Feb. 11, 2010
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(15/23) New Mexico at (23/25) UNLV
Feb. 10, 2010
Las Vegas, Nev.
Team
New Mexico wins its 8th straight game with a 76-66 victory at UNLV…the Lobos improve to 22-3 overall and
8-2 in the Mountain West Conference
Picked to finish 5th in the MWC in the preseason, UNM is now in sole possession of 1st place in the league
New Mexico has set a school-record with 5 wins (5-0) over ranked teams in a season
UNM never trailed tonight…it led 61-43 with 11:40 remaining, but UNLV whittled that margin to 65-63 with
3:38 to go
The Lobos recorded their largest rebound margin of the season at +22 (45-23), including 17-8 on the offensive glass
New Mexico shot a season-high 93% (13-14) at the FT line, including 9-9 by point guard Dairese Gary
The Lobos have won 22 of their first 25 games for only the 3rd in school history: 23-2 in 1967-68 and 22-3 in
1977-78
UNM had lost its last 4 games to UNLV at the Thomas and Mack Center and was 1-9 at UNLV since the Mountain West Conference started in 2000
New Mexico has won 8 straight conference games for the first time since an 8-game run in 1997-98
The Lobos are 8-2 away from home in 2009-10, 7-2 in true road games and 1-0 at neutral sites…UNM has won 4 straight MWC road games
Head coach Steve Alford is 68-24 in his tenure at New Mexico, 21-15 on the road and 13-8 in MWC road games
UNM was 9 of 47 on 3-pointers in its 3 previous games against UNLV…the Lobos were 11 of 21 tonight
UNM has used the same starting lineup in all 25 games this season
The Lobos have won 28 consecutive games (19-0 this season) when scoring 70 or more points
UNM has made at least one 3-pointer in 613 straight games…the last time it didn’t was Jan. 3, 1991, missing on 8 attempts against Colorado State
New Mexico is 54-127 (42.5%) from 3-point the past 6 games, an average of 9 treys a game…that comes after making just 27% the previous 8 games when it averaged 4.6 3s a game
Individual
Junior Darington Hobson
consecutive double-doubles for 1st time this season with 16 points and 13 rebounds tonight
7th double-double of the season
64 points (22-35 FGs, 7-9 3s, 13-17 FTs), 33 rebounds, 16 assists and 9 steals the past 3 games
Senior Roman Martinez
16 points on 4-8 from 3-point…most 3-pointers since 4 against Northern Arizona on Dec. 16
Lobos are 34-6 all-time when he plays more than 30 minutes o 9 rebounds, giving him 577 for his career and moving into 14th place all-time at UNM
Junior Dairese Gary
15 points, 12 coming in the 2nd half…was 9 of 9 at the FT line o 73 of 89 (82%) from the FT line in 10 MWC games o started his 87th straight game
UNM is 19-2 all-time when he has 5 or more assists…he had 6 tonight
Sophomore G Phillip McDonald
13 points and a season-high 8 rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes
26 of 53 (49%) from 3-point in MWC games