University of New Mexico women's basketball was picked to finish second in the Mountain West preseason poll with 251 points and seven first-place votes as voted on by conference head coaches and media.
The annual conference preseason poll was released on Wednesday, where six out of eleven Mountain West teams received first-place votes. Fresno State took the top position with 13 first-place votes and 269 points.
According to a UNM release, the Lobos led the conference in scoring margin (11.2), assist/turnover ratio (1.38), assists per game (16.07) and turnover margin (3.71) last season. The Lobos also were first in 3-point field-goals made (10.1 per game) and second in field-goal percentage (.450).
It is only the second time that the Lobos have been picked to finish in second, the last coming in 2019-20.
UNM senior Antonia Anderson was one of five players selected to the MW preseason all-conference team.
