We are back for the nightcap of the Mountain West Quarterfinals, in what should be a good one with the 3-seed Boise State Broncos 22-9 vs. the 6-seed New Mexico Lobos 23-9. Boise State has won the first two match-ups between the two teams this year, the Lobos are looking to change that and make it more likely for a NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since year one of the Craig Neal Era in 2014. It’s crazy to think that it has been a decade since the Lobos have played a meaningful game post-Mountain West Tournament. It is a different opponent and more talented team, but if the Lobos can play like they did on Wednesday against Air Force, it could be a fun night for the Lobo Faithful.

Starters for the game tonight:

Boise State:

Roddie Anderson III, O’Mar Stanley, Tyson Degenhart, Chibuzo Agbo, Max Rice

Lobos:

Donovan Dent, Jaelen House, Jamal Mashburn Jr., JT Toppin, Nelly Junior Joseph

Lobos have shown up in PIT WEST. Should be a fun crowd.

Donovan Dent already with 7 points for the Lobos, and 3 steals already for the Lobos defense.

15:25 1H: Lobos 7 Boise State 5. Boise State will have 2 FTs after the first media TO. House picks up his first foul. Lobos have missed some bunnies so far in this game.

Mentioned this on Twitter, we have to survive one more Max Rice game.

Baker Jr. coming up huge off the bench with back-2-back 3’s for the Lobos.

11:19 1H: Lobos 16 Boise State 13. This game is building into a classic. Each team has hit three 3’s.

7:09 1H: Lobos 22 Boise State 20. Leon Rice picked up a quick tech, and that looks like it woke up House on offense.

4:21 1H: Lobos 31 Boise State 24. Lobos have received great minutes from Mushila, Baker Jr., and Washington. Need to close out the half strong.

2:39 1H: Lobos 33 Boise State 24. House for the second straight night is having a blast. Lobos are playing well.

Halftime: Lobos 35 Boise State 26. The Lobos have played extremely well these first 20 minutes. 20 more minutes to go.

14:58 2H: Lobos 44 Boise State 40. Boise State has started the 2H 4 of 6 from 3. The Lobos have been able to weather the storm so far, but they need to keep attacking the rim and finding a way to finish.

12:48 2H: Lobos 50 Boise State 40. A quick 6-0 run by the Lobos has the lead back up to 10. Dent has a Free Throw after the media TO.

11:40 2H: Lobos 52 Boise State 40. Lobos are on an 8-0 run. Boise State just baited Nelly into his 3rd foul.

7:09 2H: Lobos 60 Boise State 50. House with 21 points on the night. He’s a man on a mission, and boy is he having fun.

5:21 2H: Lobos 64 Boise State 55

3:26 2H: Lobos 64 Boise State 57. Lobos missed 3 straight FTs and potentially 4 points. Boise State will have 2 FTs after the TO.

2:16 2H: Lobos 66 Boise State 59. Both teams have 1 TO remaining. Smart timeout called there by Dent.

31.3 2H: Lobos 71 Boise State 66. Lobos will have the ball. Boise State is out of TOs, the Lobos still have 1 left. Let’s get the ball in and hit some FTs.

Final: Lobos 76 Boise State 66. Lobos move to 24-9. Jaelne House and Donovan Dent were special tonight. Next up a match-up with CSU.