LAS VEGAS, Nev. – University of New Mexico senior guard Antiesha Brown on Monday earned Mountain West All-Defensive Team honors, the conference announced.
Brown, a senior from Clovis, N.M. had 48 ball deflections and took nine charges during the regular season. She added 1.4 steals per game. UNM finished third in the conference in scoring defense at 56.1 points allowed per game, third in turnover margin at +2.3 per game and fourth in steals at 8.6 per game.
Brown is the first Lobo to make the All-Defensive Team since Porche Torrance in 2011-12.
Brown added All-Mountain West honors as well, becoming the first Lobo since now-UNM assistant Amy Beggin completed the double in 2009-10.
It is Brown’s fourth all-conference honor during her UNM career. She also earned honorable-mention All-MW honors in 2013-14 and was the Sixth Player of the Year in 2012-13. She is the 19th player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for her career.
Coach Yvonne Sanchez, whose Lobos were picked to finish ninth, earned Mountain West Coach of the Year honors. She is the second Lobo coach to win the award; Don Flanagan won his only Coach of the Year Award in 2004-05.
Freshman Cherise Beynon made the All-Freshman Team, the first to earn a newcomer-type award since Dionne Marsh in 2004-05.
The Lobos, the No. 2 seed in the Mountain West Tournament, will play in Tuesday’s 7 p.m. quarterfinals against the winner of the No. 7-seed San Diego State-No. 10-seed Nevada game tonight.