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Toppin's 18 lead New Mexico over Air Force 82-56 in Mountain West Conference Tournament
LAS VEGAS (AP) JT Toppin had 18 points in New Mexico's 82-56 win against Air Force on Wednesday night in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
New Mexico will play third-seeded Boise State in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Toppin added 11 rebounds for the sixth-seeded Lobos (23-9). Jaelen House scored 16 points and added three steals. Tru Washington shot 6 for 9 to finish with 14 points. Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 10 points.
Rytis Petraitis led the way for the 11th-seeded Falcons (9-22) with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Beau Becker added eight points and two blocks for Air Force. Byron Brown had seven points.
New Mexico led 49-30 at the break. New Mexico extended its lead to 63-35 during the second half, fueled by a 7-0 scoring run. Washington scored a team-high 12 points in the second half.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Beau Becker vs. JT Toppin (Lobos gains possession) | Â |
| 19:46 | | Â | Jaelen House misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:44 |  | Â | Falcons defensive rebound | Â |
| 19:19 | | Â | Kellan Boylan turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 19:08 | | +2 | Nelly Junior Joseph makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists) | 0-2 |
| 18:53 | | +3 | Rytis Petraitis makes three point jump shot (Kellan Boylan assists) | 3-2 |
| 18:41 | | +3 | Jamal Mashburn Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaelen House assists) | 3-5 |
| 18:17 | | +2 | Beau Becker makes two point pullup jump shot (Rytis Petraitis assists) | 5-5 |
| 18:06 | | Â | Beau Becker blocks Nelly Junior Joseph's two point layup | Â |
| 18:04 | | Â | JT Toppin offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:03 | | +2 | JT Toppin makes two point layup | 5-7 |
| 17:40 | | Â | Kellan Boylan turnover (lost ball) (JT Toppin steals) | Â |
| 17:31 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph turnover (lost ball) (Kellan Boylan steals) | Â |
| 17:26 | | Â | Kellan Boylan turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 17:13 | | Â | Jaelen House misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:11 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound | Â |
| 17:05 | | Â | Beau Becker blocks Donovan Dent's two point layup | Â |
| 17:03 | | Â | JT Toppin offensive rebound | Â |
| 17:03 | | +2 | JT Toppin makes two point putback layup | 5-9 |
| 17:03 | | Â | Kellan Boylan shooting foul (JT Toppin draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:03 | | +1 | JT Toppin makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 5-10 |
| 16:48 | | Â | Jaelen House shooting foul (Ethan Taylor draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:48 | | +1 | Ethan Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 6-10 |
| 16:48 | | +1 | Ethan Taylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-10 |
| 16:33 | | Â | JT Toppin misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:31 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:29 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:27 | | Â | Beau Becker defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:27 | | Â | Jump ball. (Falcons gains possession) | Â |
| 16:06 | | Â | Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:04 | | Â | JT Toppin defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:50 | | Â | Jaelen House misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:48 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:29 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:20 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills misses two point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 15:18 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:08 | | +2 | JT Toppin makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists) | 7-12 |
| 14:40 | | Â | Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:38 | | Â | Jemarl Baker Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:32 | | +2 | Donovan Dent makes two point driving layup (Jemarl Baker Jr. assists) | 7-14 |
| 14:11 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:09 | | Â | JT Toppin defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:04 | | +2 | Donovan Dent makes two point driving layup | 7-16 |
| 14:02 | | Â | Falcons 30 second timeout | Â |
| 13:32 | | Â | Falcons turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 13:16 | | Â | Byron Brown personal foul (Nelly Junior Joseph draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:11 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Mustapha Amzil draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:04 | | +2 | Jaelen House makes two point driving layup (Mustapha Amzil assists) | 7-18 |
| 12:39 | | Â | Ethan Taylor turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 12:25 | | Â | Jaelen House misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:23 | | Â | Falcons defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:03 | | +2 | Byron Brown makes two point driving layup (Beau Becker assists) | 9-18 |
| 12:03 | | Â | Tru Washington shooting foul (Byron Brown draws the foul) | Â |
| 12:03 | | Â | Byron Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 12:03 | | Â | Tru Washington defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:53 | | +2 | Mustapha Amzil makes two point layup | 9-20 |
| 11:37 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis misses two point reverse layup | Â |
| 11:35 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:29 | | +2 | Jaelen House makes two point driving layup | 9-22 |
| 11:06 | | +2 | Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup | 11-22 |
| 11:06 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil shooting foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:06 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:06 | | +1 | Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 12-22 |
| 10:53 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 10:51 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:37 | | Â | Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:35 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:31 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis misses two point layup | Â |
