Post Game Notes
Feb. 26, 2005
The Lobos improve to 21-7 overall and 8-4 in MWC play with
their 78-61 victory at San Diego State…UNM has won 4
straight and 7 of 8 since Jan. 29…New Mexico is now 21-3
when senior Danny Granger plays, 0-3 when he was out with
an injury
With Air Force’s 63-57 loss at UNLV, New Mexico is all
alone in 2nd place in the MWC at 8-4 heading into Monday’s
game at UNLV…Air Force is 7-5 and plays at San Diego State
Monday…the Lobos will clinch the No. 2 seed in the MWC
Tournament with one more win
The 17-point victory margin is New Mexico’s 2nd-largest in
an MWC road game…the only one larger was 78-57 (21 points)
at San Diego State on Feb. 5, 2000, the first season of
MWC play
The 21 wins are the most since the 2000-01 UNM team
finished 21-13.
Lobo head coach Ritchie McKay is now 6-2 in his career
against San Diego State.
New Mexico is 4-5 on the road this season, 2-4 in the
MWC…the 4 wins are the most away from Albuquerque since
the 2000-01 team went 4-8
UNM snapped a 3-game losing streak on the Aztecs’ home
floor, winning at Cox Arena for the first time since the
2001 season (75-67 on Jan. 8).
New Mexico led 59-42, only to have SDSU trim the margin to
63-55 with 4:45 left…the Lobos responded with consecutive
3s by Alfred Neale and Danny Granger for a 69-55 advantage
The Lobos used a 15-2 run early in the 2nd half to open up
a 44-29 advantage…UNM made its first 5 shots of the 2nd
half and 6 of its first 7, including 3s by Neale, Granger
and Troy DeVries
Averaging more than eight 3s a game coming into tonight,
the Lobos did not make a trey until there was 17:20 left
in the game when Alfred Neale connected for his first
points of the game…UNM was 0-6 in the 1st half, but made 7
of 15 in the 2nd half, 3 by DeVries, who finished with 13
points
Junior guard Mark Walters completed a nice week with a
game-high 20 points against SDSU, making 8-12 shots from
the floor, and adding 6 rebounds…including last Monday’s
22-point performance against Utah, Walters has scored
20-plus points in consecutive games for the first time in
his career
The Lobos shot 56% on the evening, making 27 of 48
shots…they were 17 of 28 (61%) in the 2nd half, including
10 of 13 (77%) from inside the 3-point circle…it’s the
15th time this season New Mexico has shot 50% or
better…UNM is now shooting 49.96% on the season
Senior Troy DeVries was 3 of 7 from 3-point against
SDSU…he is now tied with Greg Brown for 10th place
all-time at UNM with 131 career 3s…DeVries is tied with
Marlow White for 9th on the Lobo single-season list with
77 made…he continues to be the most accurate 3-point
shooter in school history at 45.8% (131-286)…DeVries has
made at least one 3 in 24 straight games, still the
3rd-longest string in Lobo history
David Chiotti had 14 points and 8 rebounds…that’s his most
boards since gathering 8 against Tennessee on Dec. 18
During the Lobos’ current 7-1 run, opponents are averaging
just 62 points and shooting 41.3% from the floor.
New Mexico is 21-1 when leading at halftime this year, 8-0
in MWC games…the lone loss came in the 4th game of the
year at Oregon