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UNM Lobo forward Rod Brown grabs a rebound early in Sunday’s game against the Rice Owls at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston. (Photo courtesy Maria Lysaker for UNM Athletics)
Here are some extra notes, quotes, tweets, stats and whatever else I could find in the old notebook that didn’t fit in print after Tuesday’s 104-65 Lobos win over NAIA school Our Lady of the Lake in Houston, Texas:
Bully ball
OK, so the opponents haven’t been the type of physical team that the Lobos will see soon in Mountain West play. Certainly not in the paint.
But the schedule is what it is and at this point UNM’s three newcomer forwards have been nothing short of dominant down low. Rod Brown (6-foot-7, 218-pounds), Bayron Matos (6-9, 215) and Valdir Manuel (6-10, 225) have done everything asked of them to help carry over the Lobo coaching staff’s primary point of emphasis from the unique offseason in which U
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Kadeem Coleby continues to post career numbers this season in the Japanese B-League and recorded another milestone in his fourth season with the Akita Northern Happinets.
Coleby finished with a triple double - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists - in the Happinets’ 89-70 win over league defending champion Alvark Tokyo last night in Akita, Japan.
He shot 9-11 from the field and also added a game high four blocks as the Happinets extended their winning streak to three games and improved to 11-8 on the season.
Coleby leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 14 points and 8.4 boards per game. He is shooting 69 percent from the field and is also averaging 1.5 blocks and 2.5 assists per game.