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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, February 19
Albuquerque, N.M.
4:00 PM MT
University of Utah
65
at
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New Mexico
Utes Fall To New Mexico, 72-65
2/19/2000 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2000
By PETE HERRERA
AP Sports Writer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Damion Walker scored 21 points, Wayland White added 19 and New Mexico hit 13 of its first 17 shots in the second half Saturday to beat No. 21 Utah 72-65.
New Mexico (15-11, 7-4 Mountain West) beat the Utes' imposing frontline with quickness and an assortment of acrobatic drives to the basket by Walker, White and Lamont Long.
White finished with 19 points and Long added 17.
New Mexico, which trailed through most of the first half, used a 16-3 second-half run to put away the Utes (19-5, 8-2). Long scored seven points in the run, Walker had six and freshman point guard Marlon Parmer hit a 3-pointer that swished through as the 35-second clock expired
That put the Lobos up 66-54 with 5:20 left, but Utah cut the deficit to six points on back-to-back 3-pointers by Tony Harvey. Harvey had 4 3-pointers and 17 of his team-high 19 points in the second half.
Utah had a chance to do further damage, but Alex Jensen missed a wide open 3-pointer and center Nate Althoff missed the front end of a one-and-one foul situation with 1:37 left.
White pushed the lead up to 68-60 with a pair of free throws, and after Harvey connected for another 3, Parmer hit a baseline jumper with 33.3 seconds left.
New Mexico has been beaten up all season by big frontlines like Utah's. And through the first 20 minutes, it looked like the Utes would continue the trend.
The 6-foot-11, 260-pound Althoff scored eight of his 17 points in the first half and led the Utes to a 21-12 rebounding edge. When Althoff wasn't scoring off second-chance rebounds, Jensen - who scored 16 - was roaming the perimeter and hitting 3-pointers.
But New Mexico's quickness took over in the second half. Walker, the Lobos' 6-foot-7 center, consistently drove around Althoff for layups or forced Althoff to foul him. Walker hit 7-of-8 free throws and 6-of-7 shots in the second half.
That also helped free up White and Long to penetrate the Utes' defense for drives to the basket.
New Mexico shot 71 percent through the first 13 minutes of the second half.
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