Wyoming Cowboys (7-17) vs. New Mexico Lobos (19-6)
Week 15 of the 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball season is in full swing Tuesday, February 14, as the Wyoming Cowboys take on the New Mexico Lobos in this Mountain West Conference clash at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
These teams met on New Year’s Eve, a 76-75 victory for the Lobos. New Mexico was favored by 2.0 and that contest with the total set at 143.5. No line or total was set at the time this preview was written.
The Wyoming Cowboys (7-17, 8-14-1 ATS) dropped their third straight game when they lost to Boise State on Saturday, 75-63. The team is now 1-4 in their last five games and is 2-12 over their last 14 games. Wyoming is 4-6 ATS in their last 10. The Cowboys have not won on the road this season, going 0-6.
This was a tightly contested contest through the first 19 minutes of the game, but Boise State took the lead at the 19-minute mark of the first half and never trailed after that. Jeremiah Oden and Hunter Maldonado each had 14 points for the Cowboys, but Oden needed 15 shots to reach the mark while Maldonado was 6-8 from the floor.
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— Wyoming Cowboy Basketball (@wyo_mbb) February 12, 2023
Wyoming is ranked 168th in the KenPom rankings. The team is averaging 108.4 points per 100 possessions (114th) while yielding 108.5 points per 100 possessions (249). The Cowboys are averaging 69.7 points per game but have been slightly off that mark within the MWC, averaging 67.4 points per game on 45.3% shooting. The team has been solid from outside though, hitting 36.9% of their three-point shots in the conference.
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