New Mexico’s Jordan Adams Receives the Years’ First Player of the Week Honors”

November 09, 2001

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Colorado Springs, Colo.-University of New Mexico junior center Jordan Adams was named the MountainWest Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, marking her third award overall.A native of Overton, Nev. (Moapa Valley HS), Adams helped the Lobos to a 1-1 record in the Preseason WNIT Nov. 9 & 11. In an 81-54 win over Pacific, Adams recorded a single-game WNIT record seven blocks to go with her first double-double of the season, totaling 21 points and 10 rebounds. Against No. 12 Colorado, Adams picked up 14 points and five blocks. Despite only playing two games, Adams set the WNIT record for blocks in the tournament with 12.

Mountain West Conference Players of the Week:Nov. 19-Jordan Adams, Jr., C, New MexicoS), Adams helped the Lobos to a 1-1 record in the Preseason WNIT Nov. 9 & 11. In an 81-54 win over Pacific, Adams recorded a single-game WNIT record seven blocks to go with her first double-double of the season, totaling 21 points and 10 rebounds. Against No. 12 ColoradoCVS. TEXAS TECH: The series between these two schools started in 1977-78 and Texas Tech has won all nine games with seven of those wins coming under current head coach Marsha Sharp. Last season the Lady Raiders defeated UNM 80-56 in Lubbock. Texas Tech is 2-1 after defeating Oregon and Oregon State last weekend.ABOUT TEXAS TECH: The Lady Raiders are 2-1 on the year. Their lone loss comes at the hand sof #4/5 Duke. Texas Tech has defeated Oregon and Oregon State. The Lady Raiders are led in VLobos Looking To Take Down the Lady Raiders4Lobos Looking to Take Down the Lady Raiderso No. 12 Colorado InPreseason WNIT false /HT /Default >> endobj10 0 obj< ype=”” xtgstate=”” a=”” true=”” p=”” false=”” t=”” efault=””>> endobj11 0 obj< ype=”” xtgstate=”” a=”” false=”” p=”” true=”” t=”” efault=””>> endobj12 0 obj< ype=”” ages=”” ids=”” 2=”” 0=”” r=”” 23=”” 0=”” r=”” ount=”” 2=”” ediabox=”” 0=”” 0=”” 612=”” 792=””>> endobj13 1 obj< ype=”” etadata=”” ubtype=”” ml=”” ength=”” 1577=””>> stream<?xpacket begin”=”” id’w5m0mpcehihzreszntczkc9d’=”” bytes’1577′?=””?>

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AGAINST THE BIG-12: UNM has not fared very well against the Big-12 conference. The Lobos are 15-29 and have never met two of the teams in the conference. UNM will be playing Texas for the first time this year and have yet to match up against KansasSeries tied with Colorado 6-6Oklahoma leads 2-4UNM leads Kansas State 3-2Series tied with Oklahoma State 1-1Texas Tech leads 9-0Series tied with Nebraska 2-2Iowa State leads 1-0Missouri leads 2-0Baylor leads 2-1

HONORS/AWARDS: Jordan Adams was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, the first for this year and the third in her career. Adams helped the Lobos to a 1-1 record in the Preseason WNIT. In an 81-54 win over Pacific, Adams recorded a single-game WNIT record seven blocks to go along with her first double-double of the season, totaling 21 points and 10 rebounds. Against No. 12 Colorado, Adams picked up 14 points and five blocks. Despite only playing two games, Adams set the WNIT record for blocks in the tournament with 12.

HEAD COACH DON FLANAGAN: Don Flanagan, arguably the greatest women’s basketball coach at New Mexico, is entering his seventh season at UNM. Flangan took over this struggling program in 1995 and the Lobos have improved to a remarkable 122-63 (.516), they’ve captured a conference regular-season championship, a conference tournament championship and made four consecutive postseason appearances, including the school’s first-ever NCAA biams set th? gList.DBF
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“Abbie has great skill and size and comes from a tremendous basketball background,” said Head Coach Don Flanagan.

The second signee is Tiana Johnson (Roswell, NM) a 5’10 post who averages 24 points per game and 9 rebounds at Goddard High School. Tiana chose UNM over Santa Clara and Oral Roberts.

