March 3, 2007
The Lobos end the regular season with a 76-67 loss…UNM is 15-16 overall and 4-12 in the Mountain West Conference…the Lobos have lost 4 in a row for the second time this season and are 1-6 in their last seven games…Wyoming is 16-14 and 7-9 in the MWC
Wyoming has won 10 straight games against the Lobos in Laramie…UNM’s last win was 62-61 in 1995
The Lobos have lost 12 conference games for the first time in 48 years, since finishing 1-13 in the Skyline Conference in 1959
New Mexico used its 17th different starting lineup of the season
The Lobos missed their first 11 3-pointers before Kellen Walter connected late in the first half…New Mexico finished 5 of 21 from 3-point for 23.8%…UNM came into the game averaging 9.57 treys a game and shooting 38.2% from long range…the five 3s are the fewest since 5 against Wyoming in The Pit on Jan. 30…the 23.8% accuracy from 3-point is the lowest in an MWC game this season and the poorest since 20% (4-20) against Kansas State on Dec. 23
Wyoming shot 57.4% (27-47) from the floor, the best against UNM since Colorado State converted 63% (31-49) in The Pit on Jan. 6…the Lobos allowed 49.4% shooting from the floor in MWC games this year
New Mexico was 8 of 15 from the FT line, or 53%…the season percentage for all games is now 66.2%, and it was 63.4% in MWC games
UNM has made 292 shots from 3-point this year, the 3rd-highest total in school history…the record is 301 set by the 1997-98 team in 32 games followed by 300 in 31 games in 1993-94
Individual Notes
scored a team-high 15 points and had a game-high 9 rebounds
had 7 points, but was just 1 of 7 from 3-point for the second straight game o has made at least one 3-pointer in 19 consecutive games o ranks 7th on UNM’s single-season list with 84 3-pointers made o ranks 4th on UNM’s single-season list by making 46.9%
(84-179) of his 3-point attempts
is 2nd on UNM’s career list by making 44.1% (98-222) of his 3-point attempts
scored a career-high 10 points on a pair of 3-pointers in just 9 minutes of action