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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... UNM Lobos coach Paul Weir sports the special Suits and Sneakers t-shirt that is part of the NABC’s Coaches vs. Cancer week as his team took on the Fresno State Bulldogs Thursday night at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. (Courtesy Samuel Marshall Photography) Here are some extra notes, quotes, stats and whatever else I could empty out of the old notebook after Thursday’s 64-62 Lobos loss in overtime to the Fresno State Bulldogs in California: The defense did its part The Lobos defense on Thursday, really for the third time in the past four games, absolutely gave the team a chance to win. ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 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. ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team lines up prior to its Wednesday home game in Lubbock, Texas, vs. Utah State. (Courtesy John Moore for UNM Athletics) Here are some extra notes, quotes, tweets, stats and other odds & ends I managed to empty out of the old notebook after Wednesday’s 77-45 Lobos loss to Utah State in a game played in Lubbock, Texas: Well, shoot A couple games ago, it was the free throws what some would say is the easiest shot in basketball since there is nobody defending you that the Lobos just couldn’t seem to hit (they went 15-of-35 at the line against Nevada on Dec. 31). ....
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). ....