Boise State at New Mexico, 10:00 PM Eastern, CBS Sports Network
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The Under the Radar Game of the Day returns to the Mountain West conference tonight as the current conference leader, Boise State, travels to The Pit in Albuquerque to take on the New Mexico Lobos. Following Nevada’s loss at San Diego State on Sunday, Boise has moved a game ahead of the Wolf Pack in the loss column, sitting at 9-3 in league play and 16-7 overall. The Broncos have won four straight games and five of their last six, including a 10 point home win over Air Force this past weekend. Seven different players had 9 or more points for the Broncos in that win, and that type of balance and depth could be enough to make Boise the favorite to win both the regular season and conference tournament titles.
New Mexico enters play tonight at 8-5 in conference and 15-10 overall, in fourth place but only a game and a half behind Boise for first. The Lobos have won 6 of their last 8 games including a win back on January 17 at Boise State. Tim Williams led the way in that win with 19 points while Sam Longwood had 16 off the bench. Williams is unlikely to play tonight as he has missed the last three games with a foot injury, but Longwood has moved into the starting lineup and in fact led his team with 17 points in their last game. If the Lobos can get the win tonight they will hold the tiebreaker edge over Boise State and be only half a game behind them in what could be a great stretch run battle for the Mountain West regular season championship.