If you were Sundance Wicks, you couldn’t dream of a better first half of the Cowboys’ home Mountain West matchup against the New Mexico Lobos. The Cowboys, albeit aided by some poor shooting on the Lobos’ behalf, held the Lobos to an egregious 18.5% from the field in the first half. The Cowboys were leading at the half by 14 after holding the Lobos to a season low 18 first half points–an insane number for a team that typically averages 87 points a night, which ranks ninth in the entire nation.
Wicks’ game plan was being run to perfection–the game was being played at a crawling speed, and the Cowboys were more often than not limiting the Lobos to just one shot per possession, after only allowing five offensive rebounds off their plethora of misses.