Feb. 10, 2007
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-The 60-51 loss drops UNM to 14-11 overall and 3-7 in the Mountain West Conference…Air Force is 21-4 and 8-3 in the MWC
-The Falcons win in The Pit for just the 2nd time in 26 games
-Air Force sweeps the season series from UNM for only the 2nd time…the Falcons also did so in 2004…Air Force has won 3 straight over UNM and 7 of the past 9
-Head coach Ritchie McKay is 4-6 in his Lobo career against ranked teams
-New Mexico led 19-9 in the first half, but the Falcons scored the next 10 points to tie the game
-There were 5 ties and 4 lead changes in the 2nd half
-The 19 points scored by Air Force in the 1st half ties for a season-low by a Lobo opponent…UNM also held Abilene Christian and Wichita State to 19 points in the 1st half
-New Mexico started 3 of 4 from 3-point, then missed its next 13…the Lobos finished the game 7 of 23, or 30.4%
-The Lobos’ top scorers – J.R. Giddens and Tony Danridge – combined for 18 points on 8 of 24 shooting from the floor…they came into the game averaging 29.6 points on the season
-UNM shot a season-low 32.1% from the floor
Tony Danridge
-scored 8 points and had a streak of scoring in double figures stopped at 8 games
Roman Martinez
-made his first 3 since the 4th game of the season against Kansas State..he came into the game 4 of 25 from 3-point on the season
Daniel Faris
-had a career-high 3 blocks
-he played 22 minutes, the most since 28 against Colorado State on Jan. 6
Darren Prentice
-set career-highs with 7 assists and 6 rebounds