New Mexico Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

New Mexico Lobos
Mountain West (20-12, 14-4)

 

Big Wins: 2/11 Colorado State (67-40), 2/25 Boise State (63-50), 2/28 Fresno State (63-60)
Bad Losses: 11/14 vs Texas-Pan American (59-61), 11/29 UC Riverside (62-70), 2/21 at UNLV (73-79)
Coach: Yvonne Sanchez

Probable Starters:
Cherise Beynon, Freshman, Guard, 8.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg
Bryce Owens, Junior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.7 apg
Antiesha Brown, Senior, Guard, 15.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Khadijah Shumpert, Junior, Forward, 10.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Alexa Chavez, Junior, Forward, 5.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Brea Mitchell, Junior, Guard, 3.5 ppg
Jayda Bovero, Freshman, Guard, 2.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Josie Greenwood, Sophomore, Forward, 2.5 ppg
Laneah Bryan, Freshman, Guard, 1.8 ppg
Kianna Keller, Sophomore, Forward, 1.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 61.6 (234th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 60.2 (92, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.1 (161, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (134, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.2 (316, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.4 (300, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.3 (249, 8)
Rebound Margin: 3.4 (81, 4)
Assists Per Game: 11.5 (254, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.5 (187, 4)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2010    NIT    Round of 64 win over SMU
2010    NIT    Round of 32 loss to Oregon
2009    NIT    First Round win over Southern
2009    NIT    Second Round win over Nebraska
2009    NIT    Third Round win over Oregon State
2009    NIT    Fourth Round  loss to Kansas
2008    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to West Virginia
2007    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay
2006    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Florida
2006    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Baylor

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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