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 Game 10: New Mexico at Dixie 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:.........................................Burns Arena Dec. 17 vs. LeTourneau YouTube W, 90-58 .................................................St. George, Utah Capacity: .................................................. 4,779 Dec. 21 at Boise State* FS1 L, 53-77 Radio: ................................................96.3 KKOB Dec. 23 at Boise State* CBSSN L, 52-89 Record ...................................................... 3-6, 0-6 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: .....dixiestateathletics.com/sidearmstats/ Jan. 6 Utah State* CBSSN L, 45-77 Record at UNM ..........................55-53 (Fourth Season) Career Record ............................... 83-59 (Fifth Season) mbball Jan. 8 Utah State* FS1 L, 46-82 Wednesday, Jan. 13 Jan. 13 at Dixie State WDN 7 p.m. Tipoff: ................................................7 p.m. MT Jan. 16 at UNLV* CBSSN 3:30 p.m. DIXIE STATE TV: ....................................WAC Digital Network Jan. 18 at UNLV* FS1 7:30 p.m. Trailblazers Notes last updated: January 11, 2020 Jan. 21 San José State* MWN 1 p.m. Jan. 23 San José State* MWN 1 p.m. Jan. 28 at Fresno State* CBSSN 9 p.m. Record ...................................................... 4-2, 0-0 MW Conference ...........Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Jan. 30 at Fresno State* MWN 5 p.m. Head Coach ..................... Jon Judkins (Utah State, ‘88) Feb. 3 San Diego State* FS1 TBA Record at Dixie State ................289-135 (16th Season) Feb. 5 San Diego State* CBSSN 7 p.m. Career Record ...........................573-263 (28th Season) Feb. 9 at Colorado State* FS1 TBA About the Matchup Feb. 11 at Colorado State* CBSSN TBA • Wednesday’s game between New Mexico and Dixie State was finalized on Sunday, just three days Feb. 17 Wyoming* TBA TBA prior to the teams’ competition and will be part of an agreement for the Lobos to host Mountain West Feb. 19 Wyoming* CBSSN TBA competitor San José State in St. George, Utah on Jan. 21-23. Feb. 22 at Air Force* TBA TBA • The Lobos enter the game coming off of their sixth straight loss marked by a pair of back-to-back Feb. 24 at Air Force* TBA TBA 30-point losses to Mountain West competitor Utah State, which was picked to finish third in the league with two first-place votes. 2021 MW Championship (Hosted by UNLV) • Dixie State has not competed since Dec. 29 when the Trailblazers fell at No. 1 Gonzaga 112-67. March10 First Round TBA TBA • The Trailblazers have been able to play just six games so far on the season including wins at Denver and March 11 Quarterfinals TBA TBA North Dakota while they have had three games canceled. March 12 Semifinals TBA TBA • Wednesday will mark the first meeting between the squads in program history. • Dixie State is in its first year of NCAA Division I transition as a new member of the WAC. Prior to this March 13 Championship TBA TBA season, the Trailblazers found home in the RMAC where they played one common Lobo opponent in NM Highlands last season. Dixie State earned a 109-108 overtime victory over NMHU last season. Bold denotes home game at The Pit (15,411) • The Lobos are led by senior Makuach Maluach who averages 13.8 points per game on the season to go italics denotes tournament along with a team-high 5.9 rebounds per game. *denotes Mountain West game • Dixie State is led by four players averaging in double figures including junior Cameron Gooden (13.5), Game times listed are Mountain Time and subject junior Jacob Nicolds (13.0), sophomore Frank Staine (12.4) and sophomore Isaiah Pope (11.5). to change • Leading rebounder for the Trailblazers is Nicolds who averages 6.8 per contest. POSSIBLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG PG 0 Isaiah Marin 0.8 2.2 1.2 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 Marin 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 history have achieved the feat. Maluach by the numbers (MW) currently posts 