the university of new mexico 15 NCAA Tournament Appearances WAC Champions: 1964, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1996 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL Six Mountain West Tournament Championships: 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 2020-21 SCHEDULE MW Series 3: New Mexico vs Utah State DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (MT) Dec. 13 at Rice CUSATV W, 72-61 NEW MEXICO Media Information Dec. 15 vs. OLLU YouTube W, 104,65 Lobos Location:.................................Rip Griffin Center Dec. 17 vs. LeTourneau YouTube W, 90-58 ................................................... Lubbock, Texas Capacity: .................................................. 1,950 Dec. 21 at Boise State* FS1 L, 53-77 Radio: ................................................96.3 KKOB Dec. 23 at Boise State* CBSSN L, 52-89 Record ...................................................... 3-4, 0-4 MW ...........................................Lobo Radio Network Dec. 31 Nevada* FS1 L, 54-68 Conference .......................................... Mountain West Play-By-Play ...............................Robert Portnoy Jan. 2 Nevada* CBSSN L, 74-84 Head Coach ..................................Paul Weir (York, ‘04) Analyst ....................................... Hunter Greene Live Stats: ...................................... StatBroadcast Jan. 6 Utah State* CBSSN 8 p.m. Record at UNM ..........................55-51 (Fourth Season) Career Record ............................... 83-57 (Fifth Season) Game 1 - Wednesday, Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Utah State* FS1 9 p.m. Tipoff: ................... 8:05 p.m. MT / 9:05 p.m. CT Jan. 16 at UNLV* CBSSN TBA TV: ..................................... CBS Sports Network Jan. 18 at UNLV* FS1 TBA UTAH STATE Play by Play ........................................Rich Waltz Jan. 21 San José State* TBA TBA Aggies Analyst ............................................. Dan Dickau Game 2 - Friday, Jan. 8 Jan. 23 San José State* TBA TBA Tipoff: ................... 7:10 p.m. MT / 8:10 p.m. CT Jan. 28 at Fresno State* CBSSN 9 p.m. TV: ................................................................FS1 Jan. 30 at Fresno State* MWN 5 p.m. Record ...................................................... 7-3, 4-0 MW Play by Play ..................................................TBA Conference ...........................................Mountain West Analyst ......................................................... TBA Feb. 3 San Diego State* FS1 TBA Head Coach .................Craig Smith (North Dakota, ‘96) Feb. 5 San Diego State* CBSSN 7 p.m. Record at Utah State ......................61-18 (3rd Season) Notes last updated: January 4, 2020 Feb. 9 at Colorado State* FS1 TBA Career Record .............................212-102 (9th Season) Feb. 11 at Colorado State* CBSSN TBA About the Matchup Feb. 17 Wyoming* TBA TBA • The Lobos enter their first full series of the new year after a close contest against Nevada on Jan. 2. The Lobos led by Feb. 19 Wyoming* CBSSN TBA one point with under five minutes left before the Wolf Pack ran away with the game. Feb. 22 at Air Force* TBA TBA • Utah State enters the series riding a six-win streak after starting the season 1-3. Feb. 24 at Air Force* TBA TBA • This series will mark the third and fourth games the Lobos will play at “home” as UNM has found a temporary home in Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University. • Utah State leads the series over the Lobos 27-12 including an 11-9 advantage in Albuquerque. 2021 MW Championship (Hosted by UNLV) • While the games will be officially scored as “home” games for UNM, it’s worth noting that Utah State is just 2-1 in March10 First Round TBA TBA neutral contests with UNM. March 11 Quarterfinals TBA TBA • UNM is 1-1 over the last two meetings and 1-4 over the last five meetings between the squads with the last Lobo March 12 Semifinals TBA TBA win coming on Feb. 29, 2020 in Albuquerque (66-64). • Last time the teams met was on March 5, 2020 at the Mountain West Tournament after splitting the season’s series. March 13 Championship TBA TBA The Aggies claimed a 75-70 win in the Quarterfinals. • The Lobos are led by two players averaging scoring in double figures on the season including senior Makuach Bold denotes home game at The Pit (15,411) Maluach (14.9) and redshirt-junior Rod Brown (10.4). In conference play, Maluach is the only Lobo in double digits italics denotes tournament with 12.3 points per game. *denotes Mountain West game • Maluach also leads UNM in rebounds on the season (6.6 rpg) while Brown leads in MW play with 4.8 per game. Game