March 19, 2006
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Postgame Notes
2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
(11) New Mexico vs. (6) Florida
March 18, 2006
Tucson, Ariz.
Final Score: New Mexico 83, Florida 59
-The Lobos improve to 22-9 and win their first NCAA Tournament game away from Albuquerque…they had been 0-3…they advance to the second round for only the second time…they made it to the regional semifinals in 2003, but those games were played in The Pit
-UNM is now 3-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament play, 1-3 in tournament games played away from Albuquerque
– The Lobos will play defending national champion and No.3 seed Baylor Monday night in a second-round game…Baylor beat Northern Arizona 74-56
-The Mountain West Conference went 3-0 in the NCAA Tournament today…Utah beat Middle Tennessee State 76-71 and BYU handled Iowa 67-62
– New Mexico shot a season-high 51% (27-53) from the floor…the Lobos were also 23 of 28 from the FT line, or 82%
-The Lobos led 11-10, then outscored the Gators 31-6 to take a 42-16 advantage and the lead remained at 20 or more the rest of the night
– New Mexico led 48-24 at halftime…that’s the most first-half points and the largest halftime advantage for UNM since leading Morgan State 54-13 last year in The Pit
– Senior C Jana Francis scored a career-high 25 points on 10 of 14 FGs…her previous scoring best was 18 earlier this year against Marist
– Junior Katie Montgomery tied a career-high with 21 points, 14 coming in the 1st half
– Montgomery made 4 of 6 shots from 3-point and is now 74 of 152 on the season, or 48.7%…it’s the best single-season percentage in school history while the 74 3s rank No. 2 on the UNM single-season list…Abby Garchek made82 in 1997-98
– Montgomery has made 147 career 3-pointers, good for 3rd all-time at New Mexico
– Sophomore Dionne Marsh scored 18 points tonight…she has scored 484 points this season, the 5th-highest total in UNM history…only Abby Garchek and Jordan Adams have scored more in a season