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"The defending back-to-back Mountain West Conference champion Lobos picked up where they left off last season, winning their 15th consecutive home conference game, defeating Colorado State 80-73.Cameron Bairstow matched his career high in scoring with 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Kendall Williams filled up the stat sheet with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Williams became the first Lobo in program history to record 1,500 points, 500 assists and 150 steals in a career.''Just be versatile, be a leader and just kind of do what the team needs,'' Williams said about his role on the team. ''Tonight Cam went 8-13, so sometimes I have to step back and go inside. Then Cam got in foul trouble so it was time for me to get to the rim, so I just think he wants me to use my experience to keep the ship rolling.''UNM guard Hugh Greenwood made his return to the starting lineup after sitting out the past three games with a wrist injury. Greenwood finished with 8 points and 3 assists.Alex Kirk matched a career high 5 blocks to go along with 10 points and 11 boards.The Lobos improve to 10-3 (1-0 MWC) on the season as they turn their attention to Wyoming. They'll travel to Laramie to face the Cowboys on January 8th.O's 3-POINT SHOTMVP: Cameron Bairstow was the leading scorer for the seventh time this season. It was also his sixth double-double of the season. \u00A0Bairstow set the tone scoring New Mexico's first seven points of the game. Final stats: 29 pts, 14 reb, 34 min, 8-13 fg.X Factor: Kendall Williams was the difference. He was a scorer when the team needed him to be and a distributor when the defense came to him. Williams kept the offense in sync and crashed the boards when the Lobos forced CSU to settle for the long ball. Final stats: 22pts, 8 reb, 7 ast, 35 min, 8-10 ft.Negative: A Closer on Defense. UNM gave up 25 points over the final 5:51, turning a comfortable lead into a single digit victory down the stretch. This was one of the team's key points during the post game press conference."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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