Boise State Drops Road Game at New Mexico

Saturday, January 21

Albuquerque, N.M.

1 p.m. MT

Boise State

8-12,3-4Mountain West

New Mexico

11-9,3-4Mountain West

Boise St.

New Mexico

1/21/2023 3:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Elodie Lalotte's team-high 20 points wasn't enough as New Mexico defeated Boise State 76-68, Saturday.

Dani Bayes led the offensive attack early, draining three straight 3-pointers to give the Broncos (8-12, 3-4 MW) an early 14-8 lead. The Lobos (11-9, 3-4) responded by pounding the ball inside to end the quarter up 18-17. New Mexico started the second quarter on a 16-5 run en route to taking a 41-26 lead to the locker room.

Lalotte went to work out of the break, scoring six points in the first two minutes of the second half to spur a 7-1 run. The Broncos continued to climb back into the game, with back-to-back Anna Ostlie 3-pointers cutting the lead to 47-43 midway through the third quarter.

Trailing 55-49 to begin the final period, Lalotte continued her inside presence, scoring seven of the team's first eight fourth quarter points. The Lobos responded with a 7-0 run to extend the lead to 12 with 5:15 remaining. Boise State was able to cut the lead to five on a Mary Kay Naro layup with 26.6 seconds remaining, but it wasn't enough as New Mexico prevailed.

Top Broncos

- Elodie Lalotte finished with a team-high 20 points and tied her season-high with 12 rebounds.
- Dani Bayes scored 16 points for the Broncos, including tying her season-high with four made 3-pointers
- Mary Kay Naro recorded nine points and dished out a team-high five assists.
- Abby Muse blocked eight shots during the contest.

Notables

- Abby Muse recorded a career-high eight blocks during the game, one short of the program single-game record. Six of those blocks came in the third quarter, the most blocks in a quarter in program history.
- The game marks the sixth time this season that Muse has recorded four or more blocks in a game. The junior, who has blocked 54 shots on the year, also passed Mallory McGwire (2019-20) on the Bronco single-season block list.
- Muse also recorded her 500th career rebound during the contest, the 23rd Bronco in program history to surpass 500 boards.
- Elodie Lalotte recorded her fourth double-double this season and the 13th of her career. It is the third time this season the junior has surpassed 20 points.
- Both Dani Bayes and Mya Hansen recorded a career-high in rebounds. Bayes pulled down seven boards while Hansen grabbed four.
- Boise State recorded a season-low eight turnovers.

Quotables

"Our kids played their rear ends off in the third quarter and played hard in the fourth. I'm really proud of the kids responding from the half. We have to work on being more consistent. We want to have a more solid effort out there." – head coach Gordy Presnell

"I'm really disappointed at our ability to make free throws at the college level. That was the difference in the game. We're not going to beat many teams going 11-of-21 from the free throw line. We just have to find a way to get better from there." - Presnell