Against Rice earlier this year, UNM had free throws late in the game but couldn’t connect with any of them. Against Auburn, UNM had two possessions to prevail but threw the ball away and took a bad shot.
Based on the results from the last two games, those days appear to be over.
For the second straight game UNM found a way to finish a high-scoring, back-and-forth contest, surging past UNLV 87-83 at WisePies Arena. Forward Tim Williams scored 29 points with 17 coming in the second half, as the Lobos sank six of its eight free throws in the final 1:13.