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New Mexico secures 88-53 victory over Air Force

AP
Feb 08, 2025

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Donovan Dent's 25 points helped New Mexico Lobos defeat Air Force Falcons 88-53 on Saturday night.

Dent added six assists for the Lobos (20-4, 12-1 Mountain West Conference). Tru Washington scored 16 points and added five rebounds and four steals. Nelly Junior Joseph had 14 points and shot 6 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line. The Lobos extended their winning streak to six games.

The Falcons (3-21, 0-13) were led by Luke Kearney, who recorded 12 points and two steals. Ethan Taylor added eight points and two steals for Air Force. Wesley Celichowski also had seven points and two blocks. The Falcons extended their losing streak to 14 straight.

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New Mexico's next game is Wednesday against Wyoming at home, and Air Force visits UNLV on Tuesday.

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1st Half
UNM
Lobos
34
AF
Falcons
24

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Nelly Junior Joseph vs. Wesley Celichowski (Donovan Dent gains possession)
19:46		Jovan Milicevic misses three point jump shot
19:44		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
19:27	+3	Luke Kearney makes three point jump shot	0-3
19:00		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
19:00		Wesley Celichowski defensive rebound
19:00		Wesley Celichowski misses two point layup
18:58		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
18:32		Tru Washington misses three point jump shot
18:30		Jovan Milicevic offensive rebound
18:30		Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Jovan Milicevic draws the foul)
18:26		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
18:24		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
18:18		Kyle Marshall misses two point layup
18:16		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
18:10		Filip Borovicanin misses two point layup
18:08		Luke Kearney defensive rebound
18:02		Kyle Marshall misses two point dunk
18:00		Wesley Celichowski offensive rebound
17:47		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
17:45		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
17:36		Tru Washington misses three point jump shot
17:34		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
17:24		Tru Washington misses two point layup
17:22		Tru Washington offensive rebound
17:19		Tru Washington misses two point layup
17:17		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
17:09		Wesley Celichowski misses two point hook shot
17:07		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
16:59		Donovan Dent misses three point jump shot
16:57		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
16:51	+2	Ethan Taylor makes two point jump shot	0-5
16:25		Wesley Celichowski shooting foul (Tru Washington draws the foul)
16:25		Tru Washington misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:25		Tru Washington misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:25		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
16:19		Wesley Celichowski blocks Nelly Junior Joseph's two point layup
16:17		Luke Kearney defensive rebound
15:56		Jeffrey Mills misses three point jump shot
15:54		Donovan Dent defensive rebound
15:50		Kyle Marshall shooting foul (Donovan Dent draws the foul)
15:50		TV timeout
15:50	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-5
15:50	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-5
15:23	+3	Luke Kearney makes three point jump shot (Jeffrey Mills assists)	2-8
15:01	+3	Donovan Dent makes three point jump shot	5-8
14:52		Kyle Marshall turnover (bad pass) (Tru Washington steals)
14:46	+2	Tru Washington makes two point dunk	7-8
14:27		Luke Kearney turnover (bad pass) (Tru Washington steals)
14:23	+2	Tru Washington makes two point layup	9-8
13:55		Kyle Marshall turnover (bad pass) (Tru Washington steals)
13:52		Jeffrey Mills shooting foul (Tru Washington draws the foul)
13:52	+1	Tru Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-8
13:52	+1	Tru Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-8
13:21		Atiki Ally Atiki blocks Caleb Walker's two point hook shot
13:19		Ibrahima Sacko defensive rebound
13:08		CJ Noland misses three point jump shot
13:06		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
13:06		Ibrahima Sacko personal foul (Kyle Marshall draws the foul)
12:48		CJ Noland shooting foul (Byron Brown draws the foul)
12:48		Byron Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:48		Byron Brown misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:48		Ibrahima Sacko defensive rebound
12:36		Donovan Dent misses three point jump shot
12:34		Atiki Ally Atiki offensive rebound
