New Mexico
New Mexico 89-55 Nevada (Jan 28, 2024) Game Recap – ESPN
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — — Jaelen House scored 21 points and No. 25 New Mexico routed Nevada 89-55 on Sunday night to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Wolf Pack.
New Mexico (18-3, 6-2 Mountain West) has won five straight, all by 13 points or more.
Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 14 points, Nelly Joseph finished 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Donovan Dent and Mustapha Amzil each had 11 points.
Jarod Lucas and Kenan Blackshear each scored nine points for Nevada (16-5, 3-4). The Wolf Pack beat No. 24 Colorado State at home Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak.
The Lobos scored the first 10 points and led 23-8. They shot 58.6%, hitting 11 of 22 3-pointers.
Nevada cut it to 53-44 on Tylan Pope’s dunk midway through the second half. New Mexico responded with 3-pointers from Tru Washington and House to push it to 59-44.
House also had six assists and six steals.
“Jaelen House was phenomenal,” Lobos coach Richard Pitino said “Not on the shot making, but the steals. Lucas is one of the best offensive players in our league and House did a great job on him.”
Lucas finished eight points below his average and went 3 for 13 from the field.
Nevada coach Steve Alford, who once coached New Mexico, said the Wolf Pack starters just didn’t stack up.
“I thought the first 10 (minutes) was bad and the last 10 was bad,” he said. “I think the middle 20, we competed and we made a good run there with 10 minutes to go and we came with the starters and we just didn’t have it. You have to give them credit. They played really, really well tonight and we didn’t play very well.”
STEALING THE DIFFERENCE
Pitino credited the defense for turning the game as the Lobos had nine steals and forced 15 turnovers, turning that into 24-7 advantage on fast-break points.
“We have times where we we turn you over and we’re really dynamic offensively on the break. Pick sixes I call them,” he said. “We converted a lot of those steals. When we’re playing with pace and speed like that, good things can happen. It all starts with the defense side of it.”
PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES
New Mexico ended up shooting 58.6%, compared to 33.9% for Nevada, a difference the Wolf Pack could not overcome, Alford said.
“They really defended well,” he said of the Lobos. “Our ball didn’t go in and their ball did go in. A lot. They shot 58 and we shot 33, it’s going to be a lopsided win or loss.”
BIG PICTURE
Nevada: The Wolf Pack will try to reground after falling into a tie for sixth in the conference.
New Mexico: Ranked for the first week this season, the Lobos avoided an upset with the resounding victory to give coach Richard Pitino his first victory over the Wolf Pack — the only conference team he had failed to beat.
UP NEXT
Nevada: Hosts San Jose State on Friday night.
New Mexico: Hosts Boise State on Wednesday night.
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Native Vote 2026
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Laguna Pueblo woman is the front runner to be New Mexico’s next governor.
Shortly after polls closed Tuesday night, Deb Haaland was declared the winner over Bernalillo County district attorney Sam Bregman in the state’s semi-open Democratic Party primary. As of 11:00 p.m., Haaland carried support from 72% of the Democratic primary voters to Bregman’s 28%, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
“We’re showing everyone that a better future in New Mexico is possible,” she told supporters gathered in Albuquerque’s historic Old Town Plaza. “New Mexicans want a leader who will stand up for working people, and who is ready to take on Donald Trump. I proudly accept your nomination as a Democratic nominee.”
Haaland spoke for 13 minutes, at times through a scratchy throat that required her to pause for water breaks. “Excuse me, I’ve been talking with voters all day,” she said while grabbing a water bottle before hitting her campaign stump notes on affordability, health care and public safety.
She will face Republican Gregg Hull, a former mayor from suburban Rio Rancho that won his party’s three-way primary with 47% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
Haaland will be the Democratic Party nominee in a state dominated at every level by Democrats, and is expected to be heavily favored in the general election. With that insight she said her campaign message does translate to Republicans and Independent voters.
“We want our kids to thrive. We want our kids to have a quality, public education. We want every New Mexican to have health care. Everybody wants to feel safe in their neighborhoods, and everybody wants to be able to afford to put a hot meal on their table every night and have a roof over their children’s heads,” she said. “Those issues transcend whatever political spectrum we’re trying to slice and dice people into.”
Shortly after the race was called, Haaland campaign staff, major donors, surrogates, and their families walked from a building on the west side of Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza to the historic plaza core, where the Haaland campaign had set up a stage and reserved the entire plaza for its victory celebration.
“We are now witnessing history in the making,” New Mexico state Rep. Derrick Lente (Sandia Pueblo) said to supporters immediately after Haaland was declared the winner.
Denise Wilie (Dine) also joined the celebration of Haaland’s victory. Wilie said she worked on get-out-the-vote efforts with the Native American Voters Alliance in McKinley County.
“It just is so exhilarating to even think about, a woman and a Pueblo woman,” she said. “Indigenous all the way, is how I feel. I’m like, yes, let’s get more of our voices.”
Haaland was introduced by her two sisters and walked to the stage escorted by a mariachi band.
Speaking to reporters after the event Haaland reflected on voting for a Pueblo woman (herself) for governor.
“I got emotional, quite frankly, when I went to vote for myself because you do that when you’re a candidate,” she said. “We’ve never had a Native American governor in New Mexico. We’re a multicultural state. I think representation matters, especially in a political era such as this one. So, I’m really proud and honored to carry on the legacy of my ancestors, who worked so incredibly hard to make sure that I had a place here today.”
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