The University of New Mexico women s basketball team used every drop of gas it had left in its tank Tuesday night. It wasn t quite enough. Fresno State scored the final…
The University of New Mexico women s basketball team used every drop of gas it had left in its tank Tuesday night. It wasn t quite enough. Fresno State scored the final…
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New Mexico’s Antonio Anderson (32) battles Air Force’s Cierra Winters for possession during Monday’s Mountain West Conference quarterfinal in Las Vegas, Nevada, as UNM’s Autumn Watts is ready to help. The Lobos beat the Falcons and will face Fresno State in Tuesday’s semifinals.
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It wasn’t always pretty, but the end result was attractive.
The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team pushed through a few sluggish minutes and shook off a determined challenge by Air Force to pull out a 67-51 victory in Monday’s Mountain West tournament quarterfinals in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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UNM’s LaTora Duff, right, drives against Colorado State’s Cali Clark during last week’s series at the Pit. Duff and the top-seeded Lobos will face Air Force in Monday’s MWC tournament. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
Tough to figure? You bet.
One of the most unpredictable regular seasons in Mountain West women’s basketball history feels like a fitting pretext for this week’s annual postseason conference tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The University of New Mexico Lobos will open Monday’s MWC tournament quarterfinals as a No. 1 seed nobody saw coming, tipping off against an Air Force team that upset the Lobos less than two weeks ago.