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Mountain West Conference Players of the Week:Nov. 19 Jordan Adams, Jr., C, New Mexico, Adams helped the Lobos to a 1-1 record in the Preseason WNIT Nov. 9 & 11. In an 81-54 win over Pacific, Adams recorded a single-game WNIT record seven blocks to go with her first double-double of the season, totaling 21 points and 10 rebounds. Against No. 12 Colorad)Women’s Basketball Hits the Road-12 against opponents that have a number before their name. The last the Lobos defeated a ranked opponent was in 1997-98 when Hawaii was downed by New Mexico 79-65 in the WAC Tournament.

PRESEASON POLLS: Four Mountain West Conference teams appeared in preseason polls to start the 2001-02 season. Colorado State was ranked #24 in the Associated Press poll and Utah was #25th. In the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, CSU was picked 25th while Utah was 24th. UNLV rec n’s Basketball Hits the Road-12 against opponents that have a number before their name. The last the Lobos defeated a ranked opponent was in 1997-98 when Hawaii was downed by New Mexico 79-65 in the WAC Tournament.

PRESEASON POLLS: Four Mountain West Conference teams appeared in preseason polls to start the 2001-02 season. Colorado State was ranked #24 in the Associated Press poll and Utah was #25th. In the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, CSU was picked 25th while Utah was 24th. UNLV recThe Lobos travel to Las Cruces to take on their oldest rival, the New Mexico State Aggies on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m. ranked opponent was in 1997-98 when Hawaii was downed by New Mexico 79-65 in the WAC Tournament.

PRESEASON POLLS: Four Mountain West Conference teams appeared in preseason polls to start the 2001-02 season. Colorado State was ranked #24 in the Associated Press poll and Utah was #25th. In the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, CSU was picked 25th while Utah was 24th. UNLV recmDThe Lobos travel to Las Cruces to take on their oldest rival, the New Mexico State Aggies on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m.

TICKETS: Single-game and season tickets are currently available at the athletic ticket office at The Pit. Single-game tickets for all games are also available online at www.tickets.com. Phone orders are accepted by calling 851-5050 or 1-800-903-3315. Call the UNM Athletics ticket office at (505) 925-5626 for more information. As of November 14th, 5,704 tickets have been sold for the 2001-02 women’s basketball season.

LOBO HISTORY: The Lobos are beginning their 24th season of competition. The first women’s basketball game at UNM was played on Jan. 10, 1974, a 45-79 loss to Gallup. The Lobos have an overall record of 136-159 and a 96-58 record since the program was reestablished in 1991-92. Since Don Flanagan came on board the Lobos have had a winning program for five straight years.

VS. NEW MEXICO STATE: The Aggies are the oldest opponent that UNM has. The series started in 1974-75 with 47 games having been played so far. UNM leads the series 25 games to 22. The Lobos swept the Aggies last year for the fifth straight year.

ABOUT NEW MEXICO STATE: The Aggies are currently 2-0 having won two game against Idaho and Gonzaga. Ivana Stojkovic led the Aggies in scoring in both games, scoring 21 against Idaho and 18 against Gonzaga. She also had two double-doubles. She leads NMSU in scoring with 39 points and 24 rebounds. Mari Sanchez’s 14 assists against Idaho tied her for third-most in school history. Sanchez had a double-double against Idaho with her 14 assists and 10 points. She also scored 17 points against Gonzaga.Probable Starters:Melanie Maynes, 5-7, G, Deming, NMMari Sanchez, 5-4, G, Las Cruces, NMIvana Stojkovic, 6-2, C, Split, CroatiaPrincess Moore, 5-7, F, Irving, TexasJenia Dimitrova, 5-11, F, Varna, Bulgaria

AGAINST THE SUN BELT: UNM has only played five members of the Sun Belt Conference. Currently the Lobos are 28-25 against the Sun Belt with half of those games coming against New Mexico State. UNM has never met up with Arkansas State, Arkansas Little Rock, Louisiana-Lafayette, Middle Tennessee, New Orleans or South Alabama.Denver 1-0Florida International 1-0New Mexico State 25-22North Texas 1-2Western Kentucky 0-1

