Saturday was about introductions for the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team.
The Lobos held an open 10 a.m. scrimmage at the Pit and made a show of it. Players were introduced as they came through colorful fog at the bottom of the Pit ramp to the applause of roughly 500 fans who turned out for the brunch-time affair.
It was the introduction as Lobos for seven newcomers, but some (New Mexico natives Amaya Brown, Jaelyn Bates and Natalia Chavez) know all about playing in the Pit from their high school days.
Saturday, however, was a first for Nia Johnson.