Feb. 21, 2009
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Feb. 21 – Lobos vs. San Diego State 
Final Score: New Mexico 75, San Diego State 49
Records: New Mexico 17-10, 8-4 MWC; San Diego State 18-7, 8-4 MWC.
New Mexico ends a 3-game losing streak to San Diego
State in The Pit, while handing the Aztecs their worst
loss of the season
For the 5th time in 6 conference home games, New Mexico
held an opponent to its lowest point total of the season
The 26-point victory margin is UNM’s largest over SDSU
since a 78-49 win in Albuquerque on Feb. 26, 2000
San Diego State’s only leads today were 2-0 and 4-3
The Lobos ended the 1st half on a 9-0 run to take a
40-29 halftime lead, which is San Diego State’s largest
halftime deficit of the season
UNM connected on its last 6 shots of the 1st half,
shooting 54% (14-26) in the first 20 minutes
Senior Tony Danridge (16) and junior Roman Martinez (14)
combined for 30 of the Lobos’ 40 points in the 1st
half…they made 11 of 14 FGs, 4-6 from 3-point by
Martinez and 4-5 FTs by Danridge
UNM shot 50% (26-52) from the floor, 63% (10-16) from
3-point and 87% (13-15) from the FT line…5 different
Lobos made a 3-pointer today
New Mexico’s starting five scored 63 points, making
21-37 FGs (57%), 8-12 from 3-point (67%), 13-15 FTs (87%),
plus 16 assists and just 4 turnovers
New Mexico had a 35-25 rebounding edge…the Lobos were
outrebounded by San Diego State 31-27 Jan. 21 at Cox Arena
The winning team in this series has reached 70 points in
each of the past 14 games
New Mexico has made a 3-pointer in 608 consecutive
games; the last time it didn’t connect was Jan. 3, 1991,
going 0-8 against Colorado State
Steve Alford has posted 41 wins in his first two seasons as New Mexico head coach…a look at the most wins by Lobo head coaches in their first two seasons:
| Norm Ellenberger | 43 | 1973-74 |
| Dave Bliss | 42 | 1989-90 |
| Steve Alford | 41 | 2008-09 |
UNM’s 8 conference wins have been by an average of 18.5 points while their 4 losses – all on the road at UNLV, San Diego State, Utah and BYU – have been by a combined 19 points, or 4.8 points
The Lobos are 6-0 in home conference games this season…a look at the numbers in the 6 home games:
| Opponent | Result | Opp. FG |
| Air Force | W, 78-53 | 18-46, .391 |
| BYU | W, 81-62 | 21-54, .389 |
| Colorado State | W, 68-50 | 16-35, .457 |
| Wyoming | W, 86-57 | 17-48, .354 |
| UNLV | W, 73-69 (OT) | 23-58, .397 |
| San Diego State | W, 75-49 | 18-49, .367 |
| Averages | 76.8-56.7 | 113-290, .389 |
UNM head coach Steve Alford is 29-4 all-time in The Pit, 12-2 in MWC games
Only twice in the past 32 games has an opponent made 50% of its FG tries against the Lobos…San Diego State hit an even 50% (23-46) on Jan. 21 and Air Force converted 52% (22-42) on Feb. 11
The Lobos are 12-1 this season – with 12 consecutive wins – when junior Roman Martinez plays more than 30 minutes in a game…the only loss was at Creighton on Nov. 16
The Lobos have won 31 straight games when allowing less than 60 points, and they are 51-2 in such games since 2004-05…the last loss was 51-46 at Air Force on Feb. 22, 2006
Senior Tony Danridge
a game-high 25 points, which is 1 short of his career-high set against UNLV on Feb. 7
16 points in the 1st half on 6-7 FGs and 4-5 FTs
averaged 21 points a game in his last 4 games
1,137 career points, 9 from passing David Chiotti for 20th on the UNM scoring list
Junior Roman Martinez
17 points on 6-9 shooting from the floor and 5-8 from 3-point
tied a career-high by making 5 3s
14 points in the 1st half on 5-7 FGs and 4-6 from 3-point
scored UNM’s first 8 points of the game on a pair of 3-pointers
Sophomore Dairese Gary
scored 9 points, plus 5 assists and 1 turnover in 23 minutes
has 20 assists and 3 turnovers in the last 5 games
Senior Chad Toppert
8 points, giving him 993 for his career
2 of 3 from 3-point, connecting on his 250th career 3 in the first half
Senior Daniel Faris
just 2 points, but a game-high 10 rebounds for his team-high 4th game this season with double-figure rebounds
had 3 blocks for the 2nd straight game to pass Danny Granger for 7th place on the Lobos’ career list with 92