March 15, 2008
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New Mexico vs. San Diego State
Phillips 66 Mountain West Conference Basketball Championship
Las Vegas, Nev.
New Mexico, the No. 4 seed, nips 6th-seed San Diego State 62-59 to claim the Mountain West Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament…New Mexico improves to 20-12 and has won 6 in a row…San Diego State is 18-13 New Mexico has claimed its 5th MWC Championship in the past 6 seasons: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008…that means UNM is 15-1 in MWC Championship games since 2003 The Lobos advance to their 7th straight NCAA Tournament and their 9th trip overall…it’s also the school’s 8th straight 20-win season and 10th in school history…all of these achievements have come under head coach Don Flanagan, who is in his 13th season Lobo seniors Dionne Marsh and Brandi Kimble combined for 43 points, 19 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks…they both played 39 minutes today Kimble tied a career scoring high with 22 points, plus 9 boards, 3 steals and a block Marsh, who was named the tournament MVP for the 3rd time in her career, had her 13th career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds, plus 2 steals and 2 blocks After allowing 35 points, 57% shooting and 5 of 8 3-pointers to San Diego State in the 1st half, the Lobos limited SDSU to 24 points, 22% (6-27) shooting and 1 of 7 baskets from 3-point in the 2nd half San Diego State ended the 1st half on a 15-3 run to take a 35-29 lead at halftime…New Mexico had 0 field goals in the final 6:33 of the 1st half The Lobos have a 19-game winning streak against San Diego State…UNM’s last loss was 56-53 on Feb. 15, 2001 UNM overcame a 37-29 deficit early in the second half to win…the Lobos took the lead for good at 49-48 on a basket by Georonika Jackson with 11:24 to go…Jackson had 6 points and equaled a career-high for the 2nd game in a row with 5 rebounds New Mexico had a rebounding edge of 36-23 The Lobos have now won 40 straight games when scoring 60 or more points over the past 2 seasons