Jan. 20, 2010
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Team
New Mexico win, 73-50, at Air Force…the Lobos are 17-3 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West Conference…UNM has won 3 games in a row
The Lobos have won 5 straight over the Falcons for the first time since a 7-game run between 1996-2001…head coach Steve Alford is 6-0 in his career against Air Force
The Lobos have won 38 straight games, 31-0 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
The Lobos are 14-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points, but 3-3 with less than 70, including three straight losses
UNM is 6-2 away from home this season…dating to last year, the Lobos are 7-3 in their last 10 true road games and 8-4 in the past 12, including neutral sites
New Mexico has a 19-15 road record under third-year coach Steve Alford…it took UNM eight seasons and 85 games to win 19 road games before Alford arrive…the Lobos were 19-66 on the road from 2000-07 under former head coaches Fran Fraschilla and Ritchie McKay
The past 9 games, UNM has shot 40.0% (201-503) from the field, 30.5% (50-164) from 3-point and 65.6% (181-276) from the FT line
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 608 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
Second-highest 3-point shooting game with 13 made, most 3-pointers since 16 against Northern Arizona on Dec. 16 … Sixth game of season with double-digit 3’s, first since 16 against NAU
Fewest points allowed (50) by the Lobos this season
Individual
Bench (Brown, Garth, Fenton, Dennis and Adams) came up with 25 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals
Sophomore Phillip McDonald
team-leading 25 points, including career-high 7 3-pointers on 10 attempts and career-high 9 field goals on season-high 16 attempts
13-19 from 3-point range and total of 52 points in 3 career games vs. Air Force
first 20+ game since 27 at New Mexico State on Nov. 17
tied season-high with 5 rebounds
Sophomore Nate Garth
tied career-high with 12 points on career-high 4 3-pointers … perfect from 3-point range at 4-4, while doubling 3-point career-high
Sophomore Will Brown
tied career-high with 7 rebounds
Junior Darington Hobson
team-high 12 rebounds
Junior guard Dairese Gary
started his 82nd straight game