March 4, 2008
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UNM whips UNLV 59-45, holding the Runnin’ Rebels to a season scoring low…New Mexico is now 23-7 overall and 10-5 in the MWC…UNLV is 22-7 overall, 11-4 in the league
Steve Alford has surpassed Dave Bliss for most wins by a New Mexico head coach in his rookie season…Bliss went 22-11 in 1988-89
New Mexico is a +6 in conference games from last season, really the biggest improvement in school history…the lone exception was during World War II when the schedule was not as structured as it is now…UNM was 3-0 in the Border Conference in 1944 then 12-0 in 1945
The Lobos opened the 2nd half with a 13-0 burst to grab a 37-22 lead…UNLV’s first points after halftime came at the 13:32 mark on 2 FTs by Matt Shaw…the Runnin’ Rebels missed 4 shots and had 4 turnovers on their first 8 possessions of the 2nd half
The Lobos went on a 12-0 run to turn a 7-4 deficit into a 16-7 lead…UNLV was scoreless for 7:09, going 0-10 from the field during that span
New Mexico led 24-22 at halftime, the fewest points UNLV has scored in the first half this season
UNM is 20-0 this year when holding the opponent to less than 70 points
New Mexico has won 20 straight games when allowing less than 60 points
UNLV’s Wink Adams finished with 12 points before fouling out with 5:08 left in the game…Adams was scoreless in the 2nd half
New Mexico came into the game leading the nation in 3-point percentage at 42.6%…the Lobos were 5 of 19 tonight (26.3%)…the season percentage is now 42.1% (248-589)
New Mexico is now 16-2 at home this year, losing to San Diego State and BYU
UNM improved to 19-3 on the year when leading at halftime and 17-3 when out-rebounding its opponent…the Lobos led 24-22 at the break and held a 36-31 advantage on the boards.
The Lobos had 9 turnovers, the 15th time this year with 10 or less in a game, and the 10th time in 14 MWC games
Attendance Notes
Sold out at 18,018 for the second straight game
UNM has consecutive sellouts for conference games for the first time since 6 in a row during the 1994 season
Average attendance in 2007-08 is 14,360, an increase of 1,507 over last year’s average of 12,853 for 18 games
Senior J.R. Giddens
finished with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists for his 9th double-double of the season, 12th of his collegiate career and 5th in the MWC this season
played the entire 40 minutes after playing 44 in his last game, an overtime loss to BYU…however, it was just his third game of 40+ minutes this year
15 rebounds are the 2nd-highest total of the season and most for him in a conference game
5-6 from the FT line after making 6-16 his previous 2 games
Junior Chad Toppert
2-5 from 3-point range after going 0 for 5 in his last outing vs. BYU
season accuracy is now 47.6% (78-164) in all games and 48.2% (41-85) in MWC action
career accuracy from 3-point is 45.4% (177-390), still 1st all-time at UNM