The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team has a lot to play for in the second half of its Mountain West schedule — even with first place probably out of reach.
The Lobos (13-9, 5-4) are part of a seven-team logjam that will likely spend February battling for prime seeding spots in the Mountain West tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. UNM has a chance to help its cause considerably this week with home games against first-place UNLV (20-2, 10-0) on Thursday and second-place San Diego State (18-6, 8-3) on Saturday.
The games are a chance for New Mexico to make a statement.