Dec. 28, 2006
POSTGAME QUOTES
42nd Comcast Lobo Invitational
New Mexico vs. Alcorn State
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Albuquerque, N.M. – The Pit/Bob King Court
Team Notes
New Mexico improves to 10-3 with the 91-59 victory…Alcorn State drops to 1-9
The Lobos have won 10 in a row at The Pit and are 42-3 at home since the start of the 2004-05 season
UNM used its fifth different starting lineup of the season with Tony Danridge, Jamaal Smith, Roman Martinez, Daniel Faris and Darren Prentice getting the nod…it’s the 2nd career start for Prentice and 3rd for Faris…Prentice started at Utah his freshman season (2004-05)…Danridge is the only Lobo to start all 13 games this season
The Lobos outrebounded Alcorn State 45-32, including 28-14 in the 2nd half
The UNM reserves scored 51 points
Individual Notes
Tony Danridge
scored a career-high 24 points, making 8 of 13 FGs and 7 of 8 FTs; his previous high was 17 points twice
also set career-highs with 7 FTs made and 8 FTs attempted
was 1 of 12 from 3-point the first 65 games as a Lobo, but is 7 of 14 in the past 10 games
Jamaal Smith
scored 9 points on a career-high 3 3-pointers
pulled down a career-high 4 rebounds
was 6-27 (22%) from 3-pt. through the first 7 1/2 games, but has made 12 of 26 (46%) in the past 5 1/2 games
Aaron Johnson
came off the bench to score a season-high 18 points
Ryan Kersten
came off the bench to score a season-high 14 points, 12 of those coming in the 2nd half
had scored just 10 points in the previous 6 games before tonight
Chad Toppert
scored 11 points off the bench on 3 of 5 shooting from 3-point
18 of 37 from 3-point the past 6 games and 22 of 44 the past 8 games
33 of his 35 field goals this year have been 3-pointers
J.R. Giddens
did not dress (sprained left ankle)