Jaedyn De La Cerda’s decision to come back for her “super” senior season of college basketball is paying off handsomely — for her, and for the New Mexico Lobos.
On Monday, De La Cerda was named the Mountain West Conference women’s Player of the Week after scoring a total of 59 points in UNM’s victories over UNLV, Utah State and San Diego State.
The Roswell native tied a career high with seven 3-pointers en route to a 27-point performance in the Lobos’ 98-83 victory over Utah State in Logan, Utah, on Thursday. She hit four more 3s in scoring 17 points on Sunday as UNM defeated SDSU 75-72 in the Pit.