In the year's first big upset, the Lobos beat Texas at Texas, 76-68. New Mexico's Dionne Marsh scored 24.

'Horns coach Jody Conradt on the end of the game: ""I felt like we got into a free-throw shooting contest and we came in second."

The match may have Big XII implications, since the same UNM team that won last night in Austin lost decisively to Oklahoma a few days ago.

Or it may not. Nina Norman sat for the second half, and Tiff Jackson left after turning her ankle: when she went off the court, the Longhorns led by 11.

UNM's student paper articulates a season preview: Lobo senior Abby Letz praises her coach and her team.