in foul trouble most of the game was limited to a season low 15 minutes but still got to double figures with 10
Willis had a terrific game defensively, playing much of the time at the 3, and had 8 points, 2 asts, 7 rebs, 4 stls, and a block in 27 minutes. a good night's work for John.
Injo had 6 points 4 rebs, and Martin Ray led us with a career high 20 points, 7 rebs, and 3 more blocks.
A high quality win against a very very good basketball team. Lobo frenzy is in the air in Albuquerque!
Final: UNM 68 Houston 51
The fans were loud and had a lot to cheer about in the first half, as we took apart their zone shooting 62% from the field and played terrific defense while getting out to a commanding 40-22 halftime lead. We did a great job getting out on their shooters and they went 1-11 from beyond the arc. We need to keep the throttle down in the 2nd half.
OUr shooting inevitably cooled off in the 2nd half, and we let them get to the offensive boards too much (we edge them in rebounding 33-32, but they had us in offensive rebounds 13-7). Our defense was relentless, however and they were never able to pull closer than 13.
Wilson had 4 pts, 6 asts, 3 rebs and a steal in 27 minutes and kept Howe under control on defense. Connely was unavailable this game after banging up his wrist in shootaround (nothing serious, should be ready to go in the next. We sat him out as a precaution), so THompson got all the back up minutes at point and had 7 points, 3 asts, 2 rebs, and just 1 turnover in 14 minutes.
Angeli in foul trouble most of the game was limited to a season low 15 minutes but still got to double figures with 10
Willis had a terrific game defensively, playing much of the time at the 3, and had 8 points, 2 asts, 7 rebs, 4 stls, and a block in 27 minutes. a good night's work for John.
Injo had 6 points 4 rebs, and Martin Ray led us with a career high 20 points, 7 rebs, and 3 more blocks.
A high quality win against a very very good basketball team. Lobo frenzy is in the air in Albuquerque!
Final: UNM 68 Houston 51
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Dec. 19: #5 Stanford(11-1) @ #14 UNM(9-2)
by CoachC » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:48 pm
Our 3rd top ten opponent of the season, and The Pit is filled to the rafters! The Cardinal like to run, and they have balanced scoring and strong rebounding. We are going to have to play our A+ game to get out of here tonight with a W. Their lone loss has been to undefeated and still top-ranked Arizona in the championship game of the Coach's classic. They have wins over Ohio St., Wisconsin, Temple, another mutual opponent Notre Dame, and a blowout at home of tenth ranked Memphis. Like Houston, the Cardinal were a sweet 16 team a year ago.
Quite a battle in the first half, but we prove capable of playing with them and lead 43-41 at the half. We need to keep trying to get to the loose balls, and play smart defense.
They had a difficult time stopping our balanced attack, while our defense was pretty good. We shoot 56% for the game, and hold them to 40%. We edge them on the boards 36-30.
Stanford was easily the best team we've played this season other than Arizona, but we proved up to the task.
Wilson had an off game, with just 2 points 3 asts, and 4 turnovers, but Conley gave us a great effort off the bench with 7 pts, 7 asts, 3 rebs in 21 minutes.
Martin had one of his best games of the year with 15 pts, 2 asts, 4 rebs in 22 minutes.
Angeli had a great all around game with 18 pts, 2 asts, 5 rebs, 1 stl, and 2 blocks.
Inyo Jackson led us with a season high 19 points, 6 rebs and they had their hands full trying to stop him when we were able to feed it to him in the post.
Martin Ray posted his first career double double with 10 pts, 13 rebs.
an exciting game with a tournament feel, and the Lobos fans are delirious.
Final: UNM 86 Stanford 76
Quite a battle in the first half, but we prove capable of playing with them and lead 43-41 at the half. We need to keep trying to get to the loose balls, and play smart defense.
They had a difficult time stopping our balanced attack, while our defense was pretty good. We shoot 56% for the game, and hold them to 40%. We edge them on the boards 36-30.
Stanford was easily the best team we've played this season other than Arizona, but we proved up to the task.
