Dec. 16, 2006
Postgame Notes
New Mexico vs. North Carolina A&T
Dec. 16, 2006
The Pit/Bob King Court o Albuquerque, N.M.
Team Notes
New Mexico improves to 6-2 with the 86-78 victory…North Carolina A&T is 3-6
The Lobos have won 7 in a row at The Pit and are 39-3 at home since the start of the 2004-05 season
New Mexico trailed at halftime (37-33) for the first time at home since last year’s game against Wyoming (24-23)…the Lobos won that game 47-45 on Feb. 15, 2006
The Lobos got 41 points, 23 rebounds and 15 (of 20) assists off the bench today
UNM committed a season-high 19 turnovers…the previous high was 15 against Kansas State
North Carolina A&T’s Steven Rush scored 28 points, the most against UNM this season
Individual Notes
Set career-highs for points (20) and rebounds (5)…his previous highs were 11 points and 4 boards
Made a career-high 6 shots from 3-point…he was 6 of 10 from beyond the arc
Is the first Lobo to make 6 3s in a game since Troy DeVries hit 7 against Troy on Dec. 29, 2004
scored a career-high 17 points and had a career-high 6 rebounds
has scored in double figures in 4 straight games, equaling his career-long string set a year ago
is averaging 15 ppg over the 4-game stretch, making 24-38 FGs (63%)
equaled his season high with 15 points, 13 of those coming in the 2nd half
was 6-27 (22%) from 3-point for the season through the 1st half today, but made 2-4 in the 2nd half this afternoon
came off the bench to score 11 points and tie a career-high with 8 rebounds in 21 minutes
did not play in the first half (coach’s decision)
tied his career-high with 5 assists in the first 8 minutes of the second half and finished with a career-high 6 assists