Feb. 26, 2008
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UNM loses 70-69 in overtime to No. 25 BYU, ending the Lobos’ 6-game winning streak…New Mexico is now 22-7 overall and 9-5 in the MWC…the Cougars are 22-6 overall, 11-2 in the league
New Mexico has tied a school record for the 2nd straight season and the 5th time overall by playing 4 overtime games in a season
BYU has won 6 straight games against New Mexico for the first time since taking the first 22 contests of the series between 1950-62…the Cougars have won more games against New Mexico in The Pit (17) than any other opponent
BYU outscored the Lobos 7-6 in overtime and all of the Cougars’ points came from the FT line…they were 0 of 3 from the floor in OT
BYU led 28-27 and did not regain the lead again until it was 62-60 with 1:22 left in regulation
New Mexico came into the game leading the nation in 3-point percentage at 43.7%…the Lobos were 3 of 21 tonight (14.3%), missing 14 of their first 15…the season percentage drops to 42.6% (243-570)
New Mexico shot 36.6% for the game…2 of UNM’s 3 lowest shooting games of the season have come against the Cougars…in two games against BYU this year, the Lobos have shot 35.6% (48-135) from the floor and 23% (9-39) from 3-point
BYU started the game by making 9 of its first 15 FGs (60%), then converted just 13 of 41 (31.7%) the rest of the way to finish the game at 39.3%
New Mexico is now 15-2 at home this year, losing to San Diego State and BYU
The Lobos had 7 turnovers, the 14th time this year with 10 or less in a game, and the 9th time in 14 MWC games…New Mexico’s first turnover of the 2nd half did not come until there was about 25 seconds left in regulation
Attendance Notes
Sold out tonight at 18,018, the Lobos’ first sellout since the New Mexico State game on Nov. 28, 2006
It was the first sellout for a conference game since March 5, 2005, against Colorado State
Average attendance in 2007-08 is now 14,146; last year’s average was 12,853 for 18 games
Senior J.R. Giddens
finished with 30 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks
played 44 out of a possible 45 minutes
Sophomore Roman Martinez
nearly had his first career double-double with 8 points, a career-high 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 0 trunovers in 34 minutes
Junior Chad Toppert
had made a 3-pointer in 21 straight games before going 0 for 5 tonight
season accuracy is now 47.8% (76-159) in all games and 49% (39-80) in MWC action
career accuracy from 3-point is 45.4% (175-385), still 1st all-time at UNM
Junior Daniel Faris
8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals in 21 minutes before fouling out
Freshman Jonathan Wills
Lobos lost for the first time (12-0) when he started a game