Feb. 7, 2009
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Feb. 7, 2009 – Lobo Basketball vs. UNLV 
The Pit / Bob King Court, Albuquerque, N.M.
Final Score: New Mexic 73, UNLV 69 (OT)
Records: New Mexic 15-9, 6-3 MWC; UNLV 17-6, 5-4 MWC
- First overtime game of the season for New Mexico…fourth overtime game of the series (tied 2-2)…UNLV had won the previous tw OT games in the series
- New Mexic is now 3-3 when trailing at half this year, but 3-0 at home…the wins came over Southern Miss, Oral Roberts and UNLV
- New Mexic improved t 10-7 in The Pit against UNLV and has won 4 of the past 5 games in Albuquerque…the Rebels still lead the overall series 24-14
- UNM made 21-25 FTs tonight and has made 80% (170-218) the past 9 games
- New Mexic improved t 6-0 (4-0 in MWC games) when committing fewer than 10 turnovers…the Lobos committed only nine on the night
- Tonight’s attendance of 17,407 is the highest since 18,018 last year vs. UNLV…The Lobos improve t 12-2 in the Pit and 5-0 in the conference at home this season
- Tonight’s game featured 12 ties and 10 lead changes, including eight lead changes and 10 ties in the final 25 minutes
- New Mexic outrebounded UNLV 40-32, including 21-12 after halftime
- The Lobos missed their first 12 3-pointers before Chad Toppert connected at the 7:40 mark in the second half…UNM finished 2-17
- The three New Mexic seniors -Tony Danridge, Daniel Faris and Chad Toppert – scored all 14 of UNM’s points in overtime
Senior Tony Danridge
- Career-high 26 points on 10-13 shooting… 24 in the second half, including UNM’s first 11
- Scored the game-winning basket with 5.4 seconds left in OT and the game-tying basket with 36.5 seconds left in regulation
- Played 41 minutes and did not come out of the game in the second half/OT
- 36 points and 19 rebounds in tw games against UNLV this year
- 20th game in double figure scoring this season
- Team-high nine rebounds, one shy of his career-high 10
- Shooting 85% (44-52) on FTs the past nine games
Senior Chad Toppert
- 15 points… UNM is 12-3 when he scores in double figures (5-0 MWC)
- 10-17 (59%) on 3-pointers in the past tw games
- Shooting 51.2% (21-41) from 3-point range in conference games
- Moved int third place in the MWC in 3-point field goals made with 246
Senior Daniel Faris
- Finished with eight points after starting 1-9 from the floor…2-2 with a steal and a block in OT…game-tying FG with 47.5 seconds remaining in OT
Junior Roman Martinez
- The Lobos are 10-1 when he plays more than 30 minutes
- Collected eight rebounds
Freshman Nate Garth
- 10 points for second game in double figures on the season
- 19 points and seven assist in tw games vs. UNLV
- Team-high three assists