UNLV Blows Out New Mexico

#20 UNLV 80, New Mexico 63This match-up was an absolute blowout in the second half. This was a sloppy game (the teams combined for 33 offensive rebounds to only 30 defensive rebounds, as well as 35 turnovers), but UNLV had 11 steals and 6 blocks, both of which allowed to get out on fast breaks for easy baskets. With the crowd behind them, New Mexico seemed to just get demoralized. Their defense has been picked apart in consecutive games now by San Diego State (1.26 PPP) and UNLV (1.21 PPP). It's the first time New Mexico has allowed greater than 1.2 PPP in consecutive games since February of 2007, part of a season where they went only 4-12 in Mountain West play.I don't want to overreact too much to just two games. They had held opponents to under 1 PPP in 14 of 17 games this season prior to this two-game performance. 17 games is a much larger sample size than two. New Mexico is still 15-4 with wins over St. Louis, Wyoming and Missouri State, along with bad losses to Santa Cl...