No. 21 New Mexico took command of the Mountain West Conference race, earning a 73-57 win on the road over Colorado State
The Lobos improved to 12-3 overall and 2-0 in league play, a major leg up in the competitive conference race.
It becomes even more significant with No. 22 Utah falling 61-60 at home to BYU and dropping to 0-2 in Mountain West play.
Senior Abbie Letz led the Lobos with 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
Fellow senior Jana Francis also posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Sophomore forward Dionne Marsh added 15 points, with 14 coming in the second half, and junior point guard Katie Montgomery chipped in 14.
The Lobos started the game flat, falling behind 10 points and faltering under the Rams full-court pressure defense.
The team quickly answered with a 10-0 run and never looked back. The Lobos led 35-25 at halftime and were ahead of Colorado State by as many as 16 points in the second half.
"We have a lot of confidence in ourselves and never really doubted that we come back," Francis said. "Sometimes we do start a little slow, but we knew we could pull a strong run. We just needed to run our offense a little better."
Lobos coach Don Flanagan is giving his team Sunday off and expects the group will be attending ex-Lobo senior Lindsey Arndt's wedding to UNM strength and conditioning coach Aaron Day.
New Mexico next test is Wednesday at TCU, which fell 68-67 at Wyoming. The Horned Frogs are 6-6 overall and 0-1 in conference.

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