New Mexico
Nevada basketball: New Mexico edges Nevada, 71-67, in Wolf Pack’s home finale
Nevada showed much more fight than it did the last time time out, but the Wolf Pack was facing the conference’s top team — and one of the best players — and came up a bit short in the home finale.
It didn’t help that New Mexico’s standout player was on fire New Mexico edged Nevada, 71-67, in front of 7,881 fans at Lawlor Events Center on Tuesday night.
Nevada had two players score 15 points each, Kobe Sanders and Nick Davidson, and Tyler Rolison had 12 as the Wolf Pack dropped to 16-14 overall, 8-11 in the Mountain West. Xavier DuSell had nine points as he made two 3-pointers and needs one more to tie the all-time Mountain West record for made 3-pointers.
Donovan Dent was on fire for New Mexico as he poured in 32 points, on 12-of-18 shooting from the field. He was the only Lobos player in double figures. Nelly Junior Joseph had nine points and 14 rebounds as they improved to 24-6 overall, 16-3 in the Mountain West.
New Mexico clinched at least a share of the Mountain West regular-season title and will be the No. 1 seed for next weeks tournament in Las Vegas (March 12-15).
Nevada will be the No. 7 seed for the tournament and play on Wednesday, March 12 against either Fresno State or Air Force.
DuSell said Dent is a good player and the Wolf Pack was trying to make him pass the ball more.
“He got loose early and got some momentum early,” DuSell said. “If we see him in the tournament, we have to do a better job of not letting him get hot early.”
New Mexico beat Nevada, 71-67, on Tuesday in the Pack final home game.
New Mexico beat Nevada, 71-67, on Tuesday night in the final home game of the season for the Wolf Pack.
Key to the game
Nevada was 13-of-20 from the free throw line, but New Mexico was not much better, converting 16-of-22.
But Nevada was just 5-of-10 from the stripe in the second half. Sanders missed the front end of one-and-one’s twice in the final three minutes.
The Lobos held a slight advantage in rebounding, 37-34, a stat that doomed the Wolf Pack in its loss at UNLV last Friday.
Nevada outscored the Lobos, 30-20 in the paint.
The Wolf Pack was 4-of-29 from 3-point range while the Lobos were 9-of-27.
The Seniors
Nevada has six seniors, five of whom were honored before the game: Tre Coleman, KJ Hymes, Kobe Sanders, Xavier DuSell and Brandon Love. Daniel Foster is also a senior, but he was honored at last season’s senior night, before deciding to return to the Pack.
“We appreciate from a coaching standpoint, all they have done for us,” Nevada coach Steve Alford said. “On the court. Off the court. In the community. They have been terrific and represented us the way we want to be represented. We didn’t get as many wins as we would have like this year, but hopefully something is still left in the tank.”
First half
New Mexico led, 41-38 at the break as Dent had 20 points in the first half.
Nevada hit 2-of-10 from 3-point range in the first half, while New Mexico was 7-of-14 from the arc.
The Wolf Pack made 8-of-10 free throws, to 6-of-9 for the Lobos.
Up Next
Nevada concludes the regular season at San Diego State. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Aztecs played at UNLV later Tuesday night.
Nevada’s Remaining Schedule
- March 8, Nevada at San Diego State, 7:30 p.m. (TV: FS1, Radio: 95.5 FM)
- March 12-15 Mountain West Conference men’s tournament, at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.
Mountain West Schedule
Friday’s games: Colorado State at Boise State; UNLV at New Mexico.
Saturday’s games: Nevada at San Diego State; Air Force at Utah State; Fresno State at San Jose State.
New Mexico
Los Alamos Public Schools Students Compete At 2026 New Mexico State Science & Engineering Fair
Students from Barranca Mesa Elementary, Mountain Elementary, Los Alamos Middle School, and Los Alamos High School at the 2026 New Mexico State Science & Engineering Fair at New Mexico Tech. Photo CourtesyLAPS
LAHS junior Tate Plohr and freshman Linus Plohr qualified to attend the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May in Phoenix, Ariz. Photo Courtesy LAPS
Los Alamos Middle School student Branden Keller was awarded the CO2 & Greenhouse Gas Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 at the 2026 New Mexico State Science & Engineering Fair. Photo Courtesy/LAPS
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Twenty students from Barranca Mesa Elementary, Mountain Elementary, Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) and Los Alamos High School (LAHS) competed, with several garnering awards at the 2026 New Mexico State Science and Engineering Fair held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro.
