UNM vs Texas Tech Game Thread

**Mark** · 12-15-2007

GO LOBOS!!

**Garishwolf** · 12-15-2007

RPS, YUU Will beat THE PIT, for the game,right? Im gunna try SWEEDISHCHICKS link and signed up with VERSUS yesterday, hope my penche ADSL can keep up................oh yea.......ping

**wallyhopp** · 12-15-2007

my last count for attendance.

~20 lower level
~400 mezzaine seats available for purchase as of 12pm

I dont think they have started SRO ticket sales yet.

**Protege1212** · 12-15-2007

Here we go! Go LOBOS!!!!!! Great piece on Knight they played before the game.

**Protege1212** · 12-15-2007

Nice shot there!!!! Gary with big hit as shot clock goes down.

**808LOBO** · 12-15-2007

Nice start for the Lobos, sounds like the crowd is rocking.

GO LOBOS

**808LOBO** · 12-15-2007

17-5 GO LOBOS

**growler** · 12-15-2007

Why is it that every time we have a big game, we get David Hall and Scott Thornley for refs? Wow we are really pouring them in from 3 land.

**Protege1212** · 12-15-2007

Playing tough D for sure, needs to keep the lead in double digits headed to the locker room.

**Protege1212** · 12-15-2007

WHOOOO! What a way to end the half. They were up big on us last year, and we fought back, got to keep the defensive focus!!! Go Lobos!

**lobograd** · 12-15-2007

that was freaking AWESOME! I'm pissed I can't be at the game!!! ARGH

**Burro lobo** · 12-15-2007

Lobos win big!!!

**Burro lobo** · 12-15-2007

Great win 80 to 63 Lobos, good D and shot the lights out too!

**Burro lobo** · 12-15-2007

16,900 fans better but still no sellout, I wish I could have been there!!

**Burro lobo** · 12-15-2007

Excuse me 16720 fans 2 less than 2,000 short of a sellout.

**Garishwolf** · 12-15-2007

Thanks for RPS's post and all the LOCO LAIERs'.............thought i heard loblair chant, no?

penche prodigy adsl feed, 250-550 kkbs, broken show on verus,,,, butt LOBOIS KICK ASS., YES.

**StoneFly** · 12-15-2007

Stuck at work, so had to listen online. Great win Lobos!!!!

**ArkansasLobo** · 12-15-2007

Loved watching the Lobos play. I love the fact that they play hard. Playing 10 guys will help in MWC play.

**Psychlone** · 12-15-2007

Good Win Lobos. This was my first opportunity to catch a game on TV. The Pit sounded loud!!

**wallyhopp** · 12-15-2007

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

Darren Prentice. watching him in the first half guard #20 was a thing of beauty. I'm pretty sure he got in his head. His INTENSITY on DEFENSE was a nice thing to watch. I enjoyed watching the defense more than offense.

get this: at one point it was 1 team foul for UNM vs. 7 team fouls for TTU. Guess what happens next?

they call it tight on UNM defensively and let TTU back into the game

**judas_priest** · 12-15-2007

Originally Posted by Burro lobo

Excuse me 16720 fans 2 less than 2,000 short of a sellout.

I thought official capacity was just over 18,000. Your figures here imply that capacity is 18,718.

***added later
Actually, from GoLobos.com

Five times they [the UNM Women's basketball team] have filled it to the 18,018 regular season capacity. Four times they sold out NCAA tournament games when the capacity was over 16,000. Each of these nine games has come since the 1999 season.

**UNMfan** · 12-15-2007

Great win -- Gary is the real deal, if his is the mold from what the new recruits are cut, this program is going to rock.

A Good Pit Crowd...not great, but good...a start, something to build off of.

Giddens -- FAB defense and rebounding, he really is excelling on those ends...free throws, not so much...and struggled from the field (forced a few from behind the backboard and missed some open jumpers)...but dang, his defense is game changing.

Martinez -- continues to be a glue/utility/floor-burn player...still has a little Greg Shornstein in him (sometimes goes outside of his game which typically ends poorly)...

Farris -- had a great second half (three straight clutch post moves for buckets) and even turned a posible screw up into a crowd pleasing dunk!

Harris -- clutch put backs...really acting like he belongs out there.

Pegues -- he played with some positive, confident energy today and had impacts on defense and rebounding...still struggling on offense.

Top -- HUGE NBA three to kill a Tech run. Some underrated defense.

