Tough Shooting Leads to Tough Loss for Cougars

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (February 27, 2010) - In a contest quite uncharacteristic of the BYU women's basketball team, the Cougars would fall 30-62 in a tough game on the road against the University of New Mexico Lobos.

"We got out played today," said BYU head coach Jeff Judkins. "For some reason we just weren't ready to play and we couldn't get the ball in the basket."

Mindy Bonham led the Cougars (18-8, 9-5) with seven points and four rebounds, shooting 3-for-5 from the charity stripe and played the most minutes of any other Cougar.

Neither team scored at the start of the game for over four minutes when the Lobos (17-10, 9-6) ended the streak and put the first points on the board. The Cougars tried to keep the score close throughout the first half but couldn't combat their unfortunate shooting as they headed into the locker room down by 19.

The second half started in a similar fashion with neither team shooting for the first two or three minutes but the Lobos, again, took off.

The Cougars struggled with their shooting, going just 18 percent from the field and 21 percent from the 3-point line.

Coriann Wood tried to bring the team back in the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers with nine minutes to play in the game, giving her her first and final points of the game.

BYU returns home to the Marriott Center on Wednesday, March 3, to take on Utah at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on BYU TV.

Official Basketball Box Score
BYU vs New Mexico
2/27/10 4:05 p.m. at The Pit/Albuquerque, N.M.
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VISITORS: BYU 18-8, 9-5 MWC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 FOREMAN,Jazmine..... f  1-8    1-5    0-0    0  4  4   1   3  1  3  0  0  29
35 RILEY,Kristen....... f  0-2    0-0    0-0    2  2  4   4   0  0  1  1  1  12
45 MOEAKI,Keilani...... f  1-3    0-0    2-2    1  3  4   0   4  1  2  0  0  18
22 BONHAM,Mindy........ g  2-8    0-1    3-5    2  2  4   1   7  1  4  1  0  32
33 HALL, Haley......... g  1-6    1-4    0-0    0  2  2   2   3  2  0  0  1  26
10 KAUFUSI, Alexis.....    1-7    0-0    3-6    1  3  4   3   5  1  4  1  0  16
13 JUDKINS,Jaime.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   8
21 BATES,Stephanie.....    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  2  2   0   0  0  1  0  0   7
23 WOOD,Coriann........    2-5    2-4    0-3    1  3  4   2   6  1  1  2  1  24
31 BECK,Marie..........    0-1    0-1    0-0    1  0  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
32 PETERSON,Dani.......    1-6    0-2    0-0    2  3  5   2   2  0  1  0  0  18
55 LEACH,Megan.........    0-2    0-1    0-1    0  2  2   1   0  0  1  0  0   6
   TEAM................                         1     1
   Totals..............    9-49   4-19   8-17  11 26 37  16  30  7 18  5  3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  3-23 13.0%   2nd Half:  6-26 23.1%   Game: 18.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  0-9   0.0%   2nd Half:  4-10 40.0%   Game: 21.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-7  71.4%   2nd Half:  3-10 30.0%   Game: 47.1%    3
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HOME TEAM: New Mexico 17-10, 9-6 MWC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 WEISSMANN, Eileen... f  2-8    1-4    0-0    1  6  7   3   5  2  1  0  0  27
22 JACKSON, Georonika.. f  2-4    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   2   4  0  2  0  3  15
34 KAST, Valerie....... c  3-10   1-1    1-2    0  2  2   2   8  0  0  1  0  12
10 BEGGIN, Amy......... g  1-7    1-3    2-2    0  5  5   0   5  4  0  1  2  36
23 TORRANCE, Porche.... g  1-3    0-2    1-1    0  3  3   1   3  1  1  0  0  17
11 TAYLOR, Lauren......    1-4    1-3    2-2    3  1  4   1   5  0  1  0  0  11
12 NELSON, Nikki.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  1  0  0  0   8
20 HALASZ, Sara........    5-11   0-4    2-2    3  4  7   0  12  1  1  0  0  22
24 DURBIN, Caroline....    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
32 BEST, Amanda........    1-5    0-2    4-4    0  5  5   2   6  1  2  1  0  17
42 UNVERZAGT, Jordan...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
43 STARK, Emily........    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   1   0  0  0  0  0   3
52 KIELPINSKI, Jessica.    4-7    2-3    4-4    2  4  6   3  14  2  0  0  4  28
   TEAM................                         5  3  8
   Totals..............   20-61   6-23  16-17  15 34 49  15  62 12  8  3  9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5%   2nd Half:  9-30 30.0%   Game: 32.8%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  3-14 21.4%   Game: 26.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half: 11-11 100 %   Game: 94.1%    2
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Officials: Kent Johnson, Connie Pardue, Rob Bryson
Technical fouls: BYU-None. New Mexico-None.
Attendance: 8360
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
BYU...........................   11   19  -   30
New Mexico....................   30   32  -   62
Points in the paint-BY 10,NM 22. Points off turnovers-BY 4,NM 15.
2nd chance points-BY 6,NM 10. Fast break points-BY 4,NM 5.
Bench points-BY 13,NM 37. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-BY 2nd-04:23, NM 2nd-03:57.
Largest lead-BY None, NM by 32 2nd-03:33.