One of those games against the Lobos has what I affectionately call “The Raping of Andre Miller” the guy was so close a pair of panty hose wouldn’t have fit in between them. And it was all game long.
Here is a write up of the game. https://www.abqjournal.com/1440357/felled-a-giant.html
Ugly is beautiful
Then, with 1:35 and UNM still down by six, Bliss called a timeout. When the Lobos returned to the court, they brought with them into the classroom a new and dangerous weapon.
The press.
“We’re not really a pressing team,” Bliss said.
Yet, in the press, the Lobos were rowdy. Physical. Effective beyond words.
Right out of the timeout, the Lobos stole the ball from Miller, leading to a Shields dunk. The press extracted the ball from Miller again seconds later, producing an Olney 3-pointer and cutting the Utes’ lead to one.
Both times, fouls on UNM could have been called. Both times, they weren’t.
“I don’t know if the refs should have called fouls on those plays,” Mottola said. “They didn’t. That’s just the way it goes.”
And, a frenetic one minute, three seconds later, capped by yet another 3-pointer from Olney – with that haircut and that glare, he might be the ultimate Sweathog – the Lobos had an amazing, 77-74 victory.
Even the article mentions the probable fouls.
Watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYkgT3qRtk&ab_channel=ShaunGriswold
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