NCAAB Game Recap - Nevada at New Mexico
Sat Jan 5, 2019 8:00 PM EST

Clem
68
Duke
87
F
UGA
50
Tenn
96
F
FSU
52
UVA
65
F
Kansas
60
IaSt
77
F
Nev
58
NM
85
F
SCla
48
Gonz
91
F
MSU
86
OhSt
77
F
BC
66
VaTec
77
F
KSU
57
TxTch
63
F
KY
75
Bama
77
F
UNC
85
Pitt
60
F
OkSt
64
Okla
74
F
UCF
65
UConn
53
F
Syr
72
ND
62
F
Crei
69
Butl
84
F
Cin
71
ECU
73
F
Lafy
69
Army
77
F
Stony
75
UMassL
63
F
Clev
89
WIGB
90
F
UNCG
71
VMI
68
F
Fairf
87
Iona
94
F
StJon
97
GTown
94
F(OT)
NoKY
95
Detr
73
F
Buck
80
Boston
87
F
LaSal
69
UMass
60
F
Maine
52
UMBC
61
F
Utah
81
Ariz
84
F(OT)
UNCW
67
Tows
61
F
UNH
58
Bingha
69
F
Valpa
82
MOSt
66
F
MD
77
Rut
63
F
Vill
65
Prov
59
F
Winth
80
UNCA
65
F
CenMI
84
Mia-O
77
F
Wake
79
GaTec
92
F
Samf
69
WCU
76
F
NIU
72
Ohio
66
F(OT)
StPet
44
Monm
61
F
Brad
60
IndSt
65
F
VCU
76
Ford
51
F
W MI
48
Akr
56
F
ArkSt
75
ULM
85
F
App
85
Troy
89
F
HCU
76
NOrl
81
F(OT)
ChiSt
72
UMKC
80
F
GaSo
77
TexAr
64
F
LaTec
66
Rice
78
F
WriSt
89
Oakl
73
F
UND
80
Denv
59
F
LoyIL
85
Drake
74
F
CenCT
61
SacHr
73
F
FlaAM
82
How
72
F
Cal
83
UCLA
98
F
Charl
58
JMU
69
F
NE
72
Hof
75
F
KennSt
52
NJIT
72
F
StFNY
66
Merrim
59
F
Baylor
81
TCU
85
F
Sac
70
MTSt
84
F
Citad
85
Furm
101
F
W&M
84
Drex
66
F
USC-Up
61
Presb
64
F
Evans
46
IlSt
58
F
LIU
79
Bry
70
F
Marsh
85
UNCC
84
F
Chat
70
ETSU
96
F
CoCar
77
USA
84
F(2OT)
BethC
59
NCC
68
F
McNee
61
NWSt
66
F
GWebb
61
Campbl
72
F
SIU-E
81
E IL
84
F(OT)
Longw
64
Radf
71
F
NCAT
80
SCSt
77
F(OT)
MD-ES
53
Morg
66
F
Savan
67
Copp
73
F
CenAR
73
SeLA
71
F
GASt
73
TxSt
69
F
YSU
76
WIMil
51
F
MtStM
59
RobM
62
F
Penn
65
Princ
68
F(OT)
N AL
67
NFla
96
F
MorSt
67
APSU
81
F
TXAMC
55
Lamar
61
F
HiPt
51
ChaSo
50
F
TN-M
69
SEMO
74
F(OT)
USM
62
N TX
65
F
Colora
61
AzSt
83
F
SoFL
75
Tuls
78
F
Portl
64
LoyMa
76
F
Ida
79
N CO
83
F(OT)
Lipsco
77
JU
74
F
Duques
61
David
65
F
Ark
73
TAMU
71
F
FAU
63
MTSU
56
F
AbCh
68
SHSU
71
F
DelSt
63
Norf
77
F
TXSo
87
Alc
70
F
Gram
53
ASU
74
F
JSU
69
TNSt
62
F
TNTec
67
Belm
79
F
PVAM
82
South
73
F
Elon
65
Del
77
F
Lib
81
FlGlf
63
F
Mercer
74
Woff
78
F
Canis
70
Sien
66
F
Niag
80
Manh
90
F
JackSt
54
AlaAM
51
F(OT)
Vermt
80
Albany
51
F
FaDi
79
StFPA
61
F
Quin
67
Rider
72
F
W Ky
66
ODU
69
F
BGSU
86
Kent
64
F
SouthCar
71
Fla
69
F
OrSt
77
Oreg
72
F
SIU
58
NrthIA
51
F
Seatt
57
GrCan
71
F
Nich
58
InWor
65
F
ArkLR
61
UL
75
F
W IL
63
ORU
82
F
USF
72
Pepp
69
F
(N/A)
60
UCDav
90
F
FIU
65
UAB
84
F
E KY
85
Murr
97
F
Miss
81
Vand
71
F
MsVl
52
ArkPB
64
F
S UT
90
Web
82
F(OT)
AF
62
UtSt
79
F
UTSA
67
UTEP
63
F
WVU
54
Tex
61
F
PorSt
77
Mont
74
F(OT)
NoAZ
81
IdaSt
69
F
UtVal
71
CSBak
73
F
UTRGV
81
CBU
74
F
Yale
94
CSNor
90
F(OT)
Wyo
56
UNLV
68
F
(N/A)
52
LongB
124
F
ColSt
67
Fres
78
F
SDSU
64
Bois
88
F
WaSt
67
Wash
85
F
BYU
66
StMar
88
F
Pacif
64
USD
73
F

