Feb. 16, 2008
UNM gets past TCU 64-48 for its 4th straight win…the Lobos are now 20-6 overall and 7-4 in the MWC, and all alone in 3rd place in the MWC…the Horned Frogs are 12-12 overall, 4-7 in the league
The Lobos opened the 2nd half on a 19-0 run to extend a 26-23 halftime lead to 45-23…TCU’s first points of the 2nd half came at the 13:33 mark
New Mexico has won 20 games for the 21st time in school history, all coming since the 1963-64 season…it’s the 9th 20-win season for head coach Steve Alford in 16 full seasons as a collegiate head coach
The Lobos have won 4 straight conference games for the first time since a 4-game run from Feb. 4-15, 2006
New Mexico is 6-0 all-time against TCU in The Pit
New Mexico made its second FG of the game at the 18:43 mark of the 1st half…the next FG did not come until the 11:14 mark on a layin by J.R. Giddens, a span of 7:29 without a FG
UNM’s 3-point averages coming into tonight’s game: 8.64 made and 20 attempts; the Lobos were 5 of 14 tonight, or 35.7%…the Lobos came into the game 1st in the nation in 3-point shooting at 43.0%, and that percentage is now 42.8%
Rebounds in the 1st half were 18-11 in TCU’s favor, including 6-3 on the offensive end…the Lobos’ leading rebounder in the 1st half was J.R. Giddens with 2…UNM had a 20-16 edge in the 2nd half, 7-3 on the offensive end
The Lobos held TCU leading scorer Kevin Langford to just 4 points on 0 of 6 shooting from the floor…he came into the game averaging 14.1 points
UNM forced 23 TCU turnovers, tying for the most by an opponent this season…Wyoming also had 23 in The Pit on Feb. 9…the Lobos have caused 66 turnovers the past 3 games
UNM is 15-1 at home this year, winning by an average margin of 21.9 points
New Mexico is 18-0 this season when holding opponents to less than 70 points and 18-2 when leading at halftime
The Lobos have won 18 straight games when holding opponents to less than 60 points
In the 4-game winning streak, UNM has allowed just 54.3 points a game, while holding opponents to 38% shooting from the floor and 30% from 3-point
New Mexico committed 8 turnovers in the 1st half, but only 4 in the 2nd…the first turnover of the 2nd half did not occur until the 7:22 mark
Senior J.R. Giddens
25 points and 8 rebounds, plus 3 assists, 1 block and 2 steals
stats for the past 3 games: 83 points on 32-50 FGs, 6-11 3s, plus 30 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and 6 blocks
scored 102 points the past 4 games, or 25.5 ppg
Freshman Jonathan Wills
scored 9 points, including 6 of the Lobos’ first 14 to start the second half
Senior Jamaal Smith
came off the bench to score 10 points, the 3rd straight game he has reached double figures
36 points the past 3 games on 10-17 FGs, 5-7 on 3s and 11-12 FTs
Junior Chad Toppert
0 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the 1st half, but 3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the 2nd half
has made a 3-pointer in 19 straight games
season accuracy is now 49% (70-143) in all games and 51.6% (33-64) in MWC action
career accuracy from 3-point is 45.8% (169-369), 1st all-time at UNM…Troy DeVries is 2nd at 44.95%
has 169 3-pointers in his career, 8th place all-time at UNM