Every Lobo contributed to the win.

9-11 on threes!

It was a fun game...

Hopefully the Aggie game is a sell out and we shoot better than we did in LC.

Go Lobos!

**wallyhopp** · 12-15-2007

Farris -- had a great second half (three straight clutch post moves for buckets) and even turned a posible screw up into a crowd pleasing dunk!

yeah. those clutch post moves were awesome. Coach drew up the same play it looked like 3-4 straight times. #32 always took over guarding duties on JR as he went baseline, and faris seemed to cut in under to the low post for the 1 on 1 move.

I saw deja vu 3-4 straight possessions.

A real thing of beauty because they went back to what was working time and time again and these set nba like plays worked perfectly

**UNMfan** · 12-15-2007

We saw a lot of on-ball screens as well...something we hadn't seen much of this season. It really helped free up our PGs for key drives.

**pasadena lobo** · 12-15-2007

Living in California, I do not get to see the Lobos much. This team is coached so much better than the last time I saw the Lobos in the horrible pig tail game in Las Vegas. Thank God McKay is gone! It is great to see Lobo Basketball on the upswing.

**Loboexpat** · 12-15-2007

Unfortunately, I had to spend most of the day catching up on work that was delayed because of the ice storm. I did get to see the last 10 min. of the second half at a local sports bar, though.

Naturally I was pleased with the results. Bos looked pretty good for that stretch.

Granted, I didn't see the whole game but I've got to give some love to Giddens. It seemed like every time I looked up at the screen he was making a play or involved. But the clincher for me was how pumped he was and the way he showed appreciation for his teammates as they came to the bench in the closing seconds. I don't think the guy gets enough credit for what he's doing this season and the turnaround he's showing in all aspects of his game and conduct with the team.

In any case, good win. GO LOBOS!!!!

**Roob** · 12-15-2007

Welcome to the Lair, Pasadena!!

**wallyhopp** · 12-15-2007

NOT many highlights here but it gets the job done i presume.

KOBtvs 6:00 news sports footage:
http://clipsyndicate.com/publish/vid...ops_texas_tech

**Mark** · 12-15-2007

Originally Posted by pasadena lobo

Living in California, I do not get to see the Lobos much. This team is coached so much better than the last time I saw the Lobos in the horrible pig tail game in Las Vegas. Thank God McKay is gone! It is great to see Lobo Basketball on the upswing.

WELCOME pasadenalobo!

**Roob** · 12-15-2007

Originally Posted by UNMfan

Great win -- Gary is the real deal, if his is the mold from what the new recruits are cut, this program is going to rock.

A Good Pit Crowd...not great, but good...a start, something to build off of.

Giddens -- FAB defense and rebounding, he really is excelling on those ends...free throws, not so much...and struggled from the field (forced a few from behind the backboard and missed some open jumpers)...but dang, his defense is game changing.

Martinez -- continues to be a glue/utility/floor-burn player...still has a little Greg Shornstein in him (sometimes goes outside of his game which typically ends poorly)...

Farris -- had a great second half (three straight clutch post moves for buckets) and even turned a posible screw up into a crowd pleasing dunk!

Harris -- clutch put backs...really acting like he belongs out there.

Pegues -- he played with some positive, confident energy today and had impacts on defense and rebounding...still struggling on offense.

Top -- HUGE NBA three to kill a Tech run. Some underrated defense.

Every Lobo contributed to the win.

9-11 on threes!

It was a fun game...

Hopefully the Aggie game is a sell out and we shoot better than we did in LC.

Go Lobos!

Great comments, UNMFan.

Aside from Gary's great game, there were a couple of other things that caught my eye.

- Faris' post moves down the stretch. He had 3 or 4 great moves that were very encouraging. Would like to see Daniel put together 3 or 4 consecutive games where he's able to score in the paint like that. We can really use some an inside scoring presence. He's shown that he's capable of doing it, but he needs to do it with consistency now.

- Pegues and Harris stepped their games up today. Pegues still has trouble with his footwork in the low post and as a result he has a tough time finishing, but today he was more aggressive and he wasn't hurrying his shots down low. He's not a finished product by any means, but today I thought he took a big step forward. He's starting to develop some confidence, that's guud. Harris also was a greater presence down low today with some nice putbacks. Their next test is this next game against the Aggies. Would like to see both of them build on this game. Good things ahead if they continue to develop.