For the second year in a row, New Mexico went one-and-done at the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UNM, the fourth seed in the tourney, suffered a 64-62 loss to No. 5 seed Nevada in the quarterfinals of the tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lobos let a 6-point lead slip away in the last six minutes of the game.
“I just feel bad for the guys because they were in a good frame of mind. They played hard,” head coach Craig Neal said in his postgame press conference. “We did some things.