NEW MEXICO AND THE WNIT: Recently New Mexico has been the host of five post-season WNIT games and two preseason games. This year, UNM defeated Pacific in the preseason WNIT and then lost to Colorado. Last season the Lobos dominated the competition in the first four rounds, winning by an average of 21 ppg and holding opponents to just 33.3% from the field. The Lobos advanced further in postseason play than any other squad in school history. UNM won four games, after having never won more then two and having never advanced past the quarterfinals. Jordan Adams and Chelsea Grear were both named to the WNIT All-Tournament Team. In this years pre-season WNIT the Lobos continued their winning ways as they topped Pacific 81-54. Adams led the team with 21 points and she set a new WNIT record with her seven blocks. The Lobos, as a team, are also WNIT record-setters as their 13 team blocks is a new record.

HEAD COACH DON FLANAGAN: Don Flanagan, arguably the greatest women’s basketball coach at New Mexico, is entering his seventh season at UNM. Flanagan took over this struggling program in 1995 and the Lobos have improved to a remarkable 122-63 (.516), they’ve captured a conference regular-season championship, a conference tournament championship and made four consecutive postseason appearances, including the school’s first-ever NCAA bid. Flanagan has already become the school’s all-time leader in victories, surpassing Doug Hoselton’s previous mark of 89 from 1980-87. Amazingly, Flanagan took just 133 games to reach 90 wins for his career, while Hoselton won 89 in 194 tries. Of course winning is nothing new for Flanagan – in fact he is winning less now than in his previous job as head coach at Albuquerque’s Eldorado High School, where he compiled an astounding 401-13 record and won 11 state championships in 16 years. Under Flanagan, UNM has become a consistent threat to win the conference title, as the Lobos have finished no worse than third in each of the last four seasons. Flanagan’s teams have become noted for their stifling defense. New Mexico has finished among the conference leaders in scoring defense in each of the last six years and has consistently ranked in the top 20 in the nation in that category as well. Fan support has been tremendous as a result of the Lobos defense and intense style of play. Last season the Lobos were fifth in the nation in average attendance with 8,712 setting a school record. The Lobos had 16,845 fans witness their loss to Utah on Jan. 7, which at the time was the largest attendance in the nation. UNM also had a crowd of 18,018 at the WNIT Championship game, the third-largest on-campus attendance for the year in the NCAA. In 1999-00, UNM was sixth in the nation with an average attendance of 8,918; in 1994-95, the year before Flanagan’s arrival, Los Lobos averaged just 397 fans per game.

ITS A BLOCK PARTY: Jordan Adams set a new WNIT record with her seven blocks against Pacific and 13 blocks in the two games. While the Lobos set a new team record with 13. Adams must think seven is her lucky number as that is her career-high for blocks in a game. Adams is the UNM career leader in rejections with 166. She finished last year ranked fifth in the nation in blocked shots. Adams has now had at least one rejection in the last 24 games that shes played.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Jordan Adams had her first double-double of the year against Pacific with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Adams had three double-doubles last year. Freshman Mandi Moore had her first double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. The last time a New Mexico player had 10 or more assists was last season when Nikki Heckroth had 11. Heckroth’s 11 hand-outs was the first time since 1996 a Lobo player has had double-figure assists.

RETURNING NUMBERS: Combined statistics of players returning for the 2001-02 season and the percentage of the 2000-01 totals:Starters3 Points1,395 (58.1)Rebounds652 (47.1)Field Goals498 (60.8)Field Goal Att.1,118 (58.9)Field Goal Pct..4453-point FG92 (47.9)3-point FG Att.295 (49.4)3-point FG Pct..311Free Throws307 (54.0)Free Throw Att.409 (52.1)Free Throw Pct..750Assists269 (45.3)Turnovers325 (52.4)Steals151 (54.7)Blocks129 (77.7)

THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: The newest conference in the nation has quickly emerged as one of the best. The Mountain West Conference, which officially commenced operation on July 1, 1999, sent three football teams to bowl games and won a national championship (women’s cross country) in its first year.The MWC was conceived on May 26, 1998, when eight teams announced they were breaking away from the Western Athletic Conference. Those teams-Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming-brought immediate credibility to their new league.Last year, the Lobos finished in a tie for third place. Utah won the regular season title but it was the Colorado State Rams that won the tournament. CSU and Utah both advanced to the NCAA Tournament while UNM, UNLV, BYU and San Diego State played in the WNIT.