12:22		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
12:20		Byron Brown defensive rebound
12:02		Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot
12:00		Filip Borovicanin defensive rebound
11:50		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
11:48		Donovan Dent offensive rebound
11:44	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	13-8
11:17		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
11:15		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
11:04		Donovan Dent misses two point jump shot
11:02		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
10:53		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Atiki Ally Atiki steals)
10:47	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists)	15-8
10:34		Falcons 30 second timeout
10:34		TV timeout
10:12	+3	Yoda Oke makes three point jump shot (Kyle Marshall assists)	15-11
10:04	+2	Jovan Milicevic makes two point layup	17-11
10:04		Luke Kearney shooting foul (Jovan Milicevic draws the foul)
10:04	+1	Jovan Milicevic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	18-11
9:39		Caleb Walker misses two point hook shot
9:37		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
9:24		Filip Borovicanin misses two point layup
9:22		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
9:01		Caleb Walker misses two point hook shot
8:59		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
8:47		Nelly Junior Joseph misses two point hook shot
8:45		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
8:39	+2	Caleb Walker makes two point layup (Kyle Marshall assists)	18-13
8:31		Caleb Walker personal foul (Nelly Junior Joseph draws the foul)
8:29		Tru Washington misses three point jump shot
8:27		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
8:24		CJ Noland shooting foul (Jeffrey Mills draws the foul)
8:24	+1	Jeffrey Mills makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-14
8:24		Jeffrey Mills misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:24		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
8:01	+2	Tru Washington makes two point jump shot	20-14
7:28		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
7:26		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
7:19	+2	CJ Noland makes two point layup	22-14
7:05		Wesley Celichowski misses two point layup
7:03		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
6:55		Nelly Junior Joseph misses three point jump shot
6:53		Falcons defensive rebound
6:50		TV timeout
6:21		Ethan Taylor turnover (bad pass)
6:06		CJ Noland misses two point jump shot
6:04		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
6:04		Caleb Walker personal foul (Nelly Junior Joseph draws the foul)
6:04		Nelly Junior Joseph misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:04		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
5:34		Ethan Taylor misses two point jump shot
5:32		Lobos defensive rebound
5:25	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	24-14
5:07	+2	Caleb Walker makes two point layup (Kyle Marshall assists)	24-16
4:51		Nelly Junior Joseph turnover (lost ball) (Kyle Marshall steals)
4:37		Beau Becker misses two point jump shot
4:35		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
4:28		Tru Washington misses two point jump shot
4:26		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
4:07	+3	Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot (Kyle Marshall assists)	24-19
4:06		Lobos 30 second timeout
4:06		TV timeout
3:50	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point jump shot	26-19
3:22	+2	Jeffrey Mills makes two point layup	26-21
3:13		Donovan Dent misses three point jump shot
3:11		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
2:54		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
2:52		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
2:49	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point dunk (Donovan Dent assists)	28-21
2:36		Ethan Taylor turnover (bad pass) (Nelly Junior Joseph steals)
2:29	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists)	30-21
1:50		Ethan Taylor misses two point jump shot
1:48		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
1:45	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists)	32-21
1:18	+3	Luke Kearney makes three point jump shot (Ethan Taylor assists)	32-24
1:01		Wesley Celichowski blocks Nelly Junior Joseph's two point jump shot
0:59		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
0:53	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	34-24
0:41		Braden Appelhans personal foul (Wesley Celichowski draws the foul)
0:24		Wesley Celichowski misses two point layup
0:22		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
0:01		Donovan Dent turnover (lost ball) (Luke Kearney steals)
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UNM
Lobos
54
AF
Falcons
29

