The 10th-seeded New Mexico men’s basketball team rode stars Donovan Dent and Nelly Junior Joseph to a 75-66 victory over seventh-seeded Marquette in Friday’s NCAA Tournament first round game. Dent, the Mountain West Conference player of the year, shook off eight turnovers to tally 21 points, six assists and two blocks.
For the second straight year the New Mexico Lobos are dancing. Led by versatile guard Donovan Dent and big man Nelly Junior Joseph, a double-double machine,
The No. 7 seed in the East Region Marquette Golden Eagles(23-10) are set to take on No. 10 seed New Mexico Lobos(26-7) in the 1st Round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
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New Mexico keeps on winning and owns a one-game lead over Utah State in the Mountain West standings. The Lobos will put their six-game winning streak on the line when they host Wyoming tonight.
New Mexico took control of the Mountain West race last week with an 82-63 win over Utah State, marking the first time the Lobos have opened Mountain West play at 10-1.
Who were the top performers from the third week of January? The Mountain West schedule continues to heat up. Upsets were in the air and it is looking like New Mexico and Utah State are the current favorites.
We are not even to the halfway point in the MBB conference schedule and the last two unbeaten teams have gone down to defeat this week. We have a big game tonight in Albuquerque to get ready for, but there is loads of other basketball content in today’s edition.
The Mountain West is establishing itself as one of the nation’s deepest men’s basketball conferences. The league boasts five teams in the top 65 of the NET Rankings.
Good early season win Led by Donovan Dent and Nelly Junior Joseph, the New Mexico Lobos came away with a 72-64 win over number 22 UCLA in Las Vegas on Friday night.