Jan. 28, 2005
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The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will look to rebound from their first conferecne loss on Saturday at San Diego State. The Lobos are 14-3 on the season and 3-1 in the MWC, while the Aztecs are 10-8 overall and 1-3 in the conference. Tip-off is set for 6:00 P.M. Saturday at Cox Arena (MST) and can be heard live on KNML 610 AM.
TONIGHT’S GAME:Tonight’s game features the Lobos of the University of New Mexico visiting the Aztecs of San Diego State University in a Mountain West Conference matchup.
SCOUTING NEW MEXICO:The Lobos enter tonight’s game with a 14-3 record and 3-1 in the MWC with losses to No. 7 Texas (75-56), No.11 Minnesota (75-35) and UNLV (63-60) and wins at New Mexico State (57-44) and Oklahoma State (60-56) and home wins over Missouri (67-58), Gonzaga (76-54), Bowling Green (73-43), San Diego (58-50), No. 23 Arizona State (61-45), New Mexico State (56-27), San Francisco (63-52), Morgan State (101-22), Utah Valley State (69-29), Air Force (72-58), BYU (64-51) and Utah (61-55). New Mexico’s leading scorer on the season is freshman Dionne Marsh at 10.0 ppg., followed by senior Lindsey Arndt at 9.6 ppg. Arndt also leads the Lobos in rebounding at 5.8 rpg. and senior Mandi Moore leads UNM in assists at 5.5 apg.
SCOUTING SAN DIEGO STATE:The Aztecs enter the contest with a 6-10 record and are 1-3 in the MWC, with wins over Cal State Stainslaus 80-65, Northern Colorado 68-65, Cal State Fullerton 69-43, Southern Utah 51-37, Eastern Washington 63-59 and UNLV 76-60 and losses to San Diego 64-49, Nevada 74-55, Washington State 55-50, UC Riverside 65-53, SMU 80-36, Kansas 71-45, Canisius 71-61, Colorado State 63-50, Wyoming 69-43 and Air Force 48-44. SDSU is led in scoring by Michelle Elliott at 12.1 ppg. Ashley Cheesman leads the Aztecs in rebounding at 6.1 rpg. and Kate Eveland leads the team in assists at 2.3 apg.