March 7, 2005
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The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will open up MWC Tournament play on Wednesday afternoon against San Diego State. The Lobos are the No. 1 seed and are 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the MWC, while the Aztecs are the No. 8 seed and are 8-19 on the season and 2-12 in the conference. Tip-off from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, is set for 12:00 p.m. and can be seen on CSTV or locally on KASY UPN 50 or heard on KNML 610 AM.
TONIGHT’S GAME:Tonight’s game features the Lobos of the University of New Mexico against the Aztecs of San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the MWC Championships.
SCOUTING NEW MEXICO:The Lobos enter tonight’s game with a 23-4 record and 12-2 in the MWC with losses to No. 7 Texas (75-56), No.11 Minnesota (75-35), UNLV (63-60) and BYU (55-46) and wins over New Mexico State (57-44) and Oklahoma State (60-56), 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), Utah (61-55), San Diego St. (72-53), Wyoming (62-49), Colorado State (75-49), Air Force (77-69), Utah (70-63), San Diego State (78-58), UNLV (68-65), Colorado State (71-63) and Wyoming (65-48). New Mexico’s leading scorer on the season is freshman Dionne Marsh at 11.5 ppg., followed by senior Lindsey Arndt at 10.5 ppg. Arndt also leads the Lobos in rebounding at 6.2 rpg. and senior Mandi Moore leads UNM in assists at 5.1 apg.
SCOUTING SAN DIEGO STATE:The Aztecs enter the contest with a 8-19 record and are 2-12 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, UNLV 76-60, Utah Valley State 91-45 and Air Force 77-61 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, Air Force 48-44, New Mexico 72-53, BYU 62-49, Utah 65-52, UNLV 77-54, Wyoming 69-66 and Colorado State 56-49, New Mexico 78-58, Utah 64-54 and BYU 69-61. SDSU is led in scoring by Michelle Elliott at 11.1 ppg. Ashley Cheesman leads the Aztecs in rebounding at 5.3 rpg. and Kate Eveland leads the team in assists at 2.2 apg.