1. Darington Hobson: This New Mexico junior and junior-college transfer is the likely Newcomer of the Year in the MWC. At 6-7 he can play about every position on the floor, and may be most comfortable at point guard. He leads the Lobos in scoring, rebounding and assists. This guy is GOOD!
2. More scoring from more guys: The Cowboys got 48 points from three players against TCU — Afam Muojeke, Adam Waddell and JayDee Luster. The rest of the team scored 11. UW needs more contributions from more players.
3. Smart drives: A big part of UW’s offense is driving to the basket and drawing a foul. But recently it seems like the team either misses those shots or gets called for offensive fouls. The Cowboys need to be smart when doing this and avoid the three to five offensive fouls a game. Those miscues are turnovers.
4. Second to none: There is a stat floating out there that UW’s shooing percentage defense on foes’ first shots is around 35 percent. That’s pretty good. But when teams get two or three shots a possession to score, that’s not good. Second-chance points and rebounding have been rough areas for the Cowboys. If they give the Lobos too many of those Saturday the Pokes have no chance to win.
5. Home-court advantage: UW fed off its home-court advantage in its 85-83 win over San Diego State last Saturday. It needs a similar effort, but it would be nice not to get behind by 17 early in the second half like it did against the Aztecs. Or, get off to a slow start which has occurred in all three of UW’s conference games this season.
The live blog from the game starts at about 1 p.m. at http://wyomingcowboysblog.com/2010/01/11/wyoming-vs-new-mexico-live-blog-basketball/
Also, see Saturday’s paper for more on this game, the Cowgirls’ game at New Mexico and a football update that includes another key offensive player from this past season that won’t be back for the 2010 season.
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