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The University of New Mexico is preparing for its fourth season in the Mountain West Conference. But before playing conference foe, Air Force, the Lobos will need to get past a tough Weber State team. The last time UNM and Weber State met was two years ago with UNM winning 62-44.
TEAMS: New Mexico vs. Weber StateDATES: Jan. 11, 2002TIMES: 7:00 p.m. MSTTHE SERIES: Eighth meetingTHE COACHES: UNM – Don Flanagan(8th season – 153-75)Weber State –Carla Taylor(15th season – 187-212)THE RECORDS: UNM 9-3, Weber State 8-4LAST GAME: UNM 76, New Mexico State 58North Texas 66, Weber State 65TV/RADIO: 610 AM, “The Sports Animal”
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS: Weber State is coming off a 65-66 loss to North Texas. The Wildcats were down by seven to the Eagles but scored 35 points in the second half to keep it a close game. Three Weber players scored in double-figures. The Wildcats are currently being led by Crystal Howe, 14.5 ppg and 10.7 rpg.
SEEING DOUBLE: Jordan Adams has had one double-double this year while Chelsea Grear has had two. Grear’s latest double effort was against New Mexico State as she had 20 points and 10 rebounds.
EIGHT STRAIGHT: Jordan Adams has now scored in double-figures in eight 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.
PLAY-MAKER, PLAY-MAKER: Mandi Moore has racked up 86 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 8th place in UNM’s career list.
CLEANING THE GLASS: The Lobos have proved dominating on the boards this season. UNM has grabbed 106 more rebounds then their opponents, averaging 43.8 to 34.9. Against Memphis the Lobos grabbed a season-high 57 rebounds.
COMPARING SEASONS: At this time last season (Jan. 2) the Lobos were preparing for the Mountain West Conference season to open and UNM had posted an 11-3 record.
CENTURY CLUB: Two current Lobos have played in over 100 games during their careers. Jordan Adams has played in 106 games and Chelsea Grear has played in 103. Cristal Garcia is closing in on the century mark, having seen action in 85 games.
FIRE STARTER: Mandi Moore is the only current Lobo to have started in every game for her career. Moore has started in 43 games over 2 years.
BLOCK PARTY: Jordan Adams has had at least one block in every game so far this year. The Lobos have 48 blocks on the season compared to their opponents 21. Seven UNM players have recorded one or more blocks. Adams had a season-high six rejections against Louisiana Tech on Dec. 21. and she leads the team with 28 total.
SEASON ACCOLADES: Jordan Adams has been named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week twice already this year. She’s the only Lobo so far to receive the honor.
FIVE FOR THE DRIVE: 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.S-C-O-R-E: The Lobos averaged 65.8 points per game last year and held their opponents to 57.0 ppg. This year, New Mexico is averaging 71.8 ppg and their opponents are at 57.6 Seven of UNM’s nine wins have them scoring 73 or more points.
MOORE 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 421 minutes, 35.1 mpg. Moore is the only player this year to play an entire game, she’s done it three times.
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 11 games this year. Currently UNM has 360 defensive boards to their opponents 268. The Lobos have outrebounded their opponents, 525-419.
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 – 3rdReboundingJordan Adams – 8thChelsea Grear – 9thField Goals MadeJordan Adams – 5thField Goals AttemptedJordan Adams – 5thField Goal %Jordan Adams – 9th3-Point Field Goal %Mandi Moore – 1stFree Throws AttemptedJordan Adams – 4thFree Throws MadeJordan Adams – 3rdFree Throws %Jordan Adams – 8thAssistsMandi Moore – 8thBlocksJordan Adams – 1stStealsChelsea Grear – 9th
A MILE HIGH AND LOUDER THAN…: The Lobos begin their 12th season playing in one of the greatest home arenas in all of college basketball. UNM has an overall record of 119-64 (.650) in The Pit and are 48-31 in conference games (.607). Since Don Flanagan arrived on campus The Pit has welcomed the women’s basketball team with open arms. Since 1995, the Lobos are 105-26 (.801) overall and 42-9 (.823) in conference games.
TOP OF HER CLASS: Lobo senior, Jordan Adams has been chosen a nominee for the Senior CLASS Award. The award started last season and the first women’s honoree was Sue Bird. Ten finalists will be determined in early February. The names of the finalists will appear on an official ballot during March. The national winner will be determined by three different panels of voters; a fan balloting opportunity, a national media committee and a committee of Division I coaches. Adams was also named a pre-season All-America and will be considered for All-American status this year.
WATCHING JORDAN: Jordan Adams became the sixth player in UNM history to score 1,000 points last season and she has moved into fourth place overall. Adams is already the women’s all-time shot blocker but she is also looking to become the school’s all-time shot blocker, surpassing Luc Longley of the men’s team.
Scoring:In 3rd place – 1,470 pointsFor 2nd place – 202 for 1,672 pointsBlocks:Currently has – 286To surpass Longley, she needs – 51
PRESEASON FAVORITES: Jordan Adams has been chosen to the MWC preseason all-conference team. A second team all-conference pick last year, the 6-3 Adams ranks sixth all-time at UNM with 1,270 points and is first all-time in blocks with 258.
POLL POSITION: The Lobos were picked to finish third by the media in the 2002-03 Mountain West Conference race.
School (First Place Votes)Points1. BYU (8) 110 2. Colorado State (7) 103 3. New Mexico (1) 91 4. Utah 70 5. UNLV 69 6. Wyoming 49 7. San Diego State 31 8. Air Force 17