It didn’t take the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team long to get comfortable playing in front of fans at the Pit.
The Lobos came out blazing hot Sunday, hitting their first five shots (three of them 3-pointers) and never looked back in a 94-53 exhibition win over NCAA Division II Western Colorado.
LaTora Duff and Shaiquel McGruder led four Lobos in double figures with 16 points apiece, but player stats largely took a back seat for UNM’s first home game with an audience in more than 18 months. An enthusiastic announced crowd of 3,594 made its presence felt from a pregame ring ceremony through the final basket.