ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— After a hard-fought victory on Wednesday night, the Lobos head to Fort Collins to close out the week for another MW contest on Saturday against Colorado State. Tip is set for 1 p.m. on the Mountain West Network.
The Lobos are 11-5, 2-1 in the Mountain West with the Rams 10-4 overall, 1-2 in the Mountain West. Historically, UNM is 49-40 all-time in the series, but CSU holds the 24-13 edge in games played in Fort Collins. The Lobos however have won nine of the last 11 meetings and Coach Mike Bradbury is 9-5 against CSU. The two teams split the series last season with each team winning on their home floor.
FOUR-FOR-FOUR DEAL
UNM has four players averaging double figures led by Nyah Wilson (12.6 ppg), Paula Reus and Viané Cumber (tied at 12.1 ppg) and Aniyah Augmon (11.4 ppg). The trend has continued in conference play with all four averaging double figures led by Wilson at 16.0 ppg, Augmon 14.0 ppg, Cumber 12.7 ppg and Reus 11.7 ppg.
ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT
The Lobos have been led in scoring by five different players (with five games of players sharing the team high) and in rebounds by five different players with two games of multiple players sharing the team lead this season.
Vianè Cumber has led in scoring in four games, Nyah Wilson, Aniyah Augmon and Paula Reus have led in two games, and Charlotte Kohl once. Reus has led or tied for the team lead in points six times this season. On the boards, Kohl has led in six games, Cumber three times, Augmon and Wilson in two each and Reus in one game.
In conference, UNM has been led in scoring by a different player every game: Wilson (Nevada), Augmon (Boise State) and Cumber (Utah State), with Cumber leading in rebounds against Nevada and Utah State and Kohl against Boise State.
CONSISTENT CONTRIBUTORS
Aniyah Augmon has scored in double figures in a team-high 11 games, while Nyah Wilson and Paula Reus have scored in double figures in 10 games with Wilson scoring 20 or more points in four games. Reus has scored in double figures in five of the last six and nine of the last 10. Charlotte Kohl has scored in double figures five times and has three double-doubles on the season. Vianè Cumber has scored in double figures in seven games with three games with 20-plus points.
UNM is 8-2 when Reus and Wilson score in double figures and 8-3 when Augmon scores in double figures.
SHARE THE BALL
The Lobos finished with a season-high 21 assists in the game against Utah State to go with 20 assists in the game against Hampton and 19 against Western New Mexico and Mississippi Valley State.
UNM assisted on 21 of the 26 made baskets (80.8%) against Utah State, 20 of the 23 made baskets (87.0%) against Hampton, 19 of the 25 made baskets (76.0%) against Western New Mexico, and on 19 of its 27 made baskets (70.4%) against Mississippi Valley State.
On the season, the Lobos have assisted on 55.3% of made baskets and averaging 13.1 assists per game. UNM is averaging 14.7 assists in conference play, ranking third.
ABOUT COLORADO STATE
The Rams enter the game 10-4, 1-2 in conference with a win against Fresno State (61-55) and losses to UNLV (83-78) and San Diego State (74-71 in overtime).
CSU is led in scoring by McKenna Hofschild at 24.0 ppg, who also leads the MW in scoring, with Hofschild also leading the team with 8.6 assists per game and 17 steals. In the three conference games, Hofschild is averaging 31.0 ppg and 8.7 assists per game. Hannah Ronsiek is averaging 10.0 ppg and has a team-high 77 rebounds and 19 blocks.
Hofschild and Ronsiek are the only two to start all 14 games with Sydney Mech and Sanna Strom with the second-most starts at 10.
The Rams are second in the MW in points per game at 74.3 and fourth in points allowed at 61.8 ppg with a +12.5 scoring margin. CSU leads the conference in field-goal percentage with 45.8% and in field-goal percentage defense at 35.8%, as well as in three-point percentage at 37.9% and three-point defense at 27.6%.
Nationally, Colorado State leads the NCAA in turnovers per game (8.6), is second in assist/turnover ratio (1.79), is eighth in three-pointers per game (9.5) and 13th in three-point percentage (37.9). Hofschild leads the NCAA in assists per game, is second in assists (120), third in points per game, fourth in assist/turnover ratio (3.8) and seventh in points (336). She has also taken the 12th-most free throws with 93 and has made 77, the 11th-most made free throws.
UP NEXT
Following Saturday’s game, the Lobos return to The Pit to host Wyoming on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.