Feb. 3, 2009
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Feb3, 2009 Lobo Basketball vs. Wyoming 
- New Mexico’s five MWC wins have been by 25, 19, 17, 18 and 29, an average winning margin of 21.6 points…UNM is 6-0 when scoring 80+ points this season and 8-0 when winning by 16 or more points
- New Mexico held Wyoming to season-lows in points scored (57) and field goals made (17)…the Cowboys 20 points in the first half is their lowest total in any half this season
- The last four visitors to The Pit have all been held to a season low for points (Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, Wyoming)
- New Mexico is shooting 50.8% (125- 246) from the floor the past five games… UNM has made 77.2% (149-193) of its free throws the past 8 games
- UNM made 11-of-22 3-pointers tonight…the Lobos are now shooting 43.8% from 3-point in MWC games and 45.9% in the last seven league games…the overall season percentage is now 39.4%
- New Mexico improved to 5-0 when committing fewer than 10 turnovers…the Lobos committed only eight on the night
- The Lobos outscored Wyoming 30-10 the final 10:51 of the first half, hitting 11 of 15 FGs…seven of those were 3s, five by Chad Toppert
- The Lobos improve to 11-2 in the Pit and 4-0 in the conference at home this season
- The Lobos have won 28 straight games when allowing less than 60 points and are 49-2 in such games since 2004-05
- New Mexico has won three in a row over Wyoming and 5 of the past 6…the Lobos have won six in a row over the Cowboys in The Pit
- In four career games against UNM in The Pit, Wyoming’s Brandon Ewing has scored 26 points on 8-41 FGs and 5-20 from 3-point range
- The Lobo bench outscored the Cowboys 37-7
Senior Chad Toppert
- Game-high 17 points, 15 in the first half, on a season-high 6 FGs made…14th game with 10+ points this season…UNM is 4-0 when he leads them in scoring and 11-3 when he scores in double digits
- He has averaged 17.6 points in his last 3 games against Wyoming
- Matched season-high with five 3-pointers, all in the first half… 8-12 on 3-pointers in the past two games
- Shooting 52.8% (19-36) from 3-point range in conference games
Senior Daniel Faris
- 11 points, all in the second half, including UNM’s first seven points coming out of the locker room at halftime
- Game-high 8 rebounds
- 43 points (17-27 FGs) and 24 rebounds in the past three games
- 5-5 on FTs…Perfect from the free-throw line for the third time this season and fifth in career (min. 4 attempts)
- 2 blocks for 12th game this season with multiple blocks
Senior Tony Danridge
- 3 dunks moving into fifth all-time for career dunks with 72
- 11 points for 19th game in double figure scoring this season
- Shooting 84 percent (38-45) on FTs the past eight games
Junior Roman Martinez
- 15 points on 5-10 FGs, 3-5 3-pointers while picking up five rebounds…14th game in double figure scoring
- The Lobos are 9-1 when he plays more than 30 minutes
Freshman Nate Garth
- Scored all seven points in the span of 1:10 in the second half
- Five assists for 10th game with 5 or more assists