| 10:29 | | Â | JT Toppin defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:25 | | Â | Kellan Boylan blocks Donovan Dent's two point layup | Â |
| 10:23 | | Â | Luke Kearney defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:07 | | Â | Byron Brown turnover (bad pass) (Jaelen House steals) | Â |
| 10:02 | | +2 | Tru Washington makes two point layup (Donovan Dent assists) | 12-24 |
| 9:35 | | Â | Kellan Boylan turnover (lost ball) (Jaelen House steals) | Â |
| 9:30 | | +2 | Jaelen House makes two point driving layup | 12-26 |
| 9:07 | | +3 | Rytis Petraitis makes three point jump shot (Beau Becker assists) | 15-26 |
| 8:40 | | Â | JT Toppin misses two point layup | Â |
| 8:38 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:17 | | Â | Beau Becker misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:15 | | Â | Jaelen House defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:08 | | +3 | Jaelen House makes three point jump shot (Donovan Dent assists) | 15-29 |
| 7:48 | | Â | Kellan Boylan turnover (lost ball) (Jaelen House steals) | Â |
| 7:48 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:31 | | Â | Ethan Taylor shooting foul (Jamal Mashburn Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:31 | | +1 | Jamal Mashburn Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 15-30 |
| 7:31 | | +1 | Jamal Mashburn Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-31 |
| 7:20 | | +2 | Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup (Jeffrey Mills assists) | 17-31 |
| 7:20 | | Â | JT Toppin shooting foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:20 | | +1 | Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 18-31 |
| 7:03 | | Â | Jamal Mashburn Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:01 | | Â | JT Toppin offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:59 | | Â | JT Toppin misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:57 | | Â | JT Toppin offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:56 | | +2 | JT Toppin makes two point layup | 18-33 |
| 6:36 | | Â | JT Toppin personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:28 | | Â | Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:26 | | Â | Donovan Dent defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:14 | | +2 | Jamal Mashburn Jr. makes two point layup (Mustapha Amzil assists) | 18-35 |
| 6:14 | | Â | Ethan Taylor personal foul (Jamal Mashburn Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:14 | | +1 | Jamal Mashburn Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 18-36 |
| 5:58 | | +2 | Byron Brown makes two point layup | 20-36 |
| 5:58 | | Â | Donovan Dent shooting foul (Byron Brown draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:58 | | +1 | Byron Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 21-36 |
| 5:42 | | Â | Jamal Mashburn Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Jeffrey Mills steals) | Â |
| 5:37 | | +2 | Jeffrey Mills makes two point layup (Kellan Boylan assists) | 23-36 |
| 5:29 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:27 | | Â | Jamal Mashburn Jr. offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:18 | | Â | Jaelen House turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 5:02 | | Â | Beau Becker misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:00 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:46 | | Â | Jaelen House misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:44 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:29 | | +3 | Beau Becker makes three point jump shot (Kellan Boylan assists) | 26-36 |
| 4:07 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis personal foul | Â |
| 3:51 | | +2 | Jaelen House makes two point layup | 26-38 |
| 3:51 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:32 | | Â | Beau Becker misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 3:30 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:24 | | +3 | Jemarl Baker Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaelen House assists) | 26-41 |
| 2:56 | | +2 | Rytis Petraitis makes two point driving layup | 28-41 |
| 2:34 | | Â | Jemarl Baker Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:32 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:26 | | Â | Jaelen House misses two point layup | Â |
| 2:24 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:14 | | Â | Beau Becker turnover (lost ball) (Donovan Dent steals) | Â |
| 2:10 | | +2 | Donovan Dent makes two point dunk | 28-43 |
| 1:56 | | Â | Mustapha Amzil personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:56 | | +1 | Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-43 |
| 1:56 | | +1 | Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-43 |
| 1:45 | | Â | Donovan Dent turnover (lost ball) (Kellan Boylan steals) | Â |
| 1:23 | | Â | Rytis Petraitis turnover (lost ball) (Jemarl Baker Jr. steals) | Â |
| 1:18 | | Â | Wesley Celichowski shooting foul (Nelly Junior Joseph draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:18 | | +1 | Nelly Junior Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-44 |
| 1:18 | | Â | Nelly Junior Joseph misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 1:18 | | Â | Falcons defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:47 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:45 | | Â | Jaelen House defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:44 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Jaelen House draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:44 | | +1 | Jaelen House makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-45 |
| 0:44 | | +1 | Jaelen House makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-46 |
| 0:16 | | Â | Byron Brown turnover (lost ball) (Donovan Dent steals) | Â |
| 0:09 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills blocks Donovan Dent's two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Donovan Dent personal foul (Jeffrey Mills draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Jeffrey Mills misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Isaac Mushila defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | +3 | Jaelen House makes three point pullup jump shot | 30-49 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |