No. 19 Lobos drop No. 20 Texas Tech
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Darington Hobson had 23 points and 12 rebounds, helping No. 19 New Mexico to a 90-75 victory over No. 20 Texas Tech on Tuesday night.
Hobson, one of five Lobos to score in double figures, also had four assists as New Mexico (13-1) rebounded from its first loss of the season last week.
The Lobos led 34-19 in the first half, only to see the Red Raiders (10-2) close within 42-36 early in the second half. But an 11-2 run in a three-minute span put the Lobos up 53-38, and the lead never dropped into single digits again.
New Mexico's normally accurate 3-point shooting was absent as it was 4 of 17 from behind the arc. But the Lobos held Texas Tech to 41 percent shooting for the game.
Reserve David Tairu led Texas Tech with 18 points.
• Texas-El Paso 58, Air Force 47 -- At El Paso, Texas, Randy Culpepper and Christian Polk had 14 points each to lead the Miners over the Falcons in the championship game of the Sun Bowl Invitational.
Derrick Caracter grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to go with nine points for the Miners (9-2). Michael Lyons scored 10 points to lead Air Force (7-5).
• San Diego State 58, UC Riverside 53 -- At San Diego, former Green Valley High School standout Billy White scored 13 points as the Aztecs held off the Highlanders (6-6).
The Aztecs (10-3) have won seven of their last eight games.
• Utah 69, Texas-San Antonio 47 -- At Salt Lake City, Luka Drca scored 19 points to lead the Utes over the Roadrunners (8-3).
Drca made 8 of 11 shots from the field, including three 3-pointers. Carlon Brown scored 10 points and Kim Tillie nine for the Utes (6-7), who snapped a three-game losing skid.
