The No. 18 men’s basketball lost its second straight game on Saturday.
After losing to Colorado State last Tuesday, the Lobos lost to Texas Christian University (17-11) 83-64. Earlier in the year the Lobos also lost back-to-back games in MWC play to University of Nevada Las-Vegas and San Diego State.
The loss takes UNM to 22-6 and 8-4 in the MWC. After last week’s back-to-back wins over ranked opponents, the Lobos looked to have the conference regular season championship wrapped up, but depending on results tonight there can be a three way tie at first place with UNLV and SDSU.
Head coach Steve Alford benched usual starters sophomore guard Kendall Williams and freshman guard Hugh Greenwood and it showed as TCU took an early 13-4 lead.
UNM had eight turnovers in the first 10 minutes, but the Lobos were able to rally back and go into halftime with the scores tied at 38.
UNM continued to keep the game close in the second half, but with 13:31 left and the scores tied at 48, TCU went on a 16-3 run to effectively end the game for the Lobos.
TCU was 11-25 from 3-point range and shot over 45 percent for the game. The Lobos only made four of its 17 3-point attempts, but shot almost 42 percent from the floor.
Junior forward AJ Hardeman led UNM with 15 points and six rebounds. Williams was the only other player in double figures with 10 points.
