Postgame Notes
Feb. 7, 2005
The Lobos lose 81-71 at Wyoming, ending a 3-game winning
streak…UNM drops to 17-6 overall and 4-4 in the Mountain
West Conference standings
New Mexico has lost eight straight games to Wyoming in
Laramie, the last win coming in 1995
The Lobos lost their first conference game with senior
forward Danny Granger in the lineup…they had been 4-0 with
Granger, 0-3 while he was sidelined with the knee
injury…overall, UNM is 17-3 this season with Granger, 0-3
without him
Granger has scored 91 points in four career games – really
3 ½ due to the injury Jan. 8 in Albuquerque – against
Wyoming, or 22.8 ppg a game
New Mexico took a 71-68 lead when Troy DeVries made a
3-pointer with 2:43 remaining, but the Cowboys scored the
game’s final 13 points…UNM’s last five possessions
resulted in two turnovers and three missed shots
The game featured 8 ties and 17 lead changes
Wyoming’s Jay Straight finished with 24 points and 12
assists…the 24 points tie for the most against UNM this
season (Utah’s Andrew Bogut also had 24), but it’s the
most assists by a Lobo opponent this season…Straight has
scored 118 points in his last six games against UNM, an
average of 19.7 ppg
Lobo senior Alfred Neale came off the bench to score 14
points on 5-8 FGs, 3-6 on 3s and 1-2 FTs…Neale has scored
in double figures in five straight games, averaging 13.6
ppg…the past three games, he’s 15 of 22 from the floor,
including 9 of 16 from 3-point
One game after allowing its fewest points of the season –
47 at Colorado State – New Mexico gave up 81 points to
Wyoming, tying for the most this season…Wake Forest also
scored 81
New Mexico is now 0-5 this season when trailing at the
half, 0-4 in MWC games…the Lobos trailed Wyoming 39-32 at
the break
The UNM bench contributed 25 points, giving the reserves
51 points in the past two games
Junior post David Chiotti scored 8 of his 11 points in the
2nd half…he actually scored 8 of the Lobos’ first 11
points after halftime
Even though New Mexico had 13 turnovers to the Cowboys’
11, Wyoming had a 21-11 scoring advantage in points off
turnovers…UW also had a 42-28 lead in points in the paint