times listed are Mountain Time and subject • Utah State is led by four players scoring in double figures on the season including Marco Anthony (12.8), Justin Bean to change (12.1), Neemias Queta (11.8) and Rollie Worster (11.2). Queta posts 8.7 rebounds per game followed by Bean with 8.1. • In MW competition, Queta is averaging 9.0 rebounds followed by Bean with 8.5 while Brock Miller (13.3 ppg), Bean (12.3 ppg), Queta (10.5 ppg) and Anthony (10.3 ppg) lead the Aggies in scoring. POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG PG 11 Jeremiah Francis III 3.8 2.0 2.0 G 2 Saquan Singleton 7.4 5.4 2.6 G/F 10 Makuach Maluach 15.2 7.4 1.0 F 5 Rod Brown 10.0 4.8 1.0 F 1 Bayron Matos 8.2 4.8 0.8 Francis III Singleton Maluach Brown Matos Chelsea Pitvorec | Associate Director of Athletic Communications Email: [email protected] | Cell: 352-422-2875 - New mexico men’s basketball | www.golobos.com - 1 new mexico Notes Last time out Lobo great Chad Toppert (1,067). by the numbers (MW) So far this season, he has passed Updated as of 1/5/2021 Despite its 0-4 record to kick off Mountain Statistic All Games - MW MW Games West play, UNM nearly stole one from Ira Harge (1,016), Hugh Greenwood Scoring: 71.3 ppg - 8th 58.3 ppg - 9th the Nevada Wolf Pack on Jan. 2 in game (1,006), Ron Becker (1,010), Alex Scoring Defense: 71.7 ppg - 8th 79.5 ppg - 9th two of the squads’ series in Lubbock. Kirk (1,010) and Rob Loeffel (1,011). Scoring Margin: -0.4 - 8th -21.3 - 9th The Lobos led by one with less than Field Goal %: .425 - 9th .356 - 9th five minutes left to play while posting 1,000-point, 500-rebound watch Def. Field Goal %: .425 - 7th .516 - 9th 3-Point FG %: .301 - 10th .295 - 8th several double-figure runs throughout While senior Makuach Maluach is Def. 3-Point FG %: .358 - 10th .413 - 10th the game to hang in and claim the lead. now a member of the exclusive UNM Free Throw %: .579 - 11th .567 - 9th 1,000-point club, he is also on the Rebounding Off.: 43.4 rpg - 1st 32.0 rpg - 7th Comeback runs included verge of entering into an even more Rebounding Def.: 32.1 rpg - 2nd 35.5 rpg - 7th a 12-2 run, 14-0 and 10-0. exclusive club, that of the 1,000-point Reb. Margin: +11.3 rpg - 1st -3.5 rpg - 7th scorers and 500-rebounders. Assists: 12.7 apg - 7th 10.0 apg - 7th Turnover Margin: -1.3 - 8th -1.5 - 7th With very little face-to-face competition Asst/TO Ratio: 0.9 A/TO - 7th 0.7 A/TO - 7th prior to conference play due to the Only 18 players in UNM program Steals: 5.4 spg - 9th 4.3 spg - 9th COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear the Lobos history have achieved the feat. Maluach Blocks: 3.1 bpg - 5th 1.5 bpg - 9th are improving with each game and they’re currently posts 391 career rebounds looking for their first conference win. and is just 109 away from 500. Kenpom.com REBOUND RECORD 63 straight starts UNM broke a 58-year-old rebounding Senior Makuach Maluach has started 63 record on Dec. 17 against LeTourneau straight games heading into the Utah State as the Lobos racked up 79 boards. The series. He has also surpassed 100 career previous record of 78 was set on Dec. games and has now played in 106 games. 15, 1962 against Cal State-Los Angeles. stats stack up Battle for the boards STATISTIC UNM USU Utah State heads into the series having Scoring Offense 71.3 77.4 outrebounded every one of its opponents Scoring Defense 71.7 63.5 this season. In addition, the Aggies are 59- Scoring Margin -0.4 +13.9 11 overall under head coach Craig Smith Field Goal Pct. .425 .459 when outrebounding their opponent. Field Goal Pct. Def. .425 .399 3-Point FG Pct. .301 .337 The Lobos have also put an emphasis 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .358 .346 on rebounding this season and rank first Free Throw Pct. .579 .706 in the Mountain West in rebounds per Rebounds per Game 43.4 41.2 game with 43.4 on the season. Though Rebound Margin +11.3 +11.1 in the last four conference contests, Steals per game 5.4 7.3 the Lobos have outrebounded just Blocks per game 3.1 4.3 once, 45-42, on Dec. 31 against Nevada. Assists per game 12.7 15.9 Turnovers per game 14.1 13.1 maluach in the club Turnover Margin -1.3 +2.5 Senior Makuach Maluach is officially in Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9 1.2 the UNM 1,000-point club after hitting his 1,000th and 1,001st career points on The more the merrier a layup and the first basket of the game In the first five games of the season, for UNM against LeTourneau Dec. 17. UNM had 15 players see the court in four of them. In the last two contests So far this season, Maluach has totaled however, the Lobos narrowed the 1,063 career points and ranks 30th roster to just 11 to hit the floor.