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The University of New Mexico Lobos look to take on the New Mexico State Aggies for the second time this season. The Lobos are looking to end a two-game skid and to continue their domination of the Aggies.
TEAMS: New Mexico vs. New Mexico StateDATES: Dec. 30, 2002TIMES: 7:00 p.m. MSTTHE SERIES: UNM leads 28-22THE COACHES: UNM – Don Flanagan(8th season – 153-75)New Mexico State – Nikita Lowry(2nd season – 17-21)THE RECORDS: UNM 8-3, New Mexico State 4-5LAST GAME: Louisiana Tech 67, New Mexico 54New Mexico State 74, UTEP 59TV/RADIO: 610 AM, “The Sports Animal”
SCOUTING THE AGGIES: The Aggies will play Idaho State before the Lobos travel to Las Cruces. Currently NMSU is 4-5 with victories over Cal State Northridge, WIchita State and two wins over UTEP. The Aggies are being led by senior, Mari Sanchez. Sanchez is averaging 13.8 ppg and has made 29 three-pointers. In the first match-up between these two teams this season, UNM won 86-75. The Aggies were led by Jenia Dimitrova who had 28 points, including seven three-pointers. The Lobos were paced by Mandi Moore and Cristal Garcia with 20 points apiece.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE: Jordan Adams got her first double-double of the year, eighth of her career against Memphis. She racked up 30 points (tying her career-high) and had 10 boards. Chelsea Grear also has a double-double on the year. She had 16 points and 10 rebounds against Louisiana Tech. It’s Grear’s first double-double of the season and the sixth of her career.
THE MAGIC NUMBER IS SIX: Jordan Adams has now scored in double-figures in six straight games. Adams also has led the team in scoring six times. Last season she had a streak of 17 games scoring in double-digits.
DISHING IT OUT: Mandi Moore has racked up 81 dishes this season, 7.3 a game. She’s had six games this season where she’s recorded eight or more assists. Mandi is now in 9th place in UNM’s career list for her 227 assists.CLEANING THE GLASS: The Lobos have proved dominating on the boards this season. UNM has grabbed 99 more rebounds then their opponents, averaging 43.9 to 34.9. Against Memphis the Lobos grabbed a season-high 57 rebounds.
HANDY-MAN: The Lobos have dished out 72 (217-145) more assists than their opponents. In two of the Lobos losses their opponents have dished out more assists then UNM.
THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU: Jordan Adams has been named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week twice this year. Adams was player of the week the weeks of Dec. 9 and Dec. 16.
TAKE TWO: The Lobos seem to do most of their scoring in the second half. Currently UNM is scoring 101 more points than their opponents in the second half. The Lobos are averaging 38.2 points in the second stanza and holding their opponents to 29.0 points.
BLOCK PARTY: Jordan Adams has had at least one block in every game so far this year. The Lobos have 46 blocks on the season compared to their opponents 15. Seven UNM players have recorded one or more blocks and two players have more than one. Adams had a season-high six rejections against Louisiana Tech on Dec. 21.
GOING FOR FIVE: The Lobos are going for their fifth 20-win season this year. The Lobos have had all four of their 20-win seasons under head coach Don Flanagan with their best ever record of 26-7 coming in Flanagan’s third year, 1997-98.
WE SCORE MORE THAN YOU DO: The Lobos averaged 65.8 points per game last year and held their opponents to 57.0 ppg. This year, New Mexico is averaging 71.5 ppg and their opponents are at 57.5 Six of UNM’s eight wins have them scoring 73 or more points.
MORE MANDI: Mandi Moore led the team in minutes last season averaging 32.5. This season Moore has played the most minutes on the team at 385 minutes, 35.0 mpg. Moore is the only player this year to play an entire game, she’s done it twice.
SIZE MATTERS: The Lobos have seven players on their roster that are 6’0 or taller. The starting five last season averaged 5’10.6. The three incoming freshman average 6’0.3. Jordan Adams and Jana Francis are the two tallest on the roster at 6’3.
D MINUS: The Lobos have ranked in the top-25 final NCAA statistics for defense since Coach Flanagan came on board. Last season the Lobos were ranked in field goal percentage defense and scoring defense. This season the Lobos have held their opponents to 35% from field goal range and only 57.5 points a game.
D-FENCE: UNM has outrebounded their opponent defensively in 10 games this year. Currently UNM has 332 defensive boards to their opponents 248. The Lobos have outrebounded their opponents, 483-384.
NOT BAD, FOR STARTERS: New Mexico returns four starters from the 2001-02 season (Mandi Moore, Jordan Adams, Lindsey Arndt and Chelsea Grear).
AN MVP PERFORMANCE: Jordan Adams was given MVP honors for the Southwest Airlines Lobo Shootout. Chelsea Grear and Abbie Letz were both named to the All-Tournament Team. In UNM’s other home tournament, the Holiday Inn Mountain View Invitational, Melissa Forest was given MVP honors with Jordan Adams and Cristal Garcia chosen for the All-Tournament team.
WE LIKE THE COLOR RED: The Lobos will have two players redshirting this year. Jenny Shetters, a 6’4 transfer from Cal State Northridge will have two years of eligibility while 6’1 Fort Lewis College transfer Judy Vogt will give the Lobos three years.
2001-02 RECAP The Lobos ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 22-9, 10-4 in the Mountain West Conference. The Lobos were eliminated in the second round of the MWC Tournament, 71-58 to BYU and in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 58-44 to Notre Dame.
CAREER WOMEN: Several UNM players are now in New Mexico’s career charts. Here is a list and where they rank:
ScoringJordan Adams – 4thReboundingJordan Adams – 8thChelsea Grear – 10thField Goals MadeJordan Adams – 5thField Goals AttemptedJordan Adams – 4thField Goal %Jordan Adams – 9th3-Point Field Goal %Mandi Moore – 1stFree Throws AttemptedJordan Adams – 4thFree Throws MadeJordan Adams – 3rdFree Throws %Jordan Adams – 5thBlocksJordan Adams – 1stStealsChelsea Grear – 9thAssistsMandi Moore – 9th