Jan. 13, 2010
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Team
The Lobos snap a 2-game losing streak with a 74-57 victory over Utah…the Lobos are 15-3 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West Conference
The 17-point winning margin is UNM’s largest over Utah in 20 years, since an 86-66 decision in The Pit on Feb. 17, 1990
New Mexico has won 8 straight games against Utah in The Pit, the longest current winning streak against an MWC opponent in Albuquerque
The Lobos have won 37 straight games (30-0 under current head coach Steve Alford) when allowing less than 60 points…the last loss was 51-46 at Air Force on Feb. 22, 2006
After getting just 4 points and 7 rebounds from its bench Saturday against UNLV, UNM received 23 points and 13 rebounds tonight, including 15 points and 10 boards in the 1st half…it’s the best production in 5 games, since 35 points and 10 boards against Texas Tech on Dec. 29
The Lobos held Utah’s top-2 scorers – Carlon Brown and Luca Drca – to a combined 11 points on 4-13 FGs and 1-6 shooting from 3-point…the duo came into the game averaging 13.3 and 11.1 points, respectively
Utah started the game by making 5 of its first 7 FGs and 3 of its first 4 3s…the rest of the half, the Utes went 3 of 18 from the field and 1 of 9 from 3-point…they ended the game shooting 35.3% (18-51) overall and 30% (7-23) from 3-point
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 606 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
Individual
Sophomore forward A.J. Hardeman
11 points (4-7 FGs, 3-5 FTs, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in 28 minutes
had scored 13 points in the previous 3 games on 5-12 FGs
Sophomore forward Will Brown
came off the bench to get 7 points, 6 rebounds and a career-high 3 steals in 20 minutes
had 6 points and 5 boards in 9 first-half minutes
Sophomore guard Nate Garth
came off the bench to tally 10 points, a season-high 4 rebounds, and play a season-high 24 minutes
had scored just 11 points the previous 5 games on 1-13 FGs
Junior guard Dairese Gary
13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists despite coming out of the game in the 1st half with a slightly hyperextended left elbow
2nd-half stats were 8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 17 minutes
started his 80th straight game