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The University of New Mexico and the Air Force Falcons began their series in 1991-92 and UNM holds a 10-1 advantage. UNM has not lost to the Falcons since their very first meeting.
TEAMS: New Mexico vs. Air ForceDATES: Jan. 18, 2002TIMES: 7:00 p.m. MSTTHE SERIES: 11th meeting, UNM leads 10-1THE COACHES: UNM – Don Flanagan(8th season – 154-75)Air Force –Ardie McInelly(2nd season – 10-31)THE RECORDS: UNM 10-3, Air Force 6-7LAST GAME: UNM 70, Weber State 57Texas Pan-American 81, Air Force 61TV/RADIO: 610 AM, “The Sports Animal”
SCOUTING THE FALCONS: The Wildcats are 1-4 in their last five games. The Falcons launched 21 three-pointers against Texas-Pan American and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. For the week, Air Force was 15-41 from behind the arc and on the season they are shooting 32%. Sophomore Latoya Howell currently leads the MWC in steals per game (3.08) and assists per game (7.15). Should that trend continue, she would become the first MWC player to lead the league in both categories.
LET IT BEGIN: Conference play begins this weekend and seven of the eight Mountain West Conference members enter the league race with a .500 or better record, including three 10-game winners and three nine-game winners. The MWC posted an 11-3 record in its final week of non-conference competition and has an overall season record of 69-35 (.663) in non-league games this year.
WOMEN’S EXPO: The UNM Athletic Department is hosting the Fifth Annual Women’s Expo during the Air Force game. The Expo is set to begin when the doors open. The focus of the Expo will be for Albuquerque businesses to display and or sell their products and services to Lobo fans.
ADAMS AGAIN: Jordan Adams was one point shy of tying her career-record for the second time this year. Jordan led the Lobos with 29 points and nine rebounds in a win over Weber State on Jan. 11.
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 seven times. Last season she had a streak of 17 games scoring in double-digits.
SEEKING ASSIST-ANCE: Mandi Moore has racked up 92 dishes this season, 7.1 a game. She’s had six games this season where she’s recorded eight or more assists. Mandi is now in 7th place on UNM’s career chart.
GLASS MENAGERIE: The Lobos have proved dominating on the boards this season. UNM has grabbed 114 more rebounds then their opponents, averaging 43.5 to 34.8. Against Memphis the Lobos grabbed a season-high 57 rebounds.
OPENING DAY: Last season the Lobos opened conference play at home against UNLV in front of a national audience on ESPN2. Unfortunately the Lobos dropped that game, 62-53. The Lobos are 0-2 when opening conference play at home and 1-0 on the road.
FIRE STARTER: Mandi Moore is the only current Lobo to have started in every game for her career. Moore has started in 44 games over 2 years.
SWATTING FLIES: Jordan Adams has had at least one block in every game so far this year. The Lobos have 49 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 29 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 71.7 ppg and their opponents are at 57.5 Eight of UNM’s nine wins have them scoring 70 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 461 minutes, 35.5 mpg. Moore is the only player this year to play an entire game, she’s done it four 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 9 games this year. Currently UNM has 386 defensive boards to their opponents 290.
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.
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.
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 – 7thChelsea Grear – 9thField 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 – 8thAssistsMandi Moore – 7thBlocksJordan Adams – 1stStealsChelsea Grear – 9th
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.
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
WATCHING JORDAN: Jordan Adams became the sixth player in UNM history to score 1,000 points last season and she has moved into third 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 – 1,499 pointsFor 2nd place – 173 for 1,672 pointsBlocks:Currently has – 287To surpass Longley, she needs – 50
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