Feb. 11, 2006
New Mexico improves to 15-9 overall and 6-5 in the Mountain West and has won 3 straight to equal the longest winning streak of the season…TCU is 5-19 overall, 1-9 in the league
The Lobos have 41 wins the past two seasons (a 41-16 overall record), the most victories in consecutive years since 43 in 1998-99 (25) and 1999-00 (18)
UNM is 9-2 in February games the past two seasons
TCU shot just 21% (13-62) for the game, the lowest by a Lobo opponent in nearly 42 years…UNM held Howard Payne to 15% (6-40) accuracy in a 102-32 victory at Johnson Gym on Dec. 23, 1964
UNM allowed its fewest points in a road game since Jan.
23, 1984, when it defeated Wyoming 40-38 at Laramie
New Mexico allowed its fewest points in a conference game – home or away – since beating BYU 74-32 in The Pit on Feb. 3, 1997
The Horned Frogs started 1 of 23 from the floor – including 17 straight misses during one stretch – as the Lobos built a 21-4 lead…however, the Horned Frogs closed the first half with a 13-2 run to trail 23-17 at the break
For the second straight game, senior G Mark Walters had a big second half…tonight, he scored 14 of his game-high
19 points after halftime, including 10 of the Lobos’ final
14 points down the stretch…he also had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals…in the two-game road sweep over Colorado State and TCU, Walters netted 40 points, 30 coming after halftime, including 21 of UNM’s final 33 points
One game after committing a season-low 7 turnovers Wednesday at Colorado State, the Lobos committed 19 at TCU…their 7th miscue coming less than 12 minutes into the game…it’s the most turnovers since 21 in overtime against New Mexico State on Dec. 13
The Lobos missed 12 of their first 13 attempts from 3-point before Kris Collins and Mark Walters hit consecutive treys to give UNM a 42-30 lead…still, the Lobos finished 4 of 17 from 3-land, or 23.5%, their second-worst accuracy of the season…UNM was 5 of 22
(22.7%) in the season opener against South Carolina State
Senior F David Chiotti grabbed 10 rebounds, moving into 13th place all-time at UNM with 579…he passed Bill Morgan, Khari Jaxon and Charles Smith tonight…Chiotti also had 5 assists, giving him 11 the past 2 games
Senior G Kris Collins has made a 3-pointer in 3 straight games for the first time in his 43-game Lobo career…Collins is 3 of 7 in his last 3 games after starting 4 of 42 in his first 40 games…Collins finished with 9 points, 7 of those coming after halftime…the past 3 games he has scored 30 points with 26 coming after intermission
Sophomore wing Tony Danridge, scoreless in the two games before TCU, scored 8 tonight
New Mexico’s first 12 points were scored by six different players (Joel Box, Tony Danridge, Kyle Prochaska, Ryan Kersten, Mark Walters and Kris Collins)
The Lobo bench has now contributed 94 points and 40 rebounds the past 4 games