Post-Game Notes
Feb. 19, 2005
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With the victory New Mexico improves to 19-6 overall and 6-4 in the MWC, tied with Air Force (15-10, 6-4) for second…UNM has now won five of its past six and moves to 16-1 in The Pit…the Lobos’ six conference wins this season are already one more than last year and the most since UNM was 6-8 in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
New Mexico has won back-to-back games over BYU in Albuquerque for the first time since winning in 1999 and 2000…the Lobos’ 91 points are the most they have scored against BYU since a 95-84 overtime victory at The Pit in 1992….it’s the most the team has scored in regulation versus the Cougars since posting 93 in 1987…the 19-point margin of victory is the Lobos’ biggest in the series since a 21-point win (85-64) in Provo in 1999.
The Lobos’ 51 points were the most BYU has allowed in the first half this season, while the field goal percentage (.620) and 3-point percentage (.684) were also the best by a Cougar opponent this year.
The Lobos started the game with a 14-4 run in the first five minutes of play and led from start to finish…their largest lead was 25 (78-53) with 8:32 left in the game…this marks the fourth time this year the Lobos have scored over 90 points…they are 4-0 in those games and 40-4 since 1991-92 when scoring 90+…UNM is also 12-0 this year when scoring over 80 points.
Troy DeVries now has a three-point basket in 22 straight games…this ties Ike Williams for 3rd longest three-point streak in UNM History…DeVries hit his first 5 from beyond the arc before misfiring late in the second half…he is now 10th on the single season list with 73 3-pointers made…DeVries has converted 53.8% (28-52) from 3-point in MWC games.
After going 5-15 in its last game against the Cougars in Provo, UNM poured in 13-19 from beyond the arc tonight…the team’s 3-point shooting percentage of .684 was the fourth-best in school history…New Mexico started 12-15 before missing 3 of its last 4 from three-point range.
Four Lobos had over ten points in the game, DeVries, Chiotti, Neale and Granger all scored in double digits…Chiotti has a season-high 13 field goal attempts.
Alfred Neale has made 71% (27-38) of his field goals and 58.3% (14-24) of his 3-pointers the past five games, averaging 15.4 ppg over that span.
Tonight’s attendance of 16,087 was the highest in the last four home games.
Lobos started DeVries, Granger, Walters, Chiotti and Neale for the second straight game and the group played the first nine minutes without a substitution.
The Cougars had 17 turnovers, including 10 in the first half, after committing just 10 all night when the Lobos visited Provo last month…the Lobos’ held a 15-2 advantage in points off turnovers in the first half and finished with a 19-10 margin for the game.