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Mar. 21—CLEVELAND — New Mexico surged into the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 75-66 upset victory over Marquette on Friday.
The 10th-seeded Lobos finished the game on a 22-11 run against the No. 7 Golden Eagles to beat the Big East team and win a tournament game for the first time since 2012.
Donovan Dent, the Mountain West Player of the Year, finished with 21 points, six assists and eight turnovers. For much of the game, he played less in control than fans are used to seeing from the honorable mention All-American.
Still, the Lobos (27-7) held a 35-32 lead at the break, though they squandered a few opportunities that would have increased their lead. Dent had eight points on 3-of-8 shooting to go along with two assists and five turnovers at the half.
Marquette (23-11) pulled ahead 55-53 on a David Joplin bucket with 8:43 left in the game.
Then, Dent began to look like Dent.
The junior point guard scored eight of UNM's next 10 points and assisted on two other buckets, including a Tru Washington corner jumper with 3:15 left to put UNM up 67-58.
The Rocket Arena crowd was smelling upset for the Mountain West regular season champions.
"I thought we played really hard. I gotta lot of respect for Marquette. Terrific win for our program," UNM coach Richard Pitino said in an on-air interview after the game.
Nelly Junior Joseph finished with 19 points and seven rebounds. Washington added 12 points and three steals. C.J. Noland came off the bench to hit three 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 11 points.
Joplin hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 28 points to lead Marquette. Second team All-America guard Kam Jones chipped in 15 points.
UNM will play the winner of No. 2 Michigan State and No. 15 Bryant on Sunday in Cleveland.
This story will be updated.
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The 10th-seeded Lobos finished the game on a 22-11 run against the No. 7 Golden Eagles to beat the Big East team and win a tournament game for the first time since 2012.
Donovan Dent, the Mountain West Player of the Year, finished with 21 points, six assists and eight turnovers. For much of the game, he played less in control than fans are used to seeing from the honorable mention All-American.
Still, the Lobos (27-7) held a 35-32 lead at the break, though they squandered a few opportunities that would have increased their lead. Dent had eight points on 3-of-8 shooting to go along with two assists and five turnovers at the half.
Marquette (23-11) pulled ahead 55-53 on a David Joplin bucket with 8:43 left in the game.
Then, Dent began to look like Dent.
The junior point guard scored eight of UNM's next 10 points and assisted on two other buckets, including a Tru Washington corner jumper with 3:15 left to put UNM up 67-58.
The Rocket Arena crowd was smelling upset for the Mountain West regular season champions.
"I thought we played really hard. I gotta lot of respect for Marquette. Terrific win for our program," UNM coach Richard Pitino said in an on-air interview after the game.
Nelly Junior Joseph finished with 19 points and seven rebounds. Washington added 12 points and three steals. C.J. Noland came off the bench to hit three 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 11 points.
Joplin hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 28 points to lead Marquette. Second team All-America guard Kam Jones chipped in 15 points.
UNM will play the winner of No. 2 Michigan State and No. 15 Bryant on Sunday in Cleveland.
This story will be updated.
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