New Mexico
Women’s basketball advances to semifinals after win over New Mexico, 67-56
On Monday, in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament, San Diego State women’s basketball team took on New Mexico and won 67-56 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
San Diego State went right to work, going on a 7-0 start led by Jada Lewis and Adryana Quezada. Just three quick minutes into the match, the Aztecs went up 13-1 over the Lobos.
New Mexico’s first field goal didn’t come until halfway through the first quarter. Headed into the first media timeout, four of five starters on SDSU had scored a basket.
“We’re just playing good basketball right now. (We’re) just locked in. I think there was a little bit of an advantage for us playing yesterday,” said head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson.
In a game of runs, New Mexico had their own 8-0 toward the end of the first frame, but a 3-pointer by Mia Davis stopped the momentum. After the first quarter, the Aztecs maintained a 5-point lead, 18-13.
A 3-pointer by Sarah Barcello put SDSU’s lead back up to 6. Through five minutes in the second quarter, San Diego State was shooting 50% on field goals and 40% from the 3-point line. The Lobos weren’t as efficient, 45% from the field and 0-of-6 on 3-point attempts.
Quezada’s floater gave her 10 points in the game, the first double-digit scorer for the Aztecs. Halftime saw a 9-point lead for SDSU, 39-28.
Barcello made her third 3-pointer of the game to start the second half, which also gave the Aztecs their largest lead at that point, up 14 points.
Guard Nyah Wilson responded for the Lobos with an and-one over Abby Prohaska, sinking the bucket at the free-throw line. This sparked a 7-0 run by New Mexico, cutting the Aztecs lead to 42-35.
Lewis joined Quezada in double-digit scoring after knocking down a step-back 3-pointer, which capped off an SDSU 7-0 run of their own, heading into the fourth quarter up 49-35.
Forward Paula Reus made the first 3-pointer of the game for New Mexico on their 11th attempt, 32 minutes into the game.
Up 51-41 with eight minutes left to play, Jazlen Green made the layup plus the foul, then hit the free throw to put SDSU’s lead back up to 13.
Prohaska was called for an offensive foul, fouling out with under six minutes left to play. Prohaska had been SDSU’s most important ball handler, especially with New Mexico using a full-court press.
Meghan Fiso hit a big 3-pointer to put the Aztecs lead back above double-digits, up 59-47 with the clock ticking. Wilson came down and hit a New Mexico 3-pointer. Lewis bit back, both teams traded shots for a few possessions, but time favored the Aztecs.
The buzzer sounded and the Aztecs, with the win 67-56, advanced to the semifinals, and will face No. 6 seeded Boise State.
Both Lewis and Quezada led in scoring, 14 points each, and Kim Villalobos put in 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
“I think my teammates boxing out made it really easy for me to come in and grab the rebounds,” Villalobos said. “One of our coaches said rebounding was going to win us this game.”
Wilson had 22 points on 7-of-16 shooting for New Mexico. Their overall shooting from the 3-pointer was 3-of-17.
“We did limit the 3’s, and that was key, we did a really good job of taking that away,” Terry-Hutson said. “We knew they were hard to guard, but we had to limit those threes.”
Tip-off for today’s game is 7:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.
“Being poised, that was our mantra,” Villalobos said. “We want to win, we packed for Wednesday, so we’re excited.”
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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