Feb. 22, 2006
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New Mexico falls to 16-10 overall and 7-6 in the Mountain West, and it had its season-long 4-game winning streak snapped…UNM remains in 5th place in the MWC
Air Force is 22-5 overall, 10-4 in the league…the Falcons have won 16 straight at home and are 40-1 in their past 41 at Clune Arena…AFA remains in 2nd place in the league
The Lobos have lost six straight to Air Force at the Academy
UNM scored a season-low 46 points, the fewest since a
73-43 loss at Utah on Feb. 23, 2004
Air Force led 19-18 at halftime, the fewest points by both teams in any half this season…only three Lobos scored in the first half (David Chiotti, Tony Danridge and Mark
Walters)
UNM shot 25% (6-24) from 3-point tonight, and has converted just 24% (13-55) the past 3 games, lowering the season percentage to 34%, including 32% in 13 MWC games
New Mexico shot 37.3% (19-51) from the floor overall and has been under 40% in consecutive games for the first time since last year (at home to UNLV and at BYU)
The Lobos had been 9-0 this season when holding the opponent under 60 points…they are now 9-1
Senior David Chiotti had 12 points and 11 rebounds for his 1st career double-double in a Mountain West Conference game…it was his 5th this season and 9th of his career…Chiotti also had 5 assists, giving him 18 in the past 4 games…he has led or shared the team lead in assists each of the past 4 games
Senior Mark Walters led the Lobos with 17 points…he also had 3 steals, moving into sole possession of 8th place all-time at UNM with 148…Walters has 57 steals this season, 4 from climbing into the school’s top-10
Freshman Chad Toppert played a career-high 18 minutes and finished with 5 points and 2 rebounds
Sophomore Blake Harden made his 9th start of the season, but first since Dec. 22 at the U. of San Diego…he had a career-high 5 rebounds in a career-best 32 minutes
Senior Jeff Hart made a 3-pointer in the second half, his first since at Utah on Jan. 14…the made 3 ended a streak of 14 straight misses