Final Score: BYU 60, New Mexico 55
16th-ranked New Mexico drops to 16-5 overall and 6-2 in the Mountain West Conference… No. 19 BYU improves to 18-1 overall, 8-0 in the MWC
New Mexico had its 4-game winning streak snapped…BYU has won 10 in a row
BYU leads the overall series 34-20, including 22-4 in Provo…New Mexico had won 5 of the past 6 before tonight
UNM is now 12-22 all-time against ranked opponents, 3-4 in 2005-06
Trailing 29-19 in the first half, the Lobos got their only lead of the game at the 5:20 mark when sophomore Dionne Marsh scored to give UNM a 52-50 edge…however, BYU went on a 10-1 run down the stretch for a decisive 60-53 advantage…Marsh finally got a FG with 3.4 seconds left, meaning the Lobos went more than five minutes without a basket…in between, UNM missed 7 shots and turned the ball over 3 times
Marsh finished with 25 points, one shy of her season high, and 10 rebounds, for her 2nd straight double-double, 3rd of the season and 6th of her career…she also made the 4th 3-pointer of her career…during one stretch in the first half, Marsh scored 14 of UNM’s 16 points
New Mexico missed its first 10 shots from the floor in falling behind 8-0…the Lobos also had 3 turnovers before junior Katie Montgomery got the team’s first points – a 3 – with 13:38 left in the first half
BYU leading scorer Ambrosia Anderson was held to 7 points on 3-12 shooting from the floor before fouling out with 7:20 remaining…she came into the game averaging 19.4 ppg
Seldom-used redshirt freshman Morgan Saso scored 4 points in just 6 second-half minutes to equal her scoring total for the entire season…Saso came into the evening having played just 13 minutes in 7 games
New Mexico lost for the first time this year when allowing less than 70 points…the Lobos had been 15-0 in that situation
The Lobos also lost for only the 2nd time in 14 games this season when gathering more rebounds than the opposition…UNM held a 41-31 edge tonight and has out-rebounded nine straight foes