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Jan. 9-15
Key Games and Performances
Jan. 10 -- Butts set a career high with 37 points tonight on 12-23 from the field and 10-12 FT as New Mexico handled Georgia St. 93-63.
Jan. 11 -- Another career high for points was set tonight, as Elkin ended up with 25, and also contributed 4 assists. Ohio St. held Michigan to 15 first half points in the 78-34 stomping.
Jan. 12 -- By far the game of the week as 2 top 5 teams went at it. It was nip and tuck all the way, but #5 UCLA hung on to beat #2 Arizona by a 82-81 margin. Nights watched this one from the stands, as he is still on academic suspension.
Jan. 13 -- A bad, bad blow for New Mexico tonight, as Butts played only 12 minutes and scored just 3 points before tearing a hamstring. This injury will put him out for about 30 days, meaning he won't be back until mid-February, at best. The Lobos did come back from a 4 point halftime deficit to defeat Gardner-Webb 70-54.
Individual Details
SF Sean Treacy -- 2 points, 2 assists in 10 minutes @ LSU(W 74-66); 5 points, 2 assists @ Kentucky(L 89-75)
SG Kyle Kappe -- 13 points and 6 rebounds vs. Washington(W 74-57); 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists vs. Fresno St.(W 95-75)
PG Dylan Airhart -- Did not score but had 6 assists and just 1 turnover vs. DePaul(W 83-53)
PF Rick Jolley -- 2 points in 11 minutes vs. Tennessee(W 100-46); 1 point and 1 rebound @ Georgia(W 82-74)
C Coy Childress -- DNP this week; vs. Tennessee(W 100-46); @ Georgia(W 82-74)
PF Deke Prosser -- 8 points, 7 rebounds vs. Arkansas(W 89-75)
C Danny Wilson -- 5 rebounds, 1 block vs. Virginia Tech(W 74-50); again had 5 rebounds, 1 block, but still didn't score vs. Florida St.(W 104-57)
SF Larry McGillicuddy -- redshirting this season; @ #9 Wake Forest(L 67-54); vs. #21 Georgia Tech(W 96-90)
SG Brian Butts -- career high 37 points on 12-23 from the field and 10-12 FT vs. Georgia St.(W 93-63); played only 12 minutes before tearing a hamstring vs. Gardner-Webb(W 70-54)
PG Travis Elkin -- 12 points, 4 assists @ Oklahoma St.(W 80-56); 25 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds vs. Michigan(W 78-34)
SG Mike Schaplowsky -- 12 points on just 3-13 shooting vs. #16 Ohio St.(L 80-56); 16 points on 7-17 shooting @ Colorado(W 61-58)
PG Rob Nielsen -- 6 points, 4 assists vs. Oregon St.(L 67-56); 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists vs. Wyoming(W 84-63)
PF JeeberD Mack -- 6 points, 5 rebounds vs. Fresno St.(W 80-66); 9 points and 1 block vs. Washington(W 91-61)
SG Sunny Verma -- 13 points on 5-7 shooting vs. Pitt(W 91-50); 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists vs. Rutgers(W 95-68)
SF Jeff Nights -- on academic suspension this month; vs. #5 Arizona(W 82-81); vs. Arizona St.(W 82-58)
In the polls this week, Florida moves up to #3 and UCLA moves up to #4. Inexplicably, Maryland despite being undefeated drops to #5. Don't understand that at all. Also, Syracuse moves up to #6 while UConn drops to #8. Stanford drops one spot to #14 while Ohio St. makes the big jump up to #16. Oregon drops out of the Top 25, but still receives 9 votes, while Cal receives 2 votes.
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