Jan 5, 2019, 8:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

(6) Nevada

26

32

58

New Mexico

38

47

85

No. 6 Nevada struggles in 85-58 loss to New Mexico
Sun Jan 6, 2019 10:11 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico coach Paul Weir did his best to get the Lobos to focus on playing their game against undefeated and sixth-ranked Nevada.

"I actually gave them a quote (Friday) and a quote (Saturday) in the locker room from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs beat the Raptors," Weir said of the San Antonio head coach. "It's not about who we're playing. It's not about anything, it's just about us executing and competing. And that's all we talked about for two days."

The message sunk as the Lobos shut down Nevada on Saturday, getting 27 points from Anthony Mathis and handing the Wolf Pack their first loss of the season, 85-58.

"We had so many people rebound the ball. And play unselfish," Mathis said. "A team that plays unselfish is so hard to beat, as you see. We played super unselfish and we got a big win."

New Mexico (8-6, 2-0 Mountain West) knocked the Wolf Pack (14-1, 1-1) from the ranks of the undefeated and sent fans streaming onto the court.

Vance Jackson came off the bench for a double-double, with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and added seven assists and three steals for the Lobos. Makuach Maluach had 14 points.

Jordan Caroline scored 17 for Nevada, which looked out of sorts throughout. Brothers Caleb and Cody Martin combined for 4-for-21 shooting from the field and 17 points.

New Mexico took control early in the first half with a 20-6 run for a 22-9 lead. The spurt featured 3-pointers by Jackson and Dane Kuiper, as well as a resounding windmill dunk by Carlton Bragg that energized the crowd and the team.

"It just got us going," Mathis said. "You see your opponent dunking on people like that, it just gets you going. You just want a piece of it. You want to get in there. You want to contribute. You want to do your thing and that's what we did."

New Mexico maintained a double-figure lead despite the Wolf Pack scoring three straight points off of technical foul shots. The lead grew to 22 points at 67-45 after 3-pointers by Maluach and Mathis with seven minutes left.

"The one thing we've prided ourselves on was really competing until the end," Nevada coach Eric Musselman said. "We didn't play hard tonight. We splintered and we came apart. We have to regroup and try to play better next game.

"We just had a bad night all around. We had a bad night sharing the ball. We had a bad night defensively. Usually they're zoned in on the scoring report, but we let guys who are shooters take open shots and we didn't play who we are. Just a terrible game for all of us."

BIG PICTURE

Nevada's 14-0 start equaled the best in school history, matching the 1951-52 squad. The Wolf Pack came into the game as one of four undefeated teams in the country. Nevada had been dismantling most opponents, with 10 of its victories by double figures. But this loss will likely drop the Wolf Pack several spots in the rankings, behind two-loss teams Gonzaga and Michigan State.

Coming into the game, New Mexico had lost three of four at home, but had beaten the Wolf Pack three out of four meetings in the Pit. Nevada, however, had won the previous four in the series, one in Albuquerque and two in Reno and once in the conference tournament.

THE PITS

The last time Nevada played in the Pit in 2017, it turned into a legendary Wolf Pack performance as they came back from a 25-point deficit with 11 minutes left, and down by 14 with 1:10 left. Nevada's last six buckets in regulation were 3s and Caroline had a career day with 45 points and 13 rebounds in the Wolf Pack's 105-104 double-overtime victory.

But Mathis, who was one of the few players who played in that game, said he tried not to think about it.

"Completely different team," he said. "Completely different players. I didn't even want to think about it. I've thought about that so many times. I've seen it on ESPN so many times. It was way out of my head."

UP NEXT

Nevada hosts San Jose State on Wednesday.

New Mexico is home on Tuesday against UNLV.

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Leaders

Nevada PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
J. Caroline 17 0 0 8 1 0
C. Martin 9 0 5 2 0 0
New Mexico PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
A. Mathis 27 0 5 6 1 0
V. Jackson 18 0 7 10 3 0

Team Comparison

Nev NM
Points For 58 85
Field Goals 19/57-33% 31/68-46%
Three Pointers 4/22-18% 11/29-38%
Free Throws 16/27-59% 12/16-75%
Offensive Rebounds 10 14
Defensive Rebounds 27 33
Rebounds 42 51
Blocks 5 6
Steals 3 7
Turnovers 14 9
Personal Fouls 18 19
Technical Fouls 0 2
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - NM Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Sat Jan 5 Nev 58 @ NM 85 J. Caroline 17 A. Mathis 27

Game Information

Stadium: Dreamstyle Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 12,702
Game Time: