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,.
The Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University. (Geoff Grammer/Albuquerque Journal)
LUBBOCK, Texas Here are a few extra notes, stats, Tweets, videos, odds & ends and whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after the Lobos’ 68-54 loss to the Nevada Wolf Pack on Thursday night in the Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University:
A number to know: 42.9
UNM was 15-of-35 from the charity stripe on Thursday for a 42.9% clip. It’s the most misses in a game by a Lobos team in at least a decade.
It’s hard enough to get to the line 20 times, but to miss 20 is historically bad (more on that below).
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The Lobo basketball team during a game last week in Rice. The Lobos will now head back to Texas, where they’ve relocated this season to practice and play. (Courtesy photo)
Here are some notes, quotes, stats, videos, analysis, odds & ends and whatever else I managed to empty out of the old notebook after Wednesday night’s 89-52 Lobos loss to the Boise State Broncos in Boise, Idaho:
Get back on that bus
At the top of my game story Wednesday night, I used a small piece of a minute-long Paul Weir answer to a question about where his team goes from here figuratively and literally.
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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.
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Lobos senior wing Makuach Maluach on Thursday became the 35th player to score 1,000 points in a UNM uniform. (Photo courtesy Kevin Richardson/LeTourneau University)
Here are a few notes, quotes, stats, videos and other odds & ends I emptied out of the old notebook after the Lobos’ 90-58 win over Division III LeTourneau on Thursday in Houston:
Welcome to the club
Sitting on 999 points entering Thursday’s game, Lobo senior Makuach Maluach didn’t waste much time joining that 1,000 point club once the ball was tipped.
Appropriate for the theme of the game, the 6-foot-5 wing hit the milestone bucket after first grabbing an offensive rebound (UNM had 32 of them) on the game’s opening possession leading to an easy layup for points 1,000 and 1,0001 to become the 35th player to score 1,000 points in a Lobos jersey.