AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST

• The MW has one program in the top 60 of the NET (Colorado State – 58) and four in the top 110 (New Mexico – 104; San Diego State – 105; UNLV – 110).

• Mountain West teams have taken down six Autonomous 4 and Big East teams: UNLV 85 – DePaul 78, Grand Canyon 78 – SMU 60, UNLV 76 – Creighton 67, New Mexico 72 at Arizona 69, San Diego State 64 at Kansas State 53, New Mexico 63 – Houston 41.

• The Mountain West will have five contests aired on national television this year through CBS Sports Network or FOX Sports: 

Nov. 14 – Baylor at UNLV @ 6 p.m. PT (CBSSN)

Dec. 17 – UNLV at Grand Canyon @ 6 p.m. MT (CBSSN) 

Jan. 17 – Grand Canyon at New Mexico @ 2:30 p.m. MT (FS1) 

Jan. 31 – Colorado State at UNLV @ 12 p.m. PT (FS1) 

March 10 – MW Championship Game @ 6:30 p.m. PT (CBSSN)

• New Mexico’s last two games have been victories over Arizona and Houston as the Lobos are the first MW team with multiple wins over Big 12 opponents in the same season since TCU in 2009-10. The other teams with multiple wins over the Big 12 this season are Southern and Texas A&M, with two each.  

• Colorado State’s 10-game winning streak on the road is tied for the fourth-longest in MW history. The only longer road winning streaks in Conference history are 13-game streaks by BYU (2005-06) & UNLV (2022-23 to 2023-24) and a 12-game streak by the Rams (2015-16).

• Air Force’s Jayda McNabb is the first DI player to rack up at least 50 offensive rebounds and 25 steals through her first 10 games of a season since Auburn’s Unique Thompson in 2020-21. Prior to McNabb, no other player in MW history had reached those marks in fewer than 12 games into a season. 

• Making her first career start on Saturday against Chicago State, Fresno State rookie Ava Marr tallied six made 3s, five rebounds and two steals. She’s the sixth DI player this century (first MW player) to reach those stats in her first career DI start. 

•Of the 1,406 active DI players with at least 1,000 career minutes played, UNLV’s Shelbee Brown is one of two players to have per 40 minutes averages of at least 12 rebounds and three steals. The other player is UConn’s Sarah Strong.

• Four MW programs competed in postseason tournaments last season; Air Force (WNIT), San Diego State (NCAA), UNLV (WBIT), Wyoming (WBIT).

• The MW welcomes three new head coaches to the league: Ryan McCarthy (Fresno State), Winston Gandy (Grand Canyon) and Jonas Chatterton (San José State).

• UNLV’s Destiny Leo has been named to the 2026 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list. Leo is one of 20 student-athletes on the list.

• UNLV’s Lindy La Rocque has been named to the 2026 Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year preseason watch list.