NCAA TOURNAMENT HOSTS: The University of New Mexico will be hosts for the 2002-03 women’s west regional. The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight contests were held here in 2000 and the Lobos will play hosts to the 2001-02 men’s first and second rounds. The Pit has hosted NCAA Tournament action in 1968, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1992 and 1996. It ws the site of the 1983 Final Four, in which Cinderella North Carolina State upset heavy-favorite Houston at the buzzer to win its second national title. The Tournament returns to Albuquerque again in 2005 for the men’s west regional.

MAKE THAT FIVE YEARS IN A ROW: For the fifth straight year the Lobos have had a winning record. Last season was the third time in school history-and the third time in the last four years-the Lobos won at least 20 games in a season. The 22 wins in 2000-01 were the third-highest single-season total in school history. Only the 1997-98 team, which went 26-7, and the 1998-99 squad, which went 24-7, won more games. The Lobos finished 16-5 at home, the second-highest victory total in The Pit in school history.

EXHIBITIONISTS: The Lobos had two preseason exhibition games in 2001-02. The first was against the Houston Flight of the NWBL USA Elite. Many of the players on the Flight roster were former or current WNBA, ABL and international players. The Lobos were able to send the Flight flying by a score of 84-80. Jordan Adams led the Lobos with 24 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks. The Lobos then faced a team from Denmark. UNM was able to handle this team much better than the Flight, as New Mexcio won easily, 85-44. Adams again led all scorers with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocked shots.

2000-01 RECAP: UNM ended the 2000-01 season with a 22-13 overall record, 8-6 in the Mountain West Conference. The Lobos posted their fifth winning season in a row under head coach Don Flanagan. It marks the fourth time in UNM history the Lobos have strung together at least four winning seasons in consecutive years. The longest streak of consecutive winning seasons is five, occurring from 1975-80. However, with a record of 108-48 over the last four years, UNM posted its best mark over a four-year span. The Lobos also advanced to the Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament for the third year in a row and participted in a postseason tournament for the fourth consecutive year. In 1998, UNM won an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

THE INVITATION’S IN THE MAIL: Junior Jordan Adams competed for a chance to represent the USA in the World University Games this past summer. Adams spent three days vying for a spot at the olympic headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. While there she competed against 32 of the nation’s top women’s basketball players. Other schools that sent players to the trials include; Oregon State, Colorado, Ohio State, Stanford, Purdue and Virginia. No other player from the Mountain West Conference was giving an invite to the trials.

RECORD-BREAKERS: Jordan Adams is New Mexico’s all-time shot blocker with 159 and she holds several records in season categories. For a season she’s currently third in free throws made with 129, she’s third with 163 free throws attempted, she’s fifth in field goals made with 182 and she’s second in points with 509, all of those records came last season. Adams only needs 142 points to become the ninth player in New Mexico history to score 1,000. Last season Jordan scored 509 points and averaged 14.5 points per game.

IT’S UP, It’S GOOD: The Lobos have now had 42 games in a row in which they’ve hit a three-point bucket. The last drought UNM experienced was against Colorado State on Jan. 29, 2000.

IT’S JUST A NUMBER: Ranked teams have continued to baffle the Lobos. UNM is currently 2-12 against opponents that have a number before their name. The last the Lobos defeated a ranked opponent was in 1997-98 when Hawaii was downed by New Mexico 79-65 in the WAC Tournament.

RANKING THE MWC: The Mountain West Conference leaped from #12 in the RPI during the 1999-2000 season to #7 in the final 2000-01 RPI. The MWC will play a minimum of 37 nonconference games against the top 10 conferences according to the final 2001 NCAA RPI. The MWC will also play 20 games against 2001 NCAA Tournament teams during the nonconference schedule.

THIS JUST IN: UNM signed a total of three players to national letters of intent during the early signing period. The group includes: Abbie Letz (El Paso, TX), a 6’1 post who averaged 19 points per game and 8 rebounds at Hanks High School. Letz chose New Mexico over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, North Texas and Southwest M2the>

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