LAHS junior Tate Plohr qualified to attend the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) next month in Phoenix, Ariz. He was awarded the 3rd-place Grand Award. Freshman Linus Plohr qualified as an alternate and will also be attending the Regeneron ISEF.
Students who participated in the state competition include, from Barranca Mesa Elementary, Sydney Chen, Mary Beth Kelsey, Lily Neale, Aurora Roberts Voss and Henry Rodarte; and Glyn Lo and Ernest Maupin, Mountain Elementary.
Students from LAMS who competed include Evelyn Fobes, Mason Garcia, Andrew Gilbertson, James Junghans, Sequoya Ke, Brandon Keller, Nejan Liyanage and Daniel Yampolsky.
LAHS students Julia Neale, Linus Plohr, Tate Plohr, Lilia Veteva, Helena Welch and Kalliope Welch competed at the senior level.
2026 Award winners:
Category Awards – Junior Division
- Animal Science, Cellular & Molecular
- Biomedical & Health Science
- Honorable Mention: Sequoya Ke
- Embedded Systems, Math, Robotics, Software & Technology
- 2nd place: Nejan Liyanage
- Physics & Astronomy
- 1st place: Sydney Chen
- 2nd place: Mason Garcia
- Honorable Mention: Marybeth Kelsey
- Plant Science
Category Awards – Senior Division
- Behavioral & Social Science:
- Honorable Mention: Linus Plohr
- Earth & Environmental
- Honorable Mention: Lilia Viteva
- Embedded Systems, Math, Robotics, & System Software
- 3rd Place: Helena Welch and Kalliope Welch
- Physics & Astronomy
Grand Awards
- ISEF finalist 3rd place: Tate Plohr
- Brandon Keller received the CO2 & Greenhouse Gas Scholarship in the amount of $2,000. James Jungans and Marybeth Kelsey garnered Thermo Fisher Awards.
Other special award winners include:
- CO2 & Greenhouse Reduction Awards (Junior Division)
- Daniel Yampolsky, 2nd place, Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Sequoya Ke, 1st place, Biomedical & Health Science
- Brandon Keller, 1st place, Energy & Materials Science
- Andrew Gilbertson, 1st place, Physics & Astronomy
- CO2 & Greenhouse Gas Reduction Award (Senior Division)
- Lilia Viteva, 1st place, Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Office of Naval Research Award
- David Shortess Award
- New Mexico AVS Award
- Citadel Award
- Naval Research Award
- NM Network for Women in Science & Engineering Award
- Yale Science & Engineering Award
- Rose Baca Rivet Award
Related
Arizona State baseball will host a four-game homestand, beginning with New Mexico State on Wednesday, April 22.
The Sun Devils and Aggies faced each other in late March, with ASU winning 10-4. The two teams will meet for the final time at 6:35 p.m. at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
ASU will then welcome Baylor on Friday, April 24, for a three-game series. The Sun Devils have yet to face the Bears this season, but ASU has been doing well so far and has been in the top 25 for four weeks.
Sophomore center fielder Landon Hairston earned Big 12 player of the week honors on April 13, after delivering five home runs in five games. His 10 runs in that stretch were tied for the second-most nationally and his 14 runs batted in were tied for third-most nationally. All nine of his hits went for extra bases, three more than any other player.
ASU’s series against Baylor will start at 6:35 p.m. for the first two games, followed by a 1:05 p.m. start on Sunday, April 26.
April 19
Softball at Houston, Cougar Softball Stadium, noon.
April 22
Baseball vs New Mexico State, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, 6:35 p.m.
April 23
Women’s golf at Big 12 Championship, Dallas Athletic Club, TBA.
Track and field at Penn Relays, Franklin Field, 1:22 p.m.
Beach volleyball at Big 12 Championship, Bear Down Beach, all day.
April 24
Baseball vs Baylor, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, 6:35 p.m.
Softball vs Texas Tech, Farrington Stadium, 7 p.m.
April 25
Lacrosse at Colorado, Prentup Field, 11 a.m.
Softball vs Texas Tech, Farrington Stadium, 3 p.m.
Baseball vs Baylor, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, 6:35 p.m.
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Josh’s Saturday Night Forecast
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Calmer weather has moved back into the state this afternoon. Temperatures are slightly warmer across northwestern New Mexico, while southeastern areas are cooler thanks to the backdoor cold fronts that moved in on Friday. Breezier winds will return Sunday and will help kick off a warming trend across the state, along with an elevated fire threat in eastern New Mexico.
Warmer weather will continue building in across the state throughout the upcoming week. A few isolated rain chances will return Monday in parts of New Mexico, but some of that rain may evaporate before reaching the ground.
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