398 career rebounds Updated as of 1/11/2021 The Lobos suffered a pair of Statistic All Games - MW MW Games disappointing losses in their last and is just 102 away from 500. He has Scoring: 65.6 ppg - 10th 54.0 ppg - 11th series against Utah State. UNM fell in racked up 53 so far this limited season. Scoring Defense: 73.4 ppg - 8th 79.5 ppg - 10th both games by more than 30 points. Scoring Margin: -7.9 - 9th -25.5 - 10th 65 straight starts Field Goal %: .397 - 10th .333 - 11th In game two of the series, with UNM Senior Makuach Maluach has started 65 Def. Field Goal %: .442 - 7th .510 - 10th 3-Point FG %: .284 - 11th .272 - 10th down 45-18 at halftime, head coach Paul straight games heading into the Utah State Def. 3-Point FG %: .356 - 10th .393 - 10th Weir decided to shake up the second-half series. He has also surpassed 100 career Free Throw %: .593 - 11th .590 - 11th lineup with four freshmen and a redshirt- games and has now played in 108 games. Rebounding Off.: 39.4 rpg - 3rd 29.8 rpg - 9th junior. The move worked and the Lobos Rebounding Def.: 35.4 rpg - 9th 39.3 rpg - 9th burst out of the locker room with energy. stats stack up Reb. Margin: +4.0 rpg - 4th -9.5 rpg - 8th STATISTIC UNM DSU Assists: 11.3 apg - 9th 8.8 apg - 11th Turnover Margin: -1.0 - 8th -1.0 - 8th The Lobos kept up for the majority Scoring Offense 65.6 78.0 Asst/TO Ratio: 0.8 A/TO - 8th 0.6 A/TO - 11th of the second half but the first-half Scoring Defense 73.4 76.2 Steals: 5.7 spg - 9th 5.0 spg - 9th deficit was too much to overcome. Scoring Margin -7.9 +1.8 Blocks: 3.4 bpg - 5th 2.5 bpg - 8th Field Goal Pct. .397 .479 Dorsey breaks out Field Goal Pct. Def. .442 .457 Kenpom.com In a bright spot for UNM in game two 3-Point FG Pct. .284 .345 against Utah State, freshman Nolan 3-Point FG Pct. Def. .356 .271 Dorsey had a breakout game in which he Free Throw Pct. .593 .633 scored seven points in just 15 minutes Rebounds per Game 39.4 35.7 in the second half. Dorsey nailed a three Rebound Margin +4.0 -1.8 from the corner, the first shot of the Steals per game 5.7 6.2 second half, for his first career points. Blocks per game 3.4 1.8 Assists per game 11.3 16.7 maluach in the club Turnovers per game 14.6 14.3 Senior Makuach Maluach is officially in Turnover Margin -1.0 +0.3 the UNM 1,000-point club after hitting Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 1.2 his 1,000th and 1,001st career points on a layup and the first basket of the game The more the merrier for UNM against LeTourneau Dec. 17. In the six of UNM’s nine games of the season so far, UNM had 15 players see So far this season, Maluach has totaled the court. Over the last two series’, 1,083 career points and ranks 29th however, it looks as if the Lobo roster in program scoring history. He is just is getting more focused as in two of three points away from passing former the last four contests (against Nevada) Lobo great Ike Williams (1,086). So UNM had just 11 players hit the floor. far this season, he has passed Chad Toppert (1,067), Ira Harge (1,016), Hugh senior step-up Greenwood (1,006), Ron Becker (1,010), Senior Makuach Maluach has always Alex Kirk (1,010) and Rob Loeffel (1,011). been a force for the Lobos, but not always as the leading man. So far this 1,000-point, 500-rebound watch season, Maluach has stepped into the While senior Makuach Maluach is spotlight to lead UNM consistently since now a member of the exclusive UNM the start of 2020-21. Maluach has led 1,000-point club, he is also on the the Lobos in scoring in six of their nine verge of entering into an even more games this season after doing so just 10 exclusive club, that of the 1,000-point times in his career prior to this season. scorers and 500-rebounders. In his 108-game career, Maluach has led UNM in scoring in just 16 contests. Only 18 players in UNM program In addition, Maluach has posted just four 2 - New mexico men’s basketball | www.golobos.com - new mexico Notes 10+ rebound games in his career, two his 100th career game on Sunday, of which have been this season, while Dec. 13 at Rice.