A step farther than a year ago.
Still miles away from the destination.
In a highly emotional, often tense and chippy game, the Enchantment, a team composed of mostly former UNM Lobos, couldn’t hold on to a big early lead, falling to the top-seeded Heartfire, 79-74, in the semifinal of The Basketball Tournament’s New Mexico Regional on Tuesday night in the Pit.
“These guys played their hearts out,” said Enchantment coach and former UNM star Kenny Thomas. “… They had some top guys. There were some good players – some pros (on Heartfire), right? But I think we came out and we played with a lot of energy, especially on the back-to-back (after having played a hard-fought rivalry game less than 24 hours earlier in the Pit, beating a team of former NMSU players on Monday night).