Time		Play	Score
19:42		Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot
19:40		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
19:40		Wesley Celichowski personal foul (Jovan Milicevic draws the foul)
19:31		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive foul (Jeffrey Mills draws the foul)
19:31		Nelly Junior Joseph turnover (offensive foul)
19:12		Wesley Celichowski turnover (lost ball) (Jovan Milicevic steals)
19:06		Filip Borovicanin turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Taylor steals)
19:01	+2	Jeffrey Mills makes two point layup (Kyle Marshall assists)	34-26
18:53		Jovan Milicevic turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Taylor steals)
18:48		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
18:46		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
18:39		Luke Kearney shooting foul (Donovan Dent draws the foul)
18:39	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-26
18:39	+1	Donovan Dent makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-26
18:30		Filip Borovicanin personal foul (Ethan Taylor draws the foul)
18:24	+3	Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot (Luke Kearney assists)	36-29
18:13		Jovan Milicevic misses three point jump shot
18:11		Luke Kearney defensive rebound
18:04	+2	Kyle Marshall makes two point layup (Ethan Taylor assists)	36-31
17:58		Wesley Celichowski personal foul (Tru Washington draws the foul)
17:45	+2	Tru Washington makes two point jump shot	38-31
17:27		Wesley Celichowski misses two point hook shot
17:25		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
17:17		Tru Washington misses two point jump shot
17:15		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
17:12	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	40-31
17:02		Luke Kearney turnover (bad pass) (Donovan Dent steals)
16:58	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point dunk	42-31
16:32		CJ Noland blocks Jeffrey Mills's two point layup
16:30		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
16:21	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup (Filip Borovicanin assists)	44-31
16:10		Nelly Junior Joseph blocks Kyle Marshall's two point layup
16:08		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
16:03		Tru Washington misses two point jump shot
16:01		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
15:58	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	46-31
15:47		Falcons 30 second timeout
15:47		TV timeout
15:31		Caleb Walker turnover (bad pass)
15:31		TV timeout
15:21		Donovan Dent misses two point layup
15:19		Beau Becker defensive rebound
15:18		Ethan Taylor turnover (double dribble)
15:11		Caleb Walker personal foul (Tru Washington draws the foul)
15:05		Ethan Taylor shooting foul (Tru Washington draws the foul)
15:05		Tru Washington misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:05	+1	Tru Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-31
14:44		Jeffrey Mills turnover (bad pass) (Tru Washington steals)
14:40	+2	Tru Washington makes two point dunk	49-31
14:26	+3	Yoda Oke makes three point jump shot (Beau Becker assists)	49-34
14:25		Falcons 30 second timeout
14:12		Jump ball. (Lobos gains possession)
14:03	+2	Filip Borovicanin makes two point layup (Tru Washington assists)	51-34
13:49		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
13:47		Tru Washington defensive rebound
13:41		Filip Borovicanin misses three point jump shot
13:39		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
13:33		Jeffrey Mills misses two point layup
13:31		Tru Washington defensive rebound
13:25		Donovan Dent misses two point layup
13:23		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
13:23		Filip Borovicanin personal foul (Jeffrey Mills draws the foul)
13:06		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
13:04		Tru Washington defensive rebound
12:55	+2	CJ Noland makes two point layup	53-34
12:55		Kyle Marshall shooting foul (CJ Noland draws the foul)
12:55	+1	CJ Noland makes regular free throw 1 of 1	54-34
12:40		Ethan Taylor turnover (out of bounds)
12:25	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point jump shot	56-34
12:00		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
11:58		Falcons offensive rebound
11:58		CJ Noland shooting foul (Kyle Marshall draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58		Kyle Marshall misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:58	+1	Kyle Marshall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-35
11:43		Wesley Celichowski shooting foul (Braden Appelhans draws the foul)
11:43	+1	Braden Appelhans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-35
11:43	+1	Braden Appelhans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-35
11:21	+2	Wesley Celichowski makes two point layup (Luke Kearney assists)	58-37
10:55	+3	CJ Noland makes three point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists)	61-37
10:32		Atiki Ally Atiki blocks Yoda Oke's three point jump shot
10:30		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
10:21		Braden Appelhans misses two point jump shot
10:19		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
10:09	+2	Kyle Marshall makes two point dunk (Yoda Oke assists)	61-39
