New Mexico
81, North Texas 59: Senior
Deeva Vaughn scored
a game-high 23 points, freshman Bryce Owens added 17 points and
six assists and
senior Jourdan Erskine pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds as
UNM opened on a
11-0 run. The Lobos held the Eagles scoreless until the 16:28
mark of the first
half but UNT rallied to take a 19-17 lead six minutes later. New
Mexico (5-0)
closed the half with a 9-2 run and took a 39-35 lead into the
half.
North Texas
(0-4) opened
with a three-pointer and UNM responded with a 17-4 run to take a
56-42 lead and
never trailed again in the contest. Loryn Goodwin led UNT with
16 points while
BreeAnna Dawkins and Laura McCoy added 11 and 10 points
respectively. Sara Halasz added 14 points
and six rebounds for UNM while Whitney Johnson came off the
bench to score 10
points. The Lobos shot 50.8% (31 of
61), 37.5% on treys (6 of 16) and 59% on free throws (13 of 22).
North Texas
only shot 36.5% (23 of 63) from the field and was outrebounded
by an amazing
50-27 margin.
NO. 8/9
Georgia 72, NEW
MEXICO 42: The
nationally-ranked
Lady Bulldogs (7-0) from the highly regarded Southeastern
Conference opened on
a 16-3 run and the Lobos went nine minutes without a basket in
the first half
as New Mexico (5-1) managed just 17 points in the first half
against Georgia’s
high-pressure defense. The Lady Bulldogs led 40-17 at halftime
and opened the
second half on a 9-0 run. But the Lobos ended the game well with
a 12-4 run. The
loss was New Mexico’s first of the season.
Sara Halasz led
New Mexico
with 14 points and added four rebounds and Caroline Durbin
scored 12 points and
pulled in a team-high nine rebounds. The Lady Bulldogs were
paced by Tiaria Griffin, who scored 17 points and Jasmine Hassell who added 15
points as
Georgia got scoring from 11 of 13 players and shot 47% for the
game (31-66)
compared to UNM’s 29.4% (15 of 51). The Lady Bulldogs
outrebounded UNM 41-33
and forced the Lobos into 24 turnovers