Feb. 1, 2006
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New Mexico is now 12-9, 3-5 in MWC play…BYU is now 13-6,
5-3 in the MWC
Tonight was the 700th game for New Mexico in The Pit since the first game on Dec. 1, 1966…the all-time record is 566-134
The Lobos’ home winning streak ends at 21 straight games…the last loss was 81-74 to No. 5 Wake Forest on Dec.
2004…UNM had also won 10 consecutive MWC home games, the last setback dealt by UNLV (78-75) on March 1, 2004
BYU has now snapped UNM’s three-longest homecourt winning streaks: tonight, 41 games that ended Feb. 26,
1998 and 24 games that ended Jan. 25, 1975
Since 2004-05, New Mexico had been 35-3 when leading at halftime before tonight’s loss, and they had won 27 straight in The Pit when leading at the break…the last loss was against UNLV on March 1, 2004…UNM led 39-38 at the half, but fell 78-75
Since 2002-03, the Lobos had been 47-3 when shooting 50% or better…they made 26 of 49 (53.1%) tonight
Senior Kris Collins started his 13th game of the season, but first since the MWC opener at Utah…UNM had started the same five for six straight games before tonight (Mark Walters, Ryan Kersten, Tony Danridge, Kyle Prochaska and David Chiotti)
The Lobos started 1 of 5 from the floor, but finished hitting 26 of 49 (53%) for the evening…since 2002-03, UNM had been 47-3 when shooting better than its opponent…BYU shot 49% (28-57)
New Mexico got 25 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals from its reserves tonight…that’s the most points off the bench since 30 against Colorado State
Junior Joel Box, playing in his first game since getting
11 minutes at Wyoming on Jan. 14 (he missed the past 3 games), scored a career-high 14 points on a career-high 4 3-pointers in 4 attempts…his previous best was 11 points against Washington in the Wooden Classic…he also tied career-high with 5 rebounds
Senior G Mark Walters scored just 8 points in a season-low 17 minutes before fouling out with 5:17 left in the game…it’s his second-lowest point total of the season…he had 7 against Alcorn State…Walters came into the game averaging 16.3 ppg, including 18.1 ppg in MWC games
Senior F David Chiotti had 9 rebounds, giving him 557 for his career…he moved from 20th to 16th place, passing Rob Loeffel, Mike Lucero, Mike Winters and Bill Hagins…Chiotti was averaging just 3.9 boards in MWC games
Senior Jeff Hart tied a career-high with 3 steals
Sophomore Blake Harden made a career-high 2 3-pointers…his previous best was 1 five different times