AIR FORCE ACADEMY — Coach Steve Alford knew where the New Mexico Lobos had to turn up the throttle Wednesday night when they needed a lift in the second half to get past Air Force at Clune Arena.
“It was our seniors again,” Alford said after the Lobos (16-9, 7-3 Mountain West Conference) ran away from an Air Force upset bid to a 76-66 victory.
“I think we had five points out of our seniors in the first half and 27 in the second half. We rely on them,” said Alford, whose team trailed Air Force 37-33 at halftime.
New Mexico’s second-half surge left the Falcons (9-14, 0-10) still searching for their first win in the MWC. But senior Andrew Henke had his best conference game of the season with 19 points. Henke and senior Matt Holland helped the Falcons regroup after they fell behind 15-0. Holland finished with 20 points.
“We know we can be good, but we haven’t been good for 40 minutes,” Henke said.
