Feb. 24, 2009
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Feb. 24, 2009 – Lobo Basketball vs. TCU 
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009
The Pit / Bob King Court, Albuquerque, N.M.
Final Score: New Mexico 76, TCU 62
Records: New Mexico 18-10, 9-4 MWC; TCU 14-14, 5-9 MWC.
The Lobos have won 5 of their last 6 and are 7-2 since Jan. 24
New Mexico improves to 7-0 against TCU in The Pit
After 9 turnovers in the 1st half, UNM committed just 2 in the 2nd
New Mexico has made a 3-pointer in 609 consecutive games; the last time it didn’t connect was Jan. 3, 1991, going 0-8 against Colorado State
Steve Alford has posted 42 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 |
| Steve Alford | 42 | 2008-09 |
| Dave Bliss | 42 | 1989-90 |
UNM’s 9 conference wins have been by an average of 19.3 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 7-0 in home conference games this season, and have won 8 straight dating to last year…a look at the numbers in the 7 home games in 2008-09:
| 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 |
| TCU | W, 76-62 | 19-43 .442 |
| Averages | 76.7-57.4 | 132-333 .396 |
UNM head coach Steve Alford is 30-4 all-time in The Pit,
13-2 in MWC games
Only twice in the past 33 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 13-1 this season – with 13 consecutive wins – when junior Roman Martinez plays more than 30 minutes in a game…the only loss was at Creighton on Nov.
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Senior Daniel Faris
season-high 20 points on 4-6 FGs and a school record-tying 12-12 FTs…16 points in the 2nd half (8-8 FTs)…third player in UNM history to be perfect on at least 12 FTs in a game…Ruben Douglas (2002) and Phil Smith (1981) shared the record at 15-15 from the stripe…Phil Abney
(1979) was also 12-12…Douglas was the last to go at least
12-12 in a game in 2003…Faris entered the night a career 60.8% FT shooter, but a career-best 66.7% this season…second 20-point game of his career…1 shy of his career-high 21 at Hawai’i last year
Senior Tony Danridge
17 points…only 4 games under 10 points this season and just one since December (9 at Utah) passed former teammate David Chiotti for 9th place on UNM’s career scoring list with 1,154 points averaging 20.2 points in his last 5 games
Senior Chad Toppert
became the 26th Lobo to score 1,000 career points when he hit a 3-pointer with 9:21 left in the game…he finished with 12 points and has 1,005 in his career…a member of the 1,000-point club despite starting just
28 games in his 121-game career…that’s the fewest starts for any player in the 1,000-point club…3 of 7 from 3-point tonight..762 of his 1,005 points (76%) have come from 3-pointers; he has 254 3s in his career
Junior Roman Martinez
9 points, 7 rebounds
22 points and 18 rebounds in 2 games vs. TCU this year
Sophomore Dairese Gary
7 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds
has 24 assists and 6 turnovers in the last 6 games