FORT COLLINS, Colo. — To say that defense was optional would imply is was a choice.
Friday night on the Front Range in Colorado, the Colorado State Rams shot 58.2% from the field, hit 11-of-20 3-point tries and assisted on 22 of 32 baskets in a 92-84 win over the Lobos in front of an announced Moby Arena crowd of 4,936.
“It’s about the team. And when we say the team, it’s coaches, it’s players, it’s everybody together,” said UNM Lobos coach Richard Pitino when asked about his team’s poor defensive effort on Friday night. “It’s never about just one guy.