New Mexico Lobos snap win streak with 1 point loss to San Jose State [Video]

SHOT OF THE SEASON. SWEEP OF A CONFERENCE RIVAL BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER. THEY RALLIED FROM AN EARLY 13 POINT LEAD TO BEAT SAN JOSE STATE AT THE PIT. TONIGHT. THEY’RE ON THE ROAD FACING THE SPARTANS, LOOKING TO EXTEND THEIR UNBEATEN CONFERENCE RECORD TO SEVEN. AND OH, AND EARLY ON NELLY JUNIOR JOSEPH IN PARTICULAR WAS ACTIVE LEVERAGING HIS WAY FOR THE LAYUP. HE SCORED SIX OF NEW MEXICO’S FIRST EIGHT POINTS. SO A GOOD START FOR THE BIG MAN IN THE MIDDLE. LOBOS WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD AN EARLY DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD THIS TIME. MUSTAFA AMZIL IN THE LANE WITH A LITTLE HALF HOOK. THEY LEAD BY TEN JUST FIVE MINUTES IN, BUT THE SPARTANS WOULD CUT DOWN A 13 POINT DEFICIT, GOING ON AN 11 ZERO RUN TO GET TO WITHIN TWO LATE IN THE HALF. AND DONOVAN DENT, THE REIGNING MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK, WAS …