Dec. 13, 2005
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New Mexico vs. New Mexico State
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The Pit/Bob King Court – Albuquerque, N.M.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
-New Mexico leads the series 104-92, including 3 of the last 4
-UNM leads 28-13 in The Pit, including 4 of the last 5
-Head coach Ritchie McKay is now 4-4 in his career vs.
NMSU (3-1 at home)
-UNM is 5-0 at The Pit this year with a 14-game winning streak.
-Last home loss: Dec. 22, 2004 to No. 5 Wake Forest, 81-64.
-New Mexico’s longest home winning streak since 16 straight from Nov. 13, 1998 to Feb. 1, 1999.
-Lobos’ first overtime game since Jan. 18, 2003 (85-81 loss at Wyoming)
-Last OT game at The Pit – Feb. 5, 2002 (84-81 UNM win over UNLV)
-UNM 44-31 all-time in OT, including 15-12 in The Pit
-11th time Lobos-Aggies have gone to OT (6-5 UNM), -5th time in Albuquerque (5-4 UNM)
-Last time a 79-68 NMSU win in The Pit on Jan. 6, 2001
-McKay 1-1 in OT at UNM and 3-5 in his career.
-Tonight’s attendance was a season-high 15,480 -Lobos 3-0 when outrebounding opponent this year -NMSU free throw shooting: Last meeting in Las Cruces –
30-36 (83.3%), Tonight – 13-21 (61.9%)
-UNM free throw shooting – 57.9% (11-19) – 4th time in last 5 games under 60% -UNM 2nd straight game with 20+ turnovers
-No more than 12 turnovers in the first 6 games (9.8
avg.)
-New Mexico State’s 13 steals were the most by a Lobo opponent this year.
-8 in the first half matched the previous high by a UNM opponent this season.
-Just 5 in the final 25 minutes
-UNM trailed at halftime (32-28) for the third straight game.
-Lobos won for just the 3rd time in 32 games when trailing at the half since Ritchie McKay started at UNM in the
2002-03 season
-The halftime score was nearly identical in the two teams’ first meeting (32-27)
-New Mexico used a different starting lineup for the first time in 8 games this season -Kyle Prochaska made his first start at forward in place of Blake Harden.
-The two teams combined to hit their first 9 shots of the game and 10 of their first 12 (UNM 5-6, NMSU 5-6) in the opening five minutes of the game.
-NMSU hit its first 5 FG attempts of the 1st half and also its final 5 FG attempts of the 1st half.
-Aggies were 4-15 from the floor in between streaks
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
-Senior guard Mark Walters second time in his career with back-to-back 20-point games -Also 22 vs. Utah and 20 at San Diego State last year -3rd time over 20 this year and sixth in his career
-Walters 16-41(39%) on 3s in his last 5 games, including game-tying 3 with 19 seconds left in 2nd half
-Averaging a career-high 2.8 3s/game this year and he leads the MWC in that category
-Previous best was 1.3/game in 2004-05
-Walters tied season-high with 2 blocks
-Senior forward David Chiotti a season high 3 steals and matched season best with 2 blocks
-Double digit scoring for 5th time this year, but 1st in last 3 games
-Jr-Tr Joel Box has 18 points and 7 rebounds in 26 minutes in his last 2 games
-Averaged 2.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg and 9 minutes in first 6 games of the year