9:50		CJ Noland misses two point jump shot
9:48		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
9:44		Atiki Ally Atiki flagrant 1 (Wesley Celichowski draws the foul)
9:44	+1	Wesley Celichowski makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	61-40
9:44		Wesley Celichowski misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
9:44		Ethan Taylor offensive rebound
9:28		Wesley Celichowski misses three point jump shot
9:26		Tru Washington defensive rebound
8:42		Nelly Junior Joseph turnover (Jeffrey Mills steals)
8:42		Byron Brown misses two point layup
8:40		Jovan Milicevic defensive rebound
8:33	+3	Donovan Dent makes three point jump shot (Braden Appelhans assists)	64-40
8:05	+2	Wesley Celichowski makes two point dunk (Jeffrey Mills assists)	64-42
7:53		Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Donovan Dent draws the foul)
7:53		TV timeout
7:53		Donovan Dent misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:53		Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound
7:53	+2	Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup	66-42
7:53		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball)
7:51	+3	Tru Washington makes three point jump shot	69-42
7:34		Wesley Celichowski misses two point hook shot
7:32		Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound
7:27	+3	Donovan Dent makes three point jump shot	72-42
7:06		Luke Kearney misses two point jump shot
7:04		Lobos defensive rebound
6:53	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	74-42
6:30		Kyle Marshall turnover (bad pass) (Nelly Junior Joseph steals)
6:23		Donovan Dent misses two point layup
6:21		Kyle Marshall defensive rebound
6:16		Ibrahima Sacko shooting foul (Luke Kearney draws the foul)
6:16	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 1 of 3	74-43
6:16	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 2 of 3	74-44
6:16	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 3 of 3	74-45
6:02		Donovan Dent turnover (bad pass) (Luke Kearney steals)
5:51	+2	Wesley Celichowski makes two point layup (Kyle Marshall assists)	74-47
5:49		Lobos 30 second timeout
5:30	+2	Donovan Dent makes two point layup	76-47
5:17		Quinton Webb personal foul (A.J. Patterson draws the foul)
5:17	+1	A.J. Patterson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-48
5:17		A.J. Patterson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:17		Quinton Webb defensive rebound
4:55		Wesley Celichowski shooting foul (Nelly Junior Joseph draws the foul)
4:55	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-48
4:55	+1	Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-48
4:35		Sam Springer misses three point jump shot
4:33		Sam Springer offensive rebound
4:33		Ibrahima Sacko personal foul (Sam Springer draws the foul)
4:33	+1	Sam Springer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-49
4:33	+1	Sam Springer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-50
4:18	+3	Braden Appelhans makes three point jump shot (Atiki Ally Atiki assists)	81-50
3:59		TV timeout
3:43		Falcons turnover (shot clock violation)
3:35		A.J. Patterson personal foul (Quinton Webb draws the foul)
3:35	+1	Quinton Webb makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-50
3:35		Quinton Webb misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:35		Falcons defensive rebound
3:21		Sam Springer misses three point jump shot
3:19		Will Cooper offensive rebound
3:09		Will Cooper misses three point jump shot
3:07		Atiki Ally Atiki defensive rebound
3:01		Quinton Webb misses three point jump shot
2:59		Ibrahima Sacko offensive rebound
2:54	+3	Kayde Dotson makes three point jump shot	85-50
2:31		Atiki Ally Atiki shooting foul (Sam Springer draws the foul)
2:31		Sam Springer misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:31	+1	Sam Springer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-51
2:17		Braden Appelhans misses two point jump shot
2:15		A.J. Patterson defensive rebound
2:11		A.J. Patterson turnover (lost ball) (Quinton Webb steals)
2:10		Will Cooper shooting foul (Quinton Webb draws the foul)
2:10		Quinton Webb misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:10		Quinton Webb misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:10		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
1:55		Ibrahima Sacko blocks Sam Springer's three point jump shot
1:53		Kayde Dotson defensive rebound
1:40		Ibrahima Sacko misses three point jump shot
1:38		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
1:20		Yoda Oke misses two point jump shot
1:18		Ibrahima Sacko defensive rebound
1:14		Braden Appelhans misses three point jump shot
1:12		Sam Duskin defensive rebound
0:57		Yoda Oke turnover (bad pass) (Kayde Dotson steals)
0:50		Atiki Ally Atiki misses two point dunk
0:48		Yoda Oke defensive rebound
0:48		Quinton Webb personal foul (Beau Becker draws the foul)
0:48	+1	Beau Becker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-52
0:48	+1	Beau Becker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-53
0:45	+3	Kayde Dotson makes three point jump shot	88-53
0:29		A.J. Patterson turnover (double dribble)
0:00		End of period

A.J. Patterson turnover (double dribble)