The similarities are striking and unavoidable.
University of New Mexico women’s basketball coach Mike Bradbury said he couldn’t miss them when scouting for his team’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament opener on Thursday night.
The Lobos (20-12) face Northern Arizona (21-13) at the Pit and similar records are not the only things the teams have in common.
“They play pretty much the way we do,” Bradbury said of the Lumberjacks. “They’re good in transition, they shoot the 3 well, they’ve got an athletic (post) who’s similar to (Shaiquel McGruder). It’ll probably just come down to who executes better.