Lobos continue making a dent in national, conference honors

UNM freshman Donovan Dent was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week on Monday and hopes to continue his fast start to his college career Tuesday night vs. WNMU in the Pit. (Mike Sandoval/For the Journal)Another Monday brought another helping of praise for the UNM Lobo men’s basketball team.

Last week, Lobo forward Morris Udeze was named the Mountain West Player of the Week — the first such honor for the program since December 2019.

This week, Monday brought with it the Mountain West Freshman of the Week award going to Lobo point guard Donovan Dent and ESPN named second-year Lobos coach Richard Pitino its national college basketball “Coach of the Week” after his team went to Moraga,…