Feb. 5, 2008
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UNM beats Colorado State 91-51…the Lobos are now 17-6 overall and 4-4 in the MWC…the Lobos have equaled their win total in conference games from a year ago when they finished 4-10
Colorado State is 6-16 overall, 0-8 in the MWC…the Rams have lost 9 straight
The 40-point victory is UNM’s largest over Colorado State…the previous was 23 (111-88) on March 2, 1978
It’s the Lobos’ largest win in a conference game since whipping BYU 90-48 in Provo on Feb. 28, 1997
The Lobos never trailed tonight and matched their biggest halftime lead (50-24) of the season…UNM also led Presbyterian 50-24 on Nov. 16
New Mexico has won 6 of the last 7 meetings vs. Colorado State, and 8 of 10 and 22 of the past 25…UNM has a 36-4 advantage over the Rams in The Pit
Freshman Jonathan Wills started for Chad Toppert tonight, the first change in the starting lineup in 14 games, since Dec. 4 against New Mexico State…the quintet of Toppert, Daniel Faris, Dairese Gary, J.R. Giddens and Roman Martinez had started the past 13 games
In the two losses at BYU and UNLV, J.R. Giddens and Chad Toppert combined to score just 29 points…tonight, they had 41
New Mexico got 43 points from its reserves tonight
Colorado State’s Marcus Walker came into the game leading the MWC in scoring at 18.6 ppg, and 23.6 in conference games…he finished with 11 points on 3 of 12 shooting, including 0 of 6 from 3-point
The Lobos came into the game leading the MWC in 3-point shooting at 41.6%, and canned 12 of 20 (60%) to raise the season percentage to 42.4%
New Mexico tied a season-low for the 2nd time in the past 3 games with 6 turnovers…UNM has committed 30 turnovers in its past 4 home games, an average of 7.5 a game
Junior Chad Toppert
did not start, but had a career-high 22 points on 5 of 9 shots from 3-point
has made a 3-pointer in 16 straight games
career accuracy from 3-point is 45.60% (161-353), 1st all-time at UNM…Troy DeVries is 2nd at 44.95%
has 161 3-pointers in his career, 8th place all-time at UNM
Senior J.R. Giddens
19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals
has now set season highs for rebounds (193), assists (68), steals (27) and blocks (26)
Junior Johnnie Harris
9 points and a career-best 6 rebounds off the bench
it’s his best output since 11 points vs. St. Bonaventure
had scored 7 total points in the first 7 MWC games entering tonight’s game
Freshman Dairese Gary
12 points, 6 assists, 1 steal and 0 turnovers in 23 minutes
16 assists and just 1 turnover in the past 4 games, covering 113 minutes
Freshman Jonathan Wills
started his 7th game of the season; he started UNM’s first 6 games