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 Alex Kirk also scored 21 points for New Mexico (25-6), which will
play Boise State in Friday's semifinals. Kendall Williams collected
17 points, nine assists and six rebounds as the Lobos won their
seventh straight MWC tourney game.
Allen Huddleston scored 18 points and Alex Davis added a career-high
17 to pace the seventh-seeded Bulldogs (17-16), who had won nine of
their previous 11 games. Paul Watson contributed 16 points and
Marvelle Harris had 13 in the setback.
New Mexico opened the game on a 14-3 run and received a 3-pointer
from Cleveland Thomas at the buzzer to carry a 49-35 lead into
halftime. A three-point play by Harris trimmed the Bulldogs' deficit
to 10 points with 15:17 remaining.
The Lobos stepped it up defensively from there, holding Fresno State
to one point in nearly five minutes and going up 73-54 on Bairstow's
foul shot with 8:18 left. The Bulldogs never got closer than 12
points down the stretch and Bairstow helped put it away with a dunk
to make it 86-71 with three minutes to go.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Bairstow reached the 20-point mark for the 20th time
this season. ... Fresno State sharpshooter G Cezar Guerrero missed
all seven of his 3-point tries and finished the tournament 2-for-19
from the floor. ... New Mexico had a 40-25 advantage on the boards
and went 31-for-38 from the line, compared to 19-for-28 for the
Bulldogs.
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