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Lobos senior guard Makuach Maluach goes up for a second half bucket in Thursday’s win over San Jose State in Burns Arena in St. George, Utah. (KC Knoop Photography)
Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, videos, tweets or whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Thursday’s 67-51 Lobo win over the San Jose State Spartans in St. George, Utah:
Makuach leads the way
Lobo senior Makuach Maluach was the best player on the court on Thursday with a season-high 25 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists and a career-high four steals.
The Lobos sit during a timeout in a game earlier this season. (Courtesy UNM Athletics)
Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats, videos, tweets and whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Saturdays’ 77-54 Lobos loss against UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev.:
Sticking with what works?
When you lose by 23 points, odds are good no lineup had much success.
So scouring the stats to find what lineup worked and what lineup up didn’t work might not exactly be a task worthy of much time or effort.
But after Paul Weir said over the past week both after the Utah State loss last Friday in Lubbock and after Wednesday’s win at Dixie State that shortening the lineup and starting to find those mixes of players and chemistry among his players was a priority, I found some things from Saturday’s game a bit confusing.
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Lobo freshman Nolan Dorsey, left, sophomore Jeremiah Francis, center, and freshman Isaiah Marin, right, may all play vital roles in filling the team’s point guard minutes moving forward. (Photos courtesy UNM Athletics)
Here are some extra notes, quotes, tweets, stats, videos or whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Friday’s 82-46 Lobos loss to Utah State in the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, Texas:
What’s (or who’s) the point?
Basketball teams need a point guard.
The Lobos certainly do. But, even after addressing the position heavily in recruiting, we’re eight games in, and the Lobos are still trying to figure out what they have at that position.