ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- The University of New Mexico women's basketball team rained 3-pointers upon Illinois to the tune of a school-record 18 and the Fighting Illini could do nothing about it as the Lobos won the UNM Thanksgiving Tournament f,or the first time since 2008 with a 97-68 victory Sunday afternoon in front of 4,600-plus at Dreamstyle Arena - The Pit.
The Lobos (7-0), who smashed the school-record of 15 3-pointers in a game last reached in 2003, scored 63 second-half points thanks to 10 3-pointers in the final two quarters to turn a 34-29 lead at the half into a 29-point victory over Illinois (5-3).