Nov. 9, 2007
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New Mexico at Colorado
The Steve Alford era of Lobo basketball begins with a 54-47 victory at Colorado…New Mexico wins for the 3rd time in 7 tries at CU…the last win was 78-75 in the 1975-76 season opener
New Mexico is now 76-29 in season openers, including 40-6 since the 1962-63 season
The Lobos were 1-10 away from home during the 2006-07 season and had won just 1 of their last 13 true road games since late in the 2005-06 season
UNM only trailed once in the game at 2-0…the Lobos’ biggest lead was 41-28
The Lobos drew 5 charges on the defensive end
New Mexico held Colorado to 34% (15-44) shooting from the floor, including just 21% (4-19) from 3-point
Freshman Jonathan Wills led the Lobos with 13 points in his first collegiate start, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range…Wills scored 11 points in the 1st half
Junior Chad Toppert did not start, but scored 11 points and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds…his previous high was 6 boards three times last year…Toppert made 4-6 FGs, 2-4 from 3-point and 1-2 FTs in 24 minutes
Sophomore Roman Martinez also came off the bench to tie a career-high with 7 rebounds…he added 7 points, 3 assists and 0 turnovers in a team-high 28 minutes
The Lobos got 22 points from their reserves
Richard Roby, CU’s leading scorer the past 3 seasons, was held to 1 point, a free throw with 1:16 left in the game…Roby averaged 17.3 points last year and scored 12 against UNM last year in Albuquerque