Feb. 16, 2007
Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
The New Mexico Lobos will try and get back on track over the next few days as they have their only two-game home stand of the Mountain West Conference season.
UNM plays host to TCU Saturday night, then entertains a red-hot San Diego State team next Tuesday. Both games tip at 7:05 p.m. from The Pit/Bob King Court and will be televised over The mtn., Channel 276 on Comcast Cable in Albuquerque.
All UNM faculty and staff can purchase discounted tickets to the TCU game with a valid school ID. Adult tickets are $10, while youth tickets are $8. Call 925-5858 for more information. The ticket office at The Pit opens at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Saturday’s game sponsors include Sandia Casino and Resort, 94 Rock and Big I 107.9. The first 3,000 fans will receive Lobo coolers courtesy of Sandia Casino and Resort.
After wins against Wyoming and Colorado State, the Lobos have lost to the top two teams in the league: 60-51 against Air Force last Saturday and 96-83 at BYU on Wednesday.
UNM is 14-12 overall and 3-8 in the Mountain West Conference. New Mexico is 12-3 at home this season and 45-6 in The Pit since the start of the 2004-05 campaign. All three home losses this season have come in league play. The Lobos have not lost four conference games in The Pit since 1981 when they finished 4-4. UNM is 2-3 in MWC home contests with three games remaining.
At 3-8 in the MWC, New Mexico is trying to avoid its’s fifth losing season in conference play in the past seven seasons. The Lobos’ only winning record in league play since 2000 was 10-4 in 2005. UNM was 8-8 last year. New Mexico never had a losing conference record during the decade of the 1990s.
TCU is looking to stop a losing streak that has reached 10 games after an 82-66 loss Tuesday at Colorado State. The Horned Frogs are 10-14 overall and 2-10 in the MWC.
One of their league wins was 64-52 over New Mexico on Jan. 3. Brent Hackett scored 20 points and TCU overcame a first-half deficit. TCU trailed 33-28 at halftime, but took control by starting the second half with a 14-0 run.
San Diego State – Tuesday’s opponent – is at Wyoming Saturday.
REDEEM UNUSED TICKETS FOR SAN DIEGO STATE
A reminder that Lobo season ticketholders may redeem any unused tickets from the 2006-07 season for Tuesday’s San Diego State game. This offer is valid only to season ticketholders. Tickets must be redeemed at the ticket office at The Pit during normal business hours.
NEW MEXICO-TCU SERIES
It’s the 11th meeting and the Lobos have a 7-3 lead, including a sweep of last year’s games: 56-54 in The Pit and 53-42 at Fort Worth. TCU was held to a combined 26% (30-114) shooting in the two games last year. UNM has won three of the last four overall and is 4-0 against the Horned Frogs in Albuquerque.
BYU REVIEW AND NOTES
Keena Young scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead Brigham Young to a 96-83 win over New Mexico Wednesday night. BYU pushed its home court winning streak to 29 consecutive games and has now won seven straight overall.
New Mexico used a 9-1 run that featured five points by Ryan Kersten to cut a 20-point Cougar lead to 12 with 2:00 remaining in the game, but that was as close as the Lobos could get.
In the first half, BYU used a 10-2 run to turn a 10-10 game into an eight point lead at 20-12 with 12:36 remaining. The Lobos could get no closer than five the rest of the way.
The Cougars controlled the boards with a 41-27 rebounding advantage and out-shot the Lobos 60 to 48 percent from the field. Fifty-eight of BYU’s points came in the paint.
New Mexico’s J.R. Giddens who went scoreless from the field against BYU in Albuquerque, scored a team-high 19 points followed by Kersten with 13 off the bench.
BYU sweeps the season series from UNM for the second straight year…the Cougars have won 4 straight over UNM overall and 7 in a row in Provo
The Lobos allowed their most points in a conference game since 2003 when Wyoming won 103-91 in The Pit
New Mexico was 14 of 26 from 3-point, the 2nd-most made this season…it’s the most 3s in an MWC game since knocking down 14 at BYU in 2004
All 13 Lobos played and nine scored in the first half…every Lobo scored in a game for the first time this season
The Lobos were outrebounded 41-27 and BYU had a 58-22 scoring edge in the paint
J.R. Giddens finished with a team-high 19 points on 8 of 13 FGs for his best scoring output in 7 games, since scoring 26 against Utah on Jan. 13…he was scoreless in 13 minutes against BYU in The Pit last month
Ryan Kersten scored 13 points off the bench, making 4 of 7 FGs and 4-5 FTs…he has scored in double figures in 3 of the past 4 games, averaging 12 ppg the past 4 games
Jeffrey Henfield scored 6 points, which was 1 point shy of his entire total from the first 10 MWC games
Aaron Johnson scored 9 points, tying his season-high for an MWC game; he also had 9 against Wyoming in The Pit
Darren Prentice had 5 assists, giving him 18 the past 3 games and a team-best 81 in all games and 38 in MWC play
Chad Toppert scored 6 points and pulled down a career-high 6 rebounds
Tony Danridge scored just 2 points on 0-4 FGs and a pair of FTs…he has scored 10 points the past 2 games, making 4 of 15 FGs…Danridge came into the game leading UNM in scoring in MWC games at 14.2 ppg