New Mexico Lobos Women’s Basketball – On The Road
Wednesday: Texas (6-0) 86,New Mexico (1-6) 37
Sunday: New Mexico at New Mexico State
Lobos On The Air: 610-AM with Joe Behrend
AUSTIN, Texas — When you run into the No. 4 team in the nation playing hot and playing at home, this can happen: Texas 86, New Mexico 37.
The Lobos ran into a buzzsaw of Longhorns Wednesday night in Austin. The Longhorns shot 52.5 percent from the field and dominated virtually every stat category in running and muscling to the 49-point win. Texas was up 50-12 at the half shooting 62.5 percent in the first 20 minutes.
The Lobos had a single player in double figures in Antiesha Brown while Khadijah Shumpert added five points and Cherise Beynon topped UNM in rebounding with seven.
“I told our team coming in that this is the best team that we are going to face this year,” Sanchez said. “Bottom line. We’ve played DePaul, Texas A&M, and Stanford. This is the best team and they held true. This is best team we’ve played all year. They’re playing at a really, really high level right now. They just got talent inside and out.”
Texas – tall, quick and deep – ruled the glass 41-to-24 and outscored UNM 44-14 in paint and 34-7 in points off turnovers. Texas went to its bench early and the Longhorn subs responded by outscoring UNM’s bench 47-to-14.
Texas was led in scoring by Brady Sanders with 13 points. Nneka Enemkpali had 10 boards for Texas. Sanders added five assists. Texas had 24 assists to four for the visitors from Albuquerque.
“I’m proud of my girls, the way they handled themselves through as tough a seven-game stretch as there is,” Sanchez said “This one got away from us tonight, but our kids will bounce back. We got four games left in the non-conference schedule that give us an opportunity for some success.”
The Lobos, now 1-6 on the young season, will play Sunday at New Mexico State.
First Half: Texas 50, New Mexico 12
When you fall behind 23-3 to the No. 4 team in the country on their court, you obviously are in trouble. When you are down 38 at the half, the second half becomes a formality. The Lobos ran into those numbers Wednesday night in Austin, Texas as the Longhorns ran and muscled their way past the Lobos into a 50-12 lead.
Texas shot a sizzling 65.5 percent from the field to 20.8 percent for the Lobos. UNM had 18 turnovers and Texas outscored UNM 24-2 off turnovers. Texas outscored UNM 30-6 in the paint and 25-to-5 off the bench. Brown led the Lobos with four first-half points.