The Lobos are the problem right now. While it s true the three Mountain West opponents the team has faced are three of the top five in the standings, the outcome…
Neemias Queta had 18 points, five rebounds and three blocks, and Marco Anthony added 15 points and six rebounds to help Utah State roll to its seventh-straight win with a 77-45 rout of New Mexico in Lubbock, Texas.
Big stories from 2020: For Lubbock, the year brought struggles, progress and signs of hope
A-J Media staff reports
While 2020 brought many moments to celebrate, it also came with more than its share of struggles, solemn moments and tragedies. Some of those tragedies we shared as a community while too many left us mourning alone.
Lubbock saw its highest murder rate on record - more than doubling the city s yearly average. Look for an in-depth look at this in the Avalanche-Journal next week.
But there were also silver linings, including some economic success stories in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted too many lives and livelihoods.
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).