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Women's Basketball: UNM could make history with fifth straight conference win

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The New Mexico women's basketball team will look to make it five straight conference wins on Wednesday, making it the best start in the program’s history.

UNLV (11-5, 2-2 MW) will likely be a tough task, though. The team is 5-1 at home this season, most recently pulling out a 55-53 overtime victory over Utah State, a team that played the Lobos tough last week.

t recently coming off of an overtime win, 55-53, at home over a Utah State team that tested the Lobos (8-6, 4-0 MW) early on at WisePies arena aka The Pit.

But the Lady Rebels will be short-handed against the Lobos on Wednesday evening, with two players being suspended for a fight that broke out in the Utah State game – it left UNLV with just six players left to play in their overtime win.