Jan. 5, 2006
Team
UNM improves to 11-3 overall and 1-0 in the Mountain West Conference…Utah falls to 9-3 in all games and 0-1 in the MWC Attendance was 11,293, raising the season average to 9,539 This was the Lobos’ sixth game against a ranked opponent this season…UNM is 3-3 New Mexico has beaten Utah six straight times overall, and has won five in a row over the Utes in The Pit The Lobos have now won 28 straight conference home games, the last loss coming on Jan. 26, 2002 against UNLV Utah’s top-two scorers – Kim Smith (19.3 ppg) and Shona Thorburn (12.6) came into game averaging a combined 31.9 points…the duo ended with only 11 points on a combined 5 of 26 shooting, including 0 of 11 from 3-point Smith had scored in double figures in 50 straight games…she finished with 6 Utah set season lows for points (42), FG% (26.2%) and 3-point FG% (14.8%)…the Utes’ previous season lows coming into tonight’s game:
-55 points and 31.5% shooting (18-57) in 68-55 loss vs. Notre Dame
-19% (5-26) from 3-point in 63-56 loss at Washington Utah came into the game averaging 68.6 points, shooting 42% from the floor and 34% from 3-point New Mexico led 31-17 at halftime…the fewest points Utah had scored in any half this season was 24 on two occasions The Utes shot 19% (6-31) in the 1st half, 7% (1-14) from 3-point
Individual
Junior G Katie Montgomery scored 11 of her 14 points in the second half Senior C Jana Francis tied a career-high with 3 blocks