Feb. 25, 2006
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The Lobos fall to 16-11 overall and 7-7 in the MWC…UNM loses in The Pit for only the 2nd time in the past 25 games
San Diego State improves to 19-8 overall, 12-3 in the MWC and clinches at least a tie for the regular-season conference title…the Aztecs win in The Pit for only the 2nd time in the past 21 games…the other was 2002, which was the last time SDSU swept the season series from the Lobos
SDSU’s Brandon Heath scored a season-high 32 points on
10-19 FGs, including 8 of 13 from 3-point…the 32 points is the 2nd-best performance against UNM this year…Alcorn State’s Almaad Jackson had 33
Steve Fisher won his 100th game at San Diego State…he is
100-105 in his 5th season
Joel Box had his first double-double as a Lobo with 17 points and 13 rebounds, both career-highs, and the most rebounds by a New Mexico player this season…Box had 14 points and 10 board in the 1st half
New Mexico out-rebounded an opponent (40-32) for only the 8th time this season and 3rd time in an MWC game…however, UNM lost for the first time when gathering more boards…it had been 7-0
San Diego State made 11 of 22 shots from 3-point, including their first 6 of the 2nd half, and connected on 20 of 35 (57%) in the two games against the Lobos this season
The Lobos were 6 of 25 (24%) from 3-point today, lowering the overall season percentage to 33.5%, including 31.5% in MWC games…UNM is 23.8% (19-80) the past 4 games
Junior Kellen Walter tied a career-high with 12 points on 4 of 7 from 3-point…he also had 12 against Oregon…the rest of the Lobo team was 2 of 18 from beyond the arc
A crowd of 14,163 was on hand, pushing the all-time attendance in The Pit above the 11 million mark…it’s
11,009,684 in 703 games, an average of 15,661