Crunch time has officially arrived for the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team.
With six games left in the regular season, the Lobos are facing two options: find another gear or get left behind in the Mountain West Conference race.
After Thursday’s 69-62 loss at Boise State, UNM is a middling 14-11 overall and 6-6 in league play with six games to go before the MWC tournament. Heading into Saturday’s road matinee against Nevada (9-15, 6-7), the Lobos are in seventh place.
There’s still ample time to move up. UNM will face two of the teams it is chasing (Wyoming and Air Force) and has an otherwise favorable closing schedule, including games against the bottom four teams in the standings (Nevada, San Jose State, Utah State and Fresno State).