Wilson had an off game, with just 2 points 3 asts, and 4 turnovers, but Conley gave us a great effort off the bench with 7 pts, 7 asts, 3 rebs in 21 minutes.
Martin had one of his best games of the year with 15 pts, 2 asts, 4 rebs in 22 minutes.
Angeli had a great all around game with 18 pts, 2 asts, 5 rebs, 1 stl, and 2 blocks.
Inyo Jackson led us with a season high 19 points, 6 rebs and they had their hands full trying to stop him when we were able to feed it to him in the post.
Martin Ray posted his first career double double with 10 pts, 13 rebs.
an exciting game with a tournament feel, and the Lobos fans are delirious.
Final: UNM 86 Stanford 76
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Dec 22: Michigan (6-4) @ #14 UNM (10-2)
by CoachC » Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:25 am
Yet another sweet 16 team from a year ago, that was ranked preseason. The Wolverines got off to a disappointing start but we are catching them just as they seem to be rounding in to form. Led by freshman guard Marty Wall averaging 20ppg, the Wolverines have had a lot of bite to them lately. After a quality loss on the road by 6 to # 24 LSU, they beat #15 Georgetown on the road by 15, and most recently had a 22 point drubbing of #17 Florida at home. Any emotional hangover from our last couple of games could easily result in a loss. We need to take care of business in front of another sell-out crowd.
Despite leading them in almost every category in the first half, we only go into intermission with a 3 point lead 32-29. Offensively they;ve been a one trick pony going to Walls over and over again. Unfortunately we haven't figured out yet how to stop him.
A totally lackluster performance from everyone but our low post people and Stetson. We easily could have won this game, but the desire wasn't there,nor the effort.
Wilson is stuck in neutral with another subpar game. Unfortunately no one else did any better, but I think it's time to let Wilson start a game on the bench to figure out why he suddenly is a lousy point guard.
Durham and Martin might as well not even bothered to show up tonight. Only Stetson even TRIED to play any defense against Walls (25 pts), and at least provided 6 points on offense, along with 3 rebs, and 2 steals. He'll get the start in the next.
Angeli had 7 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls and 2 blocks and it was probably still his worse performance of the season. For the first time as a Lobo he insisted on taking bad shots (2/11 from the field.
Only Vernon Johnson , Martin Ray (12 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls, 2 blocks) and Injo Jackson (15 pts, 6 rebs) seemed to have any idea that there was a game being played tonight.
Total disappointment. It's not that Michigan isn't a good team... they are... but we lost with our worst performance since Oregon St.
Final: NMU 52 Mich 55
Despite leading them in almost every category in the first half, we only go into intermission with a 3 point lead 32-29. Offensively they;ve been a one trick pony going to Walls over and over again. Unfortunately we haven't figured out yet how to stop him.
A totally lackluster performance from everyone but our low post people and Stetson. We easily could have won this game, but the desire wasn't there,nor the effort.
Wilson is stuck in neutral with another subpar game. Unfortunately no one else did any better, but I think it's time to let Wilson start a game on the bench to figure out why he suddenly is a lousy point guard.
Durham and Martin might as well not even bothered to show up tonight. Only Stetson even TRIED to play any defense against Walls (25 pts), and at least provided 6 points on offense, along with 3 rebs, and 2 steals. He'll get the start in the next.
Angeli had 7 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls and 2 blocks and it was probably still his worse performance of the season. For the first time as a Lobo he insisted on taking bad shots (2/11 from the field.
Only Vernon Johnson , Martin Ray (12 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls, 2 blocks) and Injo Jackson (15 pts, 6 rebs) seemed to have any idea that there was a game being played tonight.
Total disappointment. It's not that Michigan isn't a good team... they are... but we lost with our worst performance since Oregon St.
Final: NMU 52 Mich 55
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by CoachC » Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:38 am
Dec 25: After a great win and a disappointing loss our rankings remain the same #14 in both polls and 5th in RPI. Air Force at 10-2 hangs on to their #22 ranking, falling to #24 in the coach's poll.
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