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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Postseason looks promising for Lobos By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler

The University of New Mexico women's basketball team has put together an historically good season so far and things are looking pretty promising as postseason play draws near. New Mexico (21-4, 11-3 MW) has engineered one of the most successful seasons in program history to this point. And despite a couple of recent missteps against San Diego State and Fresno State, UNM still has a shot at garnering the top seed in the Mountain West after Boise State just stubbed its toe on Saturday at Utah State. The Lobos got off to a pretty hot start for the second consecutive year. Last season, the team started 11-0 before finally being dealt its first loss against Oklahoma on the road. This year, UNM started 11-1 and avenged that Sooner defeat by returning the favor with an 8480 victory at Dreamstyle Arena on Nov. 28, 2018. New Mexico had a stretch where it won 17 of 18 games earlier in the season and showed a penchant for winning games in a variety of different ways. Head coach Mike Bradbury said earlier teams were daring New Mexico to shoot the 3-pointer and his players just did a good job of making them pay. At just over 30 percent, UNM doesn't make 3s at an exceptionally impressive clip, but the team is full of players that can heat up from the outside at any given moment. Madi Washington had a two-game stretch where she hit nine 3-pointers, Jayla Everett has connected on 36.4 percent of her attempts and Ahlise Hurst exploded for nine makes in one game en route to a 39-point performance against the Sooners. But the teams bread in buttered down low, where senior Jaisa Nunn has been a matchup nightmare for virtually everyone. She leads the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game, making nearly 57 percent of her shots and patrolling the boards with a team-high nine rebounds per contest. On the defensive end, senior transfer Nike McClure has been a shot-blocking specialist — swatting 60 shots over her 25 games played — a 2.4 "return-to-sender" rate per game despite playing under 23 minutes on average. The team has learned to live with a relatively high turnover rate, though it has seemed to reign in some of the unnecessary risk-taking as the season has progressed. Junior point guard Aisia Robertson has been the one tasked with protected the ball, and while she has committed a gaudy 141 turnovers, she has also dished out 177 assists to achieve an assist to turnover ratio that is better than 1:1. Her ability to put break down defenses and figuratively put some opponents on skates has been one of the big difference makers that has led to so much success thus far in the Lobo season.

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Sports Issue Krebs enters no plea to felony charges By Danielle Prokop @ProkopDani Former Athletic Director Paul Krebs made his first appearance in 2nd District Judicial Court before Justice William Parnell on Friday. He entered no plea. The court appearance was very short, lasting only five minutes or so. According to the prosecution, a preliminary hearing will be scheduled soon. He appeared with his attorney, Paul Kennedy. Five felony accounts were leveled against Krebs, stemming from investigations surrounding the infamous Scotland trip in 2015 — during which, UNM said it paid $25,000 of public funds for boosters, Krebs, family and

a few others to golf in luxury at Trump Aberdeen. The complaints listed include money laundering, tampering with evidence and fraud amounting to a total of $20,000, criminal solicitation and making or permitting a false public voucher. The New Mexico Attorney General’s office (OAG) released the Transparency Report in September 2018 regarding UNM’s alleged violations of two state transparency laws. The laws are the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) and the Open Meetings Act (OMA). The 32-page document prepared by Assistant Attorney General Dylan Large outlined 11 allegations against UNM for violated either OMA or IPRA. Also released in September were

By Danielle Prokop/ @ProkopDani/ Daily Lobo

Former Athletic Director Paul Krebs appears in preliminary court on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Krebs has not given his plea while facing five felony charges.

emails from Krebs regarding the Scotland trip. According to the report, documents uncovered “reveal a disturbing pattern of concealment and deliberate misrepresentation” on the part of the University. The released emails center around a $25,000 payment to

the UNM Foundation — a private 501(c)3 that fundraisings and manages donations made to the University. According to his foundation profile Larry Ryan oversees advancement and development efforts for academics and athletics.

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