ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A limited-seats-available banquet to honor the accomplishments of the 2018-19 University of New Mexico women’s basketball team will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at the Embassy Suites off I-25 and Lomas.
Doors open for the event at 5:30 p.m. with the program starting at 6 p.m.
The cost of the tickets is $40 per person and can purchased over the phone with Lori Ann Salgado at 505-925-5770.
Brief 2018-19 Season in Review
For the second-straight season, the Lobos won over 20 games to give them consecutive 20-plus win seasons for the first time since 2007-08 – 2008-09. The 24 wins this past season were tied for the fifth-most in season in program history. Additionally, the 49 wins the past two seasons are the most since the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.
After a breakout season last year that saw the Lobos qualify for the WNIT for the first time since 2010 and advance to the third round of the tournament, the Lobos went back to the WNIT for a second-straight season. It was the first consecutive postseason appearance for the program since 2008-09 – 2009-10.
At the start of the 2018-19 season, the Lobos were 1-1 and had just dropped a close three-point game to Auburn at home in the Preseason WNIT. The Lobos then rolled off 11-straight wins to tie the program record for the longest winning streak in a season; an achievement also accomplished last season. The Lobos would also go on to win 15-straight games at home following the Auburn defeat. The 15-consecutive home wins are the second-most in a season in program history.
The 2018-19 season also saw a lot of individual accolades received.
At the conference level, the Lobos received the Mountain West Player of the Week honor five different times including three-consecutive early in the season. In terms of postseason awards, the Lobos cleaned up in major awards as Jayla Everett was named the Freshman of the Year, Aisia Robertson the Newcomer of the Year and Jaisa Nunn the Player of the Year.
Robertson’s Newcomer of the Year award was the third-straight under Bradbury and the program’s sixth overall. Both Everett and Nunn’s honors were historical as they were the first in program history.
Lobo women’s basketball to hold end-of-year banquet on April 9
