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Dec. 17, 2005

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Team

The Lobos lead the series with Oregon, 6-2

New Mexico’s homecourt winning streak is now 15 games, the 9th-longest streak in school history

UNM snapped a 6-game losing streak against Pac-10 opponents…the last win had been 78-52 against Washington on Jan. 2, 2000

Lobo head coach Ritchie McKay halted a personal 5-game losing streak vs. Oregon…he is now 2-6 against the Ducks in his career

UNM had a 25-14 scoring advantage in points off turnovers…the Lobos committed 15 TOs…Oregon had a season-high 17

The Lobos had 10 3-pointers tonight, the second-highest total this season…UNM had 14 against Ole Miss…New Mexico is now 67-17 all-time when making at least 10 3s in a game

UNM held Oregon without a FG for the final 5:55 of the game

Individual
Junior Joel Box

set a career-high with 3 steals

Senior David Chiotti

scored a season-high 18 points and has 901 for his career

had 11 FG attempts, his most since 11 vs. UTEP

Freshman Ryan Kersten

Set career-highs with 14 points and 4 3-pointers, all in the second half…he was 4-4 from the floor after halftime, all from 3-point

played a career-high 32 minutes

Junior Kellen Walter

the walk-on set career-highs for points (12), 3-pointers (4) and minutes played (15)

he was 4-4 from the floor, all from 3-point

Senior Mark Walters

scored 14 points, but failed to lead the Lobos in scoring for the first time this season

had a season-high 9 rebounds and season-high 7 assists