Nov. 22, 2008
The Lobos had won 33 consecutive non-conference home
games, the 5th-longest streak in the nation…the last loss
before tonight was 81-64 to 5th-ranked Wake Forest on Dec.
22, 2004
New Mexico led 69-60 with 2:07 left in the game, but was
outscored 12-2 the rest of the way…UCF’s Chris Baez hit
the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left
The Lobos shot 61.5% (24-39) from the FT line and are
now shooting 64.4% (67-104) on the season
Steve Alford is now 114-11 in non-conference home games
in his head coaching career, 12-1 while at UNM
New Mexico has made a 3-pointer in 585 consecutive
games; the last time it didn’t connect was Jan. 3, 1991,
going 0-8 against Colorado State
Sophomore Dairese Gary
scored a career-high 20 points
also set career-highs with 10 FTs made and 13 FTs
attempted
Senior Tony Danridge
13 points, a career-high-tying 6 rebounds and he set a
career-best with 4 steals
tied a career-high with 7 FTs made and set a career-best
with 13 FTs attempted
Senior Chad Toppert
scored 9 points, making 3 of 7 3-pointers
made 194 3s in his career, still No. 6 on the UNM career
list; Kevin Henry is 5th with 197