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New Mexico’s Bayron Matos, left, competes for the opening tip with Boise State’s Mladen Armus on Wednesday in Boise, Idaho. It was all downhill from there for the Lobos, who lost 89-52. (UNM Athletics)
In his postgame media conference from Boise late Wednesday night, Paul Weir summed up what two back-to-back national television audiences already knew from the UNM Lobos’ two games this week.
“We weren’t ready for this kind of a game,” he said.
That’s wasn’t in question after Wednesday’s 89-52 drubbing inside Boise’s State’s ExtraMile Arena a loss that coupled with Monday’s 24-point beating made for a 61-point differential to open Mountain West play.
Hunter Greene
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team is set to kick off Mountain West play on Monday, Dec. 21 in its first conference series of the season at Boise State. The Lobos will play game one on Monday at 7:30 p.m. MT on FS1.
UNM enters Monday’s game 3-0 on the season including a pair of back-to-back 30+ point victories. Monday’s contest will mark UNM’s second NCAA Division I competition of the season.
Boise State, selected in the league’s preseason poll to finish second this season, is 4-1 with four NCAA Division I opponents and one NAIA institution. The Broncos opened with a 68-58 loss at No. 17 Houston before going on a four-win streak. The streak includes a 74-70 win at BYU and a 70-59 victory over Weber State.
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