Jan. 5, 2008
New Mexico at Wyoming
Jan. 5, 2008 Laramie, Wyo.
Trailing Wyoming 48-32 at halftime, New Mexico rallied to beat the Cowboys 99-92 in double overtime for its 7th straight win overall and 3rd consecutive road triumph…New Mexico improves to 14-2 (1-0 MWC) for only the 2nd time in the past 9 seasons…the Lobos started 14-2 in 2004-05…the last 15-2 start was 16-2 in 1998-99
New Mexico needs 1 victory to match last year’s total
(15-17)
UNM staged the largest second-half comeback in a road game in school history, and it’s the 5th biggest rally overall…New Mexico’s largest comeback ever was Jan. 15,
1993 at Hawai’i when it came back from 20 points (31-11) to win 61-58
New Mexico snapped a 10-game losing streak to Wyoming in Laramie…the last win was 62-61 on Feb. 18, 1995…in that game 13 years ago, the Lobos trailed the Cowboys 30-12 with 3:26 left in the first half
UNM is 4-2 away from home and has won 3 straight road games for the first time since the 2000-01 season (at New Mexico State, Gonzaga and San Diego State)
The Lobos have won 4 road games this season, surpassing their total from the past two seasons when they went 3-19…it’s the most road wins since going 5-5 in 2004-05
New Mexico has won 3 straight uninterrupted road games for the first time since 1989 (at Wyoming, Hawaii and San Diego State)
After winning at UTEP in overtime on Wednesday, the Lobos have won consecutive games decided by OT for the first time in school history
Five of the Lobos’ last 14 Mountain West Conference games have gone into overtime…UNM is 2-3 in those games
Wyoming led 48-32 at halftime, the most points UNM has allowed in the first half this year…Ole Miss led 47-30 on Dec. 1
The Lobos made a season-high 14 3-pointers, including 11 of 21 (52%) after halftime
After making 8 of 14 treys in the 1st half, Wyoming was just 5 of 22 (23%) after halftime
The Lobos’ current 7-game winning streak began Dec. 8 when Chad Toppert and Roman Martinez were inserted into the starting lineup…UNM is 7-0 with the starting quintet of Martinez, Toppert, Daniel Faris, Dairese Gary and J.R. Giddens
INDIVIDUAL
Senior Jamaal Smith
scored a career-high 24 points, making 6-10 FGs, 3-5 3s and 9-10 FTs
scored 22 points after halftime, including 11 in the second overtime
added 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a career-high 2 blocks…he had 1 career block before today
Junior Chad Toppert
had 18 points and pulled down 7 rebounds for the 2nd straight game
scored 16 points after halftime, making 5 of 6 3-pointers, and a FT
had a career-high 5 assists
his 3-point season accuracy is 48.3% (43-89) while his career percentage of 45.07% (142-315) is 1st all-time at UNM…Troy DeVries is 2nd at 44.95%
has 142 3-pointers in his career, 10th all-time at UNM
Senior J.R. Giddens
scored 16 points and had 8 rebounds before fouling out in the 2nd overtime
made his first shot (a 3-pointer), then missed his next 8 before tying the game at 71-all with a 3-pointer
scored 11 points in the final 1:19 of regulation and in overtime
Junior Daniel Faris
scored 13 points (and had 8 rebounds) for his 5th straight game in double figures…averaged 13.4 points over the past 5 games
played a career-high 40 minutes, eclipsing his previous high of 32 set against UTEP on Wednesday