ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It may not have been their usual stomping grounds, but don't tell the Lobos that.
They may take a liking to Johnson Center.
Cherise Beynon scored a game-high 33 points and N'Dea Flye hit two momentum-changing three-pointers late to lead the University of New Mexico women's basketball team to a hard-fought 82-80 win over Saint Mary's in the first round of the WNIT.
Playing in Johnson Center on the main campus of UNM due to a schedule conflict in their usual venue of Dreamstyle Arena, the Lobos (24-10) found themselves at home as they held off a furious Gael (20-11) rally to advance to second-round action vs.