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Albuquerque — UNM will meet Mississippi State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at The Pit on Monday at 7:23 pm. Mountain Time. The game will be broadcast live on 610 AM “The Sports Animal” and over the internet at www.610thesportsanimal.com. The game will also be televised on ESPN. The Lobos are the No. 6 seed while the Bulldogs are No. 3.
LOBOS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE: UNM and MSU have met only one time. In 2000-01 Mississippi State traveled to Albuquerque for the Southwest Airlines Lobo Shootout. The Lady Bulldogs won the tournament, defeating the Lobos 66-49 in the championship game.
MOVIN’ ON: New Mexico advanced for the first time to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, improving to 1-2 in NCAA games.
CAREER WOMEN: Several UNM players are now in New Mexico’s career charts. Here is a list and where they rank:
ScoringJordan Adams – 2nd (1,75 2 pts.)ReboundingJordan Adams – 5th (714 reb.)Chelsea Grear – 7th (663 reb.)Field Goals MadeJordan Adams – 1st (669 fgm)Field Goals AttemptedJordan Adams – 4th (1,421 fga)Field Goal %Jordan Adams – 9th (.470)3-Point Field Goal %Mandi Moore – 1st (.409)Free Throws MadeJordan Adams – 2nd (366 ftm)Free Throws AttemptedJordan Adams – 4th (473 fta)Free Throws %Jordan Adams – 3rd (.774)AssistsMandi Moore – 4th (350)BlocksJordan Adams – 1st (336)StealsChelsea Grear – 6th (149)
WATCHING JORDAN: Jordan Adams became the sixth player in UNM history to score 1,000 points last season and she has moved into second place overall. She is also attempting to become the school’s all-time shot blocker for both the men’s and the women’s, surpassing the men’s leader, Luc Longley.Scoring:In 2nd place – 1,752 pointsNeeds 84 to move into first place (1,836)Blocks:Currently has – 336To surpass Luc Longley, she needs – 1
BLOCK PARTY: Jordan Adams had all eight of the team’s blocks against Miami, tying her career-high. Adams already holds the women’s career blocks record but her eight blocks ties her with former UNM men’s great Luc Longley who has 336 career blocks. Adams needs just one more to become the school’s all-time shot blocking leader among both the men’s and women’s programs. She has 77 of the team’s 128 blocks this season (60.2%).
NCAA BLOCKER: Jordan Adams is now tied for 10th on the NCAA All-Time blocks list with Teresa Jenkins of Florida A&M.
BLOCK OUT: The Lobos are 21-2 when they outblock their opponents.
SCORING LEADER: Jordan Adams started the 2002-03 season in sixth place with 1,236 career points. She has scored 489 points this season giving her 1,752 career points to surpass Alison Foote all-time at UNM. She needs 85 more to pass Abby Garchek (1,836).
WE NEED JORDAN: Jordan Adams had a game-high 27 points against Miami. It was her eighth game with 20+ points. UNM is 6-2 when Adams scores over 20 points.
POST SEASON SCORER: With Adams’ 27-points against Miami she is averaging a career-best 17 ppg in four post-season games this season. She averaged 15.3 points in 2001-02. She is now averaging 14.1 ppg in 16 postseason appearances (including MWC, WNIT and NCAA).
CAREER SHOOTER: Mandi Moore tied a career-high when she went 4-5 from behind the arc against Miami. The last time Moore hit four three-point buckets was against Arizona on 12/18.
BEHIND THE ARC: Moore is New Mexico’s leader in career and season three-point field goal percentage at .409 (63-154).
DISHING IT OUT: Moore is the school’s single season assist leader with 204, passing Nikki Heckroth who had 200 in the 2000-01 season. Moore has 350 career assists, good enough for 4th place all-time.
HIGH SCORERS: New Mexico’s 91 points were its’ highest in three NCAA Tournament appearances. The previous best was 59 points against Nebraska on March 13, 1998. Under Don Flanagan (1995-2003), the Lobos are 6-1 when scoring 90 or more points. UNM is also 24-1 under Flanagan when scoring at least 80 points.
COMING FROM BEHIND: Miami’s 40-29 lead at the half was the largest deficit that UNM has faced at intermission this season. New Mexico improved to a solid 6-5 when trailing at the half this year.
A 50-50 PROPOSITION: The Lobos have not had an opponent shoot over 50% this year. The highest field goal percentage an opponent has shot this year is 48% by CSU on Jan. 23. The Lobos have shot over 50% five times this year and have posted 40% or better in 21 games. They are 18-3 in those games.
MORE 50-50: The Lobos have held their opponents to less than 50% from field goal range in 84 straight games. The last opponent to shoot 50% or better against UNM was Oregon State in 2000-01 and the last conference foe to shoot over 50% was Colorado State in 1999-2000.
FROM THE FIELD: Miami recorded a field goal percentage of 42%, marking only the eighth time this season a team has shot over 40% against UNM. No team has shot higher than Colorado State’s 48% on Jan. 23.