A late second-half surge fueled the Nevada Wolf Pack 84-74 win over the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. The game was held in Texas due to current COVID-19 protocols in New Mexico,.
Warren Washington had 10 points for Nevada (7-3, 2-1 Mountain West Conference). Zane Meeks added 10 rebounds.
Makuach Maluach had 15 points for the Lobos (3-3, 0-3). Rod Brown added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Bayron Matos had eight rebounds.
The game was played at the Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas, due to restrictions in New Mexico surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.comin Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University
Hunter Greene
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team is set to continue Mountain West play on Thursday, Dec. 31 against Nevada in Lubbock, Texas at Rip Griffin Center. The game will be considered a home game for UNM and will tip off at 7 p.m. MT / 8 p.m. CT.
The Lobos (3-2, 0-2 MW) enter Thursday’s game coming off of a sweep by Boise State in their first conference series of the season. Nevada is 6-3 overall, 1-1 in the Mountain West and enters coming off of a two-point loss to Air Force. Wolf Pack wins on the season include a 17-point win over Air Force in game one of their series, as well as non-conference victories over Nebraska (69-66), Pacific (70-58), North Dakota State (62-48) and San Diego (79-72).
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UNM Lobo Makuach Maluach drives while being defended by Boise State’s Emmanuel Akot during Monday’s game in Boise, Idaho. (Courtesy Boise State Athletics)
Here are some extra notes, quotes, tweets, analysis, videos and whatever other odds & ends I could empty out of the old notebook after the UNM Lobos’ 77-53 road loss at Boise State on Monday night in Boise, Idaho:
Maluach watch
I’m not going make featuring Makuach Maluach a regular thing in this ETN column, though I did last week when he was chasing 1,000 points and now, after Monday’s blowout loss for the Lobos, he was really the only player worthy